Weather 
The storm may be over, but the aftermath is just setting in. Cleanup efforts are underway across Southern California after widespread damage was left behind by days of rain, and a rare tornado in one neighborhood.
In Boyle Heights, crews on Saturday were assessing the damage and starting clean-up efforts after the National Weather Service confirmed an EF-O tornado touched down in the neighborhood on Christmas Day.
The NWS said the tornado’s path was about a quarter-mile long and had a width of 30 yards. EF0 tornados have wind speeds between 65 mph and 85 mph.
An EF-0 tornado touched down in Boyle Heights on Christmas Day, leaving behind damaged roofs, broken windows and debris, the National Weather Service confirmed.
Cameras on Whittier Boulevard near Lorena Street captured violent winds sending debris flying. Two windows were blown out at a Mexican restaurant in a strip mall. Signs were torn from buildings, and portions of rooftops were seen flying through the air.
Eyewitness News spoke to neighbors who watched as a roof in the neighborhood was blown off.
From mud to flooded streets, a Christmas week storm caused hundreds of traffic accidents and severe damage, even ripping off the roof of a home.
Over in the mountain community of Wrightwood, which saw heavy rains, mudslides caused damage, and the storm also knocked out power for thousands of SoCal Edison customers.
Video shows Oriole Road buried after a river of water sent mud, debris and charred wood down the mountain and into the homes below.
Several feet of mud buried cars and left streets coated in rain-soaked sludge.
Meanwhile, all evacuation orders and warnings in Los Angeles were lifted as of 6 p.m. Friday. The flood watch issued by the National Weather Service for the city was also lifted.
The separate evacuation order for the Riverwood neighborhood in the Sunland-Tujunga area due a release of water from the Tujunga Dam by county public works crews was also lifted.
The Palisades Recreation Center, Rustic Canyon Recreation Center and Crestwood Hills Recreation Center are set to be reopened Saturday after being closed, Mayor Karen Bass announced.
The 1.23 inches of rain that fell in downtown Los Angeles Friday was a record for Dec. 26, breaking the previous record of 1.2 inches set in 1977. A record was also set at Long Beach Airport, 1.39 inches, erasing the previous record of 1.14 inches set in 2019.
City News Service contributed to this report.
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