Published: December 22,2016
An ill-timed storm system hit the West, including Southern California, at a time when hundreds of thousands of residents were attempting to travel into or out of the region's biggest cities.
Hundreds of collisions were reported on wet Los Angeles roads Wednesday, according to the Los Angeles Times. Those problems continued on Thursday as holiday travelers packed the already busy roads.
Meanwhile, at Los Angeles International Airport, more than 50 flights into and out of the hub were canceled Thursday, one day after dozens of flights were called off due to the weather, according to FlightAware. Some 239,000 travelers were expected to board about 1,900 flights at LAX Wednesday, making it the busiest travel day of the holiday, FOX Los Angeles reported.
A pedestrian leaps over a puddle along La Paz Road in Victorville, California, on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016.(James Quigg/The Daily Press via AP)
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"It was the busiest travel day of the year," LAX spokeswoman Mary Grady told the Los Angeles Daily News. "There were more planes and more passengers."
Despite the headaches, the rain was definitely welcomed in Southern California. Much of the area remains in the grip of a nasty drought that has lasted for five years.
In Arizona, flooding escalated quickly in some areas, like Phoenix. More than an inch of rain fell in the city between Wednesday night and noon on Thursday, which swamped some roads and filled desert washes, according to the Associated Press.
Crews had to clean up standing water along Interstate 10 in western Phoenix, and social media photos showed a vehicle stuck in floodwaters under a bridge on I-17, the AP also said. Late Thursday morning, a stretch of the North Valley Parkway was closed because of flooding in northern Phoenix, the report added.
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Rare freezing rain #icing event today #ABQ East Mountains likely most sig for this area in many years! Worst since at least 2012. #nmwx
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