ocean. based on waters now 2 .4 degrees celsius, this el nino is just behind the 1997-1998 e el nino event. that season, 30 inches of rain cascaded on to los angeles. so now county works crews are digging out ahead of el nino, clearing 82,000 catch basins and 3300 miles of storm drains. a road supervisor warns argues stay away of fly zones. a cliff or a mountainside stuck in a mud side during this storm we had heavy storms and people are unaware. they got caught up in heavy mud slides. the national weather service says el ninos usually peak from january to march. but don t be surprised if some super heavy stuff starts to come down in december.
rescues. sheets of rain and wind. in charlotte, fans of the panthers game endured drenching rains. this guy seemed to have the worst seat in the house as rain cascaded down from the upper deck. flooding in the great lakes have rescuers busy. it s a whacky combo of weather. so this is what we have right now. a little bit of leftover icing in the bulk of the northeast. but it is moving out. and a lot of the major cities on the east coast looking for light rain. we could see heavier amounts of up to 3 inches. really overnight tonight and into tomorrow morning, it s exiting. we ve done ice and rain. let s talk about the snow. one to three inches of snow still across the lakes. we re looking for that as well. the biggest story has been a temp contrast.
feels like it s may in december. reporter: a dangerous mix of storms, flooding, snow, and ice threatens travel plans this week. and our neighbor to the north isn t immune. oh, there it goes. toronto, canada, seeing one of the worst ice storms in recent memory. severe storms swept across the south. in arkansas, this damage was from 130-mile-per-hour tornado. i threw my whole body weight over my 16-month-old child to save his life and i found my daughter and flung her towards the bathroom to save her life. reporter: in nelson county, kentucky, this flood water swept this car downstream killing three people inside. we were hoping to make some rescues. sheets of rain and wind. reporter: in charlotte, fan of the new orleans/carolina panthers name endured drenching rain. how about this guy right below the booth? reporter: this guy seemed to have the worse seat of the house as rain cascaded down from the up dper desk.
in arkansas, this damage was from a 130 mile tornado. i threw my whole body weighing over my 16-month-old child to save his life. i flung my daughter into the bathroom to save her life. reporter: this suv went downstream killing three people inside. we were hoping to make some rescues. sheets of rain and wind report. in charlotte, fans of the new orleans-carolinas panthers game endured drenching game. the guy seemed to have the worst seat in the house as rain cascaded down from the upper deck. flooding in the great lakes had rescuers evacuating a retirement village in la rue, ohio. it s a whacky combo of weather. all right. take a look at what we have already seen. almost 10 inches of flooding in illinois. on the contaft we had all this
bathroom to save her life. reporter: in kentucky, rushing flood water sweeped an suv downstream killing three people inside. we knew we had a terrible situation here. we were hoping to make some rescues. sheets of rain and wind. reporter: in charlotte, they endured tore renching rain. the guy seemed to have the worst seat in the house as rain cascaded down. flooding in the great lakes had rescuers leaving la rue, ohio. it s a whacky combo of weather. it looks like the big concern this morning, it s stl going to be flooding. we had as much as ten inches into illinois, about five independence into indiana. that s not where it ends. we still have more rain on the way. you can see the advisories that are out. we will be talking about a system xift exiting off. whether or not we still have this icing threat in the northeast, not to mention how long the record breaking heat will last or will it?