US weather

A Pacific storm hit Southern California with heavy rains and wind on Friday, triggering flash floods and mudslides. Hundreds of homes were under evacuation orders, and more than a dozen houses were damaged.

RIVERSIDE, Calif.—Monsoon-like rains hit Southern California on Sunday and Monday morning, left over from Hurricane Norbert.

It could be several days before power is fully restored to homes and businesses in Indiana, Michigan, and Illinois after weekend storms with 75 mph winds left hundreds of thousands in the dark and killed two.

Torrential rain, thunder, and lightning interrupted Labor Day weekend and brought this year’s national number of lightning deaths to 21. The 21st person to be killed by lightning in 2014 was an unidentified boy who was struck while swimming in a Pennsylvania creek.