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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Firefighters in Los Angeles have had to do a couple of rescues today from the Los Angeles River, swollen by the storm that has flooded streets and triggered mudslides in Southern California.
In Camarillo, northwest of Los Angeles, mandatory evacuations were ordered for 124 homes threatened by mudslides. Part of a hillside gave way -- and in several backyards, the muck was as high as the roofline. Two large earthmovers that were used to set up barriers were swept down to the street, with one nearly buried.
Earthen avalanches also blocked part of the Pacific Coast Highway in Ventura County. Street and freeway flooding snarled the morning commute, as did numerous accidents.
But overall, damage in Southern California has mostly been minor. Utility crews are restoring electricity to the 50,000 customers who lost it.
The storm system has been blamed for two deaths in Oregon, thousands of power outages in Washington and flooded roadways in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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206-a-04-(Ted and Rita Elliott, Camarillo residents, in AP interview)-"on the block"-Camarillo residents Ted and Rita Elliott say a mudslide barely missed their hillside home. (12 Dec 2014)
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203-a-06-(Captain Don Aquilar, spokesman, Ventura County Sheriff's Office, in AP interview)-"for this community"-Ventura County Sheriff's spokesman Captain Don Aguilar says a mudslide piled up against a block of hillside homes in Camarillo Springs. (12 Dec 2014)
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APPHOTO CACC104: A sign warning of floods stands at the entrance to Silverado Canyon due to the potential for mud slides at a recent burn area Friday, Dec. 12, 2014 in Silverado Canyon, Calif. Silverado Canyon is under an evacuation order due to heavy rains. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) (12 Dec 2014)
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APPHOTO CACC101: A California Highway Patrol officer blocks the entrance to Silverado Canyon due to the potential for mud slides at a recent burn area Friday, Dec. 12, 2014 in Silverado Canyon, Calif. Silverado Canyon is under a evacuation order due to heavy rains. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) (12 Dec 2014)
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