>> reporter: the early morning mudslide covering cars, damaging gas lines after sheets of rain pounded parts of northern california with winds gusting up to 50 miles per hour. at least 50 homes in the area were evacuated. residents remain on aletter the weekend forecast calling for even more wind and rain. steve patterson, nbc news. >> unbelievable images. let's get a check on your weather with meteorologist bill karins. when you talked about the possibility of these torrential rain. >> two blockbuster wet years in a row. which is great. we did five years of drought before that. let me explain where we're at and you saw the headlines yesterday saying el nino has