Watch These Live Cams for Local Los Angeles Rain and Flood Risk Over Christmas Week
Below are nine live videos from locations in and around Los Angeles.
Pop images of sunny Southern California at Christmas are always a little exaggerated, but this year they’re wrong. The skies will open up and dump biblical amounts of rain on the LA area during the holiday week. One location in the Angeles National Forest, Mt. Wilson, received an alarming “maximum” forecast of 9.5 inches between now and December 25. For reference, it’s common knowledge here that we should expect 15 inches a year in Los Angeles.
It won’t be as bad for all of Southern California, but the National Weather Service office for Los Angeles currently (as of this writing) has a “Dangerous Flooding This Week!!!”—and three exclamation points. Much of the greater LA area, including Ventura County, the San Fernando Valley, Downtown LA, and parts of eastern Los Angeles County are facing rock and mud slides, flooded roads, and overflowing rivers and streams.
If you are in the area, and need emergency information, sign up for an alert system from the Department of Emergency Management. In non-emergency situations, why not check out storm conditions on these webcams? Hobbyists, real estate agents, and hotels often set up live cameras for fun and profit—or, sometimes, to document the weather. Whatever the original purpose, any live camera can be a real help when it rains.
Live cameras sometimes die during major weather events, and new ones sometimes appear, so this article can be updated from now until December 26.
Downtown Los Angeles skyline
This camera setup is in East Los Angeles, looking west into space. It will provide decent glimpses in all weather conditions.
Ventura and the Channel Islands
If you look at the San Buenaventura coast from Ventura, you probably can’t see the Channel Islands in a rain storm, but this webcam view includes the area, the small beach, and a look at the road conditions.
San Bernardino Mountains
The heaviest rain is expected to extend all the way east into the Inland Empire. Outside in the San Gorgonio Wilderness, seen in this live view, that will mean snow.
Venice Beach number 1
This live camera is used to advertise the Venice V Hotel. It offers a dynamic, dynamic view of the beach and the boardwalk, famous for its boardless concrete surface.
Venice Beach number 2
Another view of Venice Beach
Manhattan Beach and the Santa Monica Mountains
In this action cam at El Porto, Manhattan Beach, you can see the surf, and the Santa Monica Mountains in the distance.
Santa Monica
This dynamic and zooming live camera lets you see all of Santa Monica from afar, as well as detailed views of the beach, boardwalk, and rides at Pacific Park.
Huntington Beach is south of Los Angeles, but is still expected to see rain. This view shows conditions on the Huntington Beach Pier, and the surrounding tides.
Pine Cove
This live camera shows traffic on Highway 243 somewhere in the mountain communities of Idyllwild and Pine Cove, east of Los Angeles.
