2 Dead, Torrents of Rain Slam Southern California

2 Dead, Torrents of Rain Slam Southern California
Hesperia Unified School district Maintenance and Operations Staff cut away a tree which fell on a car at Kingston Elementary School in Hesperia, Calif., on Friday Feb. 17, 2017. High winds preceded heavy rain as a winter storm blew into the High Desert. [James Quigg /The Daily Press via AP)
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LOS ANGELES—A huge Pacific storm parked itself over Southern California and unloaded, ravaging roads, opening sinkholes and leading to the deaths of at least two people.

A section of southbound Interstate 15 just south of Hwy 138 is washed away on Friday, Feb., 17, 2017, in the Cajon Pass, Calif. A powerful Pacific storm blew into Southern and Central California on Friday with wind-driven heavy rains that downed power lines and disrupted hundreds of flights at airports. (David Pardo/The Daily Press via AP) /The Daily Press via AP)
A section of southbound Interstate 15 just south of Hwy 138 is washed away on Friday, Feb., 17, 2017, in the Cajon Pass, Calif. A powerful Pacific storm blew into Southern and Central California on Friday with wind-driven heavy rains that downed power lines and disrupted hundreds of flights at airports. (David Pardo/The Daily Press via AP) /The Daily Press via AP)