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Tornado warning in California as storm hits
Los Angeles (AFP) Jan 19, 2010 A rare tornado warning was issued for Los Angeles Tuesday as a storm slammed into southern California, dumping heavy rain and snow across the region and leaving thousands of homes without power. National Weather Service meteorologists said a strong storm moving in from the Pacific Ocean and packing winds of around 60 miles (100 kilometers) per hour had triggered the alert, which was cancelled at around 2:00 pm (2200 GMT). The storm rolling into southern California on Tuesday followed a similar weather front which deluged the region 24 hours earlier. Authorities placed hillside communities on alert for flash flooding and mudslides, a major concern in regions affected by raging wildfires last year. Tuesday's storm was one of a series of wet weather fronts forecast to hit southern California this week, which are expected to drop as much as 16 inches (40 centimeters) of rain in some areas. Local power companies reported Tuesday that engineers were working to restore power to nearly 17,000 customers suffering outages because of the weather.
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