The tornado, creating gusts of up 85 mph, left a trail 80 yards wide and a mile long, damaging homes, plowing over trees, taking down power lines and rupturing water pipes, authorities said. It hit a mile west of the 605 Freeway.

After days of light rain, a major storm walloped parts of Southern California on Thursday, bringing fears of mudslides in burn areas, heavy mountain snow, strong winds and a tornado that snapped trees and damaged homes.

A tornado hit Southern California this morning amid an atmospheric river that is bringing rain, flooding and mudslides to the state. No one was injured by the tornado that hit Los Angeles County, but winds toppled trees and littered debris around Pico Rivera.

The strongest wave of a powerful winter storm reached Southern California overnight, bringing flash flood warnings, dropping snow levels and a possible tornado. “Storms will likely produce