A tornado touched down in Pico Rivera, California early Thursday morning, forecasters confirmed, as a brutal rain storm batters Southern California.
The tornado, creating gusts of up 85 mph, left a trail 80 yards wide and a mile long, damaging homes, plowing over trees, ...
According to the National Weather Service, the tornado developed near Pico Rivera between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m. Thursday.
The National Weather Service says an outbreak of severe storms could spawn tornadoes, heavy snow and high winds.
A storm is dropping significant rain across Southern California, triggering the risk of mudslides, flooding and debris flows in recent burn scar areas.