A cold front turbocharged by tropical precipitation brought rare snow to some urban Southern California rooftops and heavy rain that prompted multiple swift-water rescues Saturday. Several inches of rain fell across Los Angeles County over a four-day period. The Los Angeles River flows at a high rate due to severe rain in Los Angeles on Saturday. In Los Angeles, a helicopter-based rescue crew hoisted two homeless men stranded on islands of dry ground in the Hanson Flood Control Basin to safety Saturday, the Los Angeles Fire Department said in a series of statements. “In the future, these can definitely happen,” said Adam Rosen, a National Weather Service meteorologist in San Diego.
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