Forecasters measured 4.52 inches of rain at the Santa Barbara Airport on Christmas, beating the previous record of 2.17 inches set in 1955.

The the region's latest atmospheric storm dumped 6 inches of rain in the Los Angeles area with up to 18 inches of rain in the mountains.

A powerful Christmas week storm is dumping rain across Southern California, putting at-risk communities on alert and prompting evacuation warnings.

Another wave of rain was hitting the Los Angeles area on Friday, adding to the record-setting precipitation over Christmas.

This year is expected to be the busiest on record for holiday travel, but rough weather can make getting to your Christmas destination even harder.As a life-threatening storm heads to California, here's a look at the Christmas week weather forecast:TuesdaySnow is falling in the Northeast on Tuesday.

The Wrightwood community in San Bernardino County was hit by severe thunderstorms that triggered mudslides, rockslides and debris flows, leaving homes and cars buried in the muck.

Officials warned that driving would remain hazardous across much of the state, with heavy rain still to fall in some places that broke records on Christmas Eve.