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A deadly Pacific storm, the second "Pineapple Express" to sweep the West Coast in less than a week, stalled over Southern California on Monday (February 5), unleashing torrential downpours that triggered street flooding and mudslides throughout the region.

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Cars, streets buried in mud in Beverly Hills

Agence France-Presse

<p>A deadly Pacific storm, the second &quot;Pineapple Express&quot; to sweep the West Coast in less than a week, stalled over Southern California on Monday (February 5), unleashing torrential downpours that triggered street flooding and mudslides throughout the region.</p><p>Extreme-weather advisories for floods, high wind and winter storm conditions were posted on Monday across parts of California and southwestern Arizona where some 35 million people live.</p><p>The National Weather Service documented staggering rainfall amounts from the storm, which lashed Northern California on Sunday with hurricane-force gusts of wind, along with heavy precipitation that intensified as the system moved south on Sunday night and Monday.</p><p>The National Weather Service (NWS) said more than 10 inches (25.4 cm) of rain had fallen since Sunday across the Los Angeles area, the nation&#x27;s second-largest city, with much more expected before showers were due to taper off on Tuesday.</p><div><strong></strong><em>(Production: Remi Acosta, Jorge Garcia, Cath Turner)</em><strong></strong></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>A deadly Pacific storm, the second "Pineapple Express" to sweep the West Coast in less than a week, stalled over Southern California on Monday (February 5), unleashing torrential downpours that triggered street flooding and mudslides throughout the region.</p>