Dec 12, 2014

Heavy rain and high winds from a winter storm have caused rock and mudslides, loss of power, flooding, and heavy surf in California. The storm which has been going down the California coast has also brought much needed rain to areas that have been experiencing a drought, though.

: Los Angeles Fire Department personnel stand by next to the Los Angeles river during a rescue operation in Los Angeles, California December 12, 2014. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters photo)

: A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter makes its way past storm clouds as it patrols the coastline near Solana Beach, California December 12, 2014. (Mike Blake/Reuters photo)

: Los Angeles Fire Department personnel stand by next to the Los Angeles river during a rescue operation in Los Angeles, California December 12, 2014. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters photo)

: Los Angeles Fire Department personnel stand by next to the Los Angeles river during a rescue operation in Los Angeles, California December 12, 2014. A Pacific storm pounded Southern California with heavy rain and high winds on Friday, triggering flash floods and mudslides that prompted the evacuation of hundreds of homes, damaged dozens of others and disrupted passenger rail service along the coast. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters photo)

: A LAFD swift water rescue worker makes his way across the storm-swollen Los Angeles river to rescue a woman stranded in the middle area of the river with thick, partially submerged trees, on Dec. 12, 2014 in Los Angeles. (Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times)

: Los Angeles Fire Department swift water rescue members help a rescued woman onto an ambulance stretcher after retrieving her from the gushing waters of the Los Angeles river, after the rainstorm on Dec. 12, 2014 in Los Angeles. (Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times)

: The Los Angeles downtown skyline appears on the horizon as clouds give way to sunlight Friday, Dec. 12, 2014, viewed from Sierra Madre Avenue in Azusa, Calif. (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times)

: A group of houses are pictured after boulder-strewn rivers of mud swept down hillsides during a winter storm, in Camarillo Springs, California December 12, 2014. A Pacific storm pounded Southern California with heavy rain and high winds on Friday, triggering flash floods and mudslides that prompted the evacuation of hundreds of homes, damaged dozens of others and disrupted passenger rail service along the coast. One of the areas hardest hit on Friday was the community of Camarillo Springs, north of Los Angeles. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters photo)

: A group of houses are pictured after boulder-strewn rivers of mud swept down hillsides during a winter storm, in Camarillo Springs, California December 12, 2014. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters photo)

: A group of houses are pictured after boulder-strewn rivers of mud swept down hillsides during a winter storm, in Camarillo Springs, California December 12, 2014. A Pacific storm pounded Southern California with heavy rain and high winds on Friday, triggering flash floods and mudslides that prompted the evacuation of hundreds of homes, damaged dozens of others and disrupted passenger rail service along the coast. One of the areas hardest hit on Friday was the community of Camarillo Springs, north of Los Angeles. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters photo)

: Garbage bins form a line between houses after boulder-strewn rivers of mud swept down hillsides during a winter storm, in Camarillo Springs, California December 12, 2014. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters photo)

: A group of houses are pictured after boulder-strewn rivers of mud swept down hillsides during a winter storm, in Camarillo Springs, California December 12, 2014. A Pacific storm pounded Southern California with heavy rain and high winds on Friday, triggering flash floods and mudslides that prompted the evacuation of hundreds of homes, damaged dozens of others and disrupted passenger rail service along the coast. One of the areas hardest hit on Friday was the community of Camarillo Springs, north of Los Angeles. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters photo)

: A group of houses are pictured after boulder-strewn rivers of mud swept down hillsides during a winter storm, in Camarillo Springs, California December 12, 2014. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters photo)

: A group of houses are pictured after boulder-strewn rivers of mud swept down hillsides during a winter storm, in Camarillo Springs, California December 12, 2014. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters photo)

: A house is seen after boulder-strewn rivers of mud swept down hillsides during a winter storm, in Camarillo Springs, California December 12, 2014. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters photo)

: A group of houses are pictured after boulder-strewn rivers of mud swept down hillsides during a winter storm, in Camarillo Springs, California December 12, 2014. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters photo)

: Media look at the debris flow that filled homes and backyards along San Como Lane on Dec. 12, 2014 in Camarillo Springs, Calif. (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times)

: Salvador Medina cleans the garage of homeowner Durston Williams on Irena Avenue located near homes buried by the debris flow on Dec. 12, 2014 in Camarillo Springs, Calif. (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times)

: A garage is filled with rocks and mud after debris flows smashed into homes as a powerful storm that has been lashing northern California moves southward on December 12, 2014 in Camarillo Springs neighborhood of Camarilla, California. About two dozen homes were severely damage in a heavy pre-dawn downpour. Although water from the storm lowers the risk of wildfires and offers some short-term relief from the record drought conditions that are menacing the state, weather experts say it amounts to only a very small step toward ending the drought. (David McNew/Getty Images)

: Part of a large backhoe is exposed as workers retrieve the machine that was buried under rocks and mud during a attempt to save homes from debris flows overnight as a powerful storm that has been lashing northern California moves southward on December 12, 2014 in Camarillo Springs neighborhood of Camarilla, California. (David McNew/Getty Images)

: TV news crews set up across from a damaged home after a mud slide overtook at least 18 homes during heavy rains in Camarillo Springs, California December 12, 2014. (Jonathan Alcorn/Reuters photo)

: A home is filled with rocks and mud after debris flows smashed into homes as a powerful storm that has been lashing northern California moves southward on December 12, 2014 in Camarillo Springs neighborhood of Camarilla, California. About two dozen homes were severely damage in a heavy pre-dawn downpour. Although water from the storm lowers the risk of wildfires and offers some short-term relief from the record drought conditions that are menacing the state, weather experts say it amounts to only a very small step toward ending the drought. (David McNew/Getty Images)

: Furniture is seen outside homes that were smashed by debris flows as a powerful storm that has been lashing northern California moves southward on December 12, 2014 (David McNew/Getty Images)

: Eloy Tapia carries wife Lupe Tapia to their trailer at Le Mar trailer park in Redwood City, Calif., on Friday, Dec. 12, 2014. (John Green/Bay Area News Group/TNS)

: A vineyard is shown partially submerged in water in Healdsburg, California December 12, 2014. (Robert Galbraith/Reuters photo)

: A work crew approaches a car stuck in mud on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, California December 12, 2014. A Pacific storm pounded Southern California with heavy rain and high winds on Friday, triggering flash floods and mudslides that prompted the evacuation of hundreds of homes, damaged dozens of others and disrupted passenger rail service along the coast. (Jonathan Alcorn/Reuters photo)

: Randy Parmeter throws sand bags used to protect a barber shop from floodwaters into the bed of a pickup truck in Healdsburg, California December 12, 2014. Businesses and residents were cleaning up after a storm dropped heavy rainfall on the area 80 miles north of San Francisco. (Robert Galbraith/Reuters photo)

: A woman takes a picture with her phone along a street in Mission Beach as a winter storm brings rain and high winds to San Diego, California December 12, 2014. (Mike Blake/Reuters photo)

: A second-story walkway to apartment units is shown after it collapsed during heavy rains in Long Beach, California, December 12, 2014. A major storm that pummeled northern California and the Pacific Northwest with heavy rain and high winds and killed two people moved south overnight, prompting evacuation orders in areas prone to floods and mud flows. The National Weather Service forecast the system to track through southwestern California late on Thursday and into Friday, bringing the possibility of strong thunderstorms, as well as waterspouts and small tornadoes along the coast. (Bob Riha Jr./Reuters photo)

: A shopping cart sits in a flooded parking lot in Santa Rosa, California December 12, 2014. A major storm pummeled California and the Pacific Northwest with heavy rain and high winds on Thursday, killing one man, knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes, disrupting flights and prompting schools to close. (Robert Galbraith/Reuters photo)

: A surfer catches a wave next to the Ocean Beach Pier as a winter storm brings high surf, rain and wind to San Diego, California December 12, 2014. (Mike Blake/Reuters photo)

: High waves crash under the Ocean Beach Pier as a winter storm brings rain and high winds to San Diego, California December 12, 2014. (Mike Blake/Reuters photo)

: A surfer drops in on a large wave enjoying the aftermath of a winter storm in Encinitas, California December 12, 2014. (Mike Blake/Reuters photo)

: Visitors to the Marin Headlands pose for photographs overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge and skyline of San Francisco, as a large cloud gathers over the city, December 12, 2014. A major storm pummeled California and the Pacific Northwest with heavy rain and high winds on Thursday, killing one man, knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes, disrupting flights and prompting schools to close. (Robert Galbraith/Reuters photo)

: A rainbow is seen from the Manhattan Beach pier during heavy rains in Manhattan Beach, California, December 12, 2014. The National Weather Service forecast the system to track through southwestern California late on Thursday and into Friday, bringing the possibility of strong thunderstorms, as well as waterspouts and small tornadoes along the coast. (Patrick T. Fallon/Reuters photo)

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