With a wind speed of up to 80 mph, it traveled for about a third of a mile in the community east of downtown Los Angeles. Gavin Newsom declared emergencies in Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Shasta counties. In the mountainous community of Lytle Creek in San Bernardino County, a bridge connecting parts of the town was covered with water and was possibly destroyed. The previous time a tornado with a strength of EF-1 or greater hit L.A. County was back in 1983, when an even stronger EF-2 tornado tore through a residential area of South Los Angeles. A deceased man was found in a partially submerged vehicle Friday morning in the Lancaster area, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 27, 2025 15:46 UTC