Southern California is currently under a historic blizzard warning as record-breaking rainfall and heavy snow have created dangerous flooding in the L.A. region on Saturday. A powerful winter storm has produced wintry conditions of up to a foot of snow and 80 mph winds at higher elevations of Los Angeles and Ventura counties. This is the first blizzard warning issued by the National Weather Service’s Los Angeles office since 1989.

A torrent of heavy rain continues to bring cascading floodwaters to the Los Angeles metro area, which has suffered from power outages across several counties. Ngugi Kihara, a resident of the Santa Cruz Mountains, saw snow for the first time in his life, “We woke up to it. It started yesterday but picked up a lot overnight. Lots of trees are falling and all the roads around us are closed. Power is out and has