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Powerful Storm Brings Road Closures, Record Rainfall to SoCal During Christmas Holiday

Visitors to the Bolsa Chica Wetlands enjoy a chilly, blustery day beneath puffy clouds and a backdrop of the snow-covered San Gabriel Mountains after a powerful winter storm during the 2016 Christmas holiday. (Credit: Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

The storm moved out, but the traffic troubles remain.

The heavy rainstorm that closed the Grapevine for a while Saturday continued to cause problems on some mountain roads. In the San Bernardino Mountains, Highway 38 was closed for several hours overnight due to snow that stranded about 100 cars, according to Caltrans. The cars managed to get out and the highway near Big Bear is now open.

Highway 33 was closed north of Ojai early Sunday because of snow and ice.

The storm, the second of two systems that dumped rain in the drought-plagued region, left an inch or more of precipitation in some areas. Together, the fronts helped make December the wettest in Los Angeles in six years, with 4.08 inches of rain — 265% above normal, according to the National Weather Service.

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