Monster storm batters California with mudslides, flooding and road closures

Motorists navigate the flooded lanes of northbound Fairview Street in Santa Ana.

(Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Jan. 20, 2017 4:45 PM PT

Southern California was battered Friday by the second of three big winter storms, causing mudslides, flooding and forcing authorities to rescue people trapped at a flooded beachside campground and a homeless encampment.

Series of storms rolls through Southland

Elizabeth Wolterbeek plays among rocks in the 200 block of Mel Canyon Road in Duarte on Friday after a mudslide.

(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Angie Garcia shelters under her umbrella on Hollywood Boulevard and Highland in Hollywood.

(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Umbrellas are very useful on Hollywood Boulevard at Highland in Hollywood as the second of three winter storms begins to drench the Southland.

(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Paulina Tu takes cover under her umbrella as she waits for a ride in downtown Los Angeles on Friday morning.

(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Stephanie, 7, and sister Elizabeth, 4, seek shelter under the umbrella of their mother, Carolina Salazar, on Hollywood Boulevard.

(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Pedestrians walk past a wet Donald Trump star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Friday morning, the same day Trump was sworn in as president.

(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

A pedestrian scurries across the street under her umbrella in downtown Los Angeles on Friday morning.

(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Umbrellas are necessary on Hollywood Boulevard as the second of three winter storms begins to batter Southern California on Friday morning.

(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

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Monster storm batters California with mudslides, flooding and road closures

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