Take a look. this tropical storm arriving with torrential rain and fierce winds. death valley saw its wettest 24 hours ever. palm springs, a year s worth of rain in a day. in thousand palms, heavy rain and rushing water swamping this truck and closing that road. rocks from a mudslide pouring down from a hill in forest falls. part of the road washed away in santa clarita. north of los angeles, a driver losing control, this is interstate 5 right here. narrowly escaping an accident. so many scenes like this one. and in cathedral city, near palm springs, this neighborhood buried in mud. the cars trapped. bull douzers brought in to career the streets. and then the magnitude 5.1 earthquake. the epicenter north of los angeles. flooding alerts from california to idaho. and in the gulf, that other major system we re watching, set to hit tomorrow. senior meteorologist rob marciano leading us off tonight near palm springs. reporter: tonight, mudslides,