A helicopter flies through a bright spot in the clouds at sunset in Costa Mesa, California, after another storm rolled into the area on January 21.
Bulldozers work to restore height to a sand berm eroded by high surf in Seal Beach, California, on January 21.
A tractor clears mud from an improvised drainage channel between homes that had been spared from the station fire last August but are now threatened with mud slides during the fourth storm of the week continues on January 22 in La Canada Flintridge, California.
A tractor clears mud from an improvised drainage channel between homes that had been spared from the station fire last August but are now threatened with mud slides during the fourth storm of the week continues on January 22 in La Canada Flintridge, California.
A tractor clears mud from an improvised drainage channel between homes below a burned hillside during the fourth storm of the week continues on January 22 in La Canada Flintridge, California.
A crew clears an area of water and mud in Modjeska Canyon, California, on January 21.
Snow falls on mountains blackened by the station fire in August just above a city that has been threatened by mudslides from the bare hillsides in the fourth storm of the week continues on January 22 in La Canada Flintridge, California.
Sandbags line the perimeter of a home as rain continues to fall in La Canada, California near Los Angeles on January 21.
George Witkor (centre) shovels mud and debris as rain continues to fall in front of a neighbor's home in La Canada, California near Los Angeles on January 21.
Muddy water hits sand bags and a K rail in front of a house threatened with mudslides from the hill behind it during the fourth storm of the week on January 21 in La Canada Flintridge, California.
Firefighters pass fast-moving muddy water during the fourth storm of the week on January 21 in La Canada Flintridge, California.
A firefighter helps remove a fallen tree branch from the roadway in Leucadia, California, January 21 during the fourth in a series of storms that have beset the region.
A wave crashes into a car as it drives along the waterfront at Fort Point on January 20 in San Francisco, California.
Residents fill sandbags from the beach to take them to their homes as heavy rain showers and strong winds pound Southern California on January 20 in Long Beach, California.
A worker operates heavy equipment clearing debris from the beach in Long Beach, California on January 20.
Public works workers clear a downed tree at a flooded intersection after heavy rain and strong winds moved into the Long Beach, California area.
A worker clears a downed tree in a flooded intersection after heavy rain and strong winds moved into the Long Beach, California area.
Workers clear a downed tree in a flooded intersection after heavy rain and strong winds moved into the Long Beach, California area.
Residents look at a flooded intersection near their apartment building after heavy rain and strong winds pounded Southern California.
Cars and commercial trucks make their way through the flooded southbound lanes of the 710 Long Beach Freeway, the main artery to Long Beach and Los Angeles ports, on January 20 in Long Beach, California.
Cars and commercial trucks make their way through the flooded southbound lanes of the 710 Long Beach Freeway, the main artery to Long Beach and Los Angeles ports, on January 20 in Long Beach, California.
Commercial trucks and cars make their way through a flooded intersection during a heavy downpour on January 20 in Long Beach, California.
Workers clear a downed tree in a flooded intersection after heavy rain and strong winds moved into the area January 20 in Long Beach, California.
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A bulldozer clears mud near homes in La Canada Flintridge, Los Angeles.
Josh Epple and his two year-old son Justice take cover as a wave crashes over the seawall near the Pacifica Municipal Pier on January 20 in Pacifica, California.
A city works truck exits a neighborhood under evacuation orders as the third and largest storm of the week moves in on January 20 in La Canada Flintridge, California.
The severe rain storms flood southern Los Angeles area roadways.
The severe rain storms flood southern Los Angeles area roadways.
Commercial trucks and cars make their way through the flooded north and southbound lanes of 710 Long Beach Freeway, the main artery to Long Beach and Los Angeles ports, on January 19 in Long Beach, California.
Cars make their way through the flooded north and southbound lanes of 710 Long Beach Freeway, the main artery to Long Beach and Los Angeles ports, on January 19 in Long Beach, California.
Newport Beach tow operators work to upright a 1966 VW van, after it hydroplaned into another lane and flipped over during heavy rain showers on Northbound Pacific Coast Highway in Newport Beach, California on January 18.
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Waves crash into the break wall behind homes on Pacific Coast Highway between Faria Road and Solimar Beach Road in Ventura, California on January 19.
A man carries a full sandbag from the beach as heavy rain showers and strong winds pound Southern California on January 20 in Long Beach, California.
City workers make final preparations as the third and largest storm of the week moves in on January 20 in La Canada Flintridge, California.
