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UPDATED, 5:49 PM: The wild weather in Los Angeles has forced the cancellation of the red carpet for tonight’s portion of the NAACP Image Awards ceremony. The event’s dinner at LA Live downtown is going on as planned, but “the red carpet has been canceled due to the inclement weather,” a rep confirmed to…

With the National Weather Service warning of (caps theirs) “DANGEROUS LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING across southern Santa Barbara county,” Montecito homeowner Ellen DeGeneres put her own exclamation point of sorts on the situation, posting a video of herself with a raging torrent just over her shoulder…

Shortly before Walt Disney World closed tonight, guests began posting photos and video of what seemed to be a new water attraction: a lazy river running down Hollywood Boulevard at the resort’s Hollywood Studios park. The source of the cataract was a downpour that hit the area hard, sending guests in shorts and t…

A January rain storm has caused mudslides and flooding in the Malibu area near the Los Angeles County line, shutting down Pacific Coast Highway, a north/south route and one of the main roadways for the celebrity heavy community. The previously fire ravaged area was vulnerable to the weather, as the rare heavy rains…

UPDATE: Reports now indicate at least five people have died in the Houston area as a result of the storm. Freeways are flooded as Hurricane Harvey, now downgraded to a tropical storm, hovers over the region. Federal officials called the situation “catastrophic, life-threatening flooding,” and Houston Mayor Sylvester…