Photos | Hundreds of thousands without power as dangerous storm batters California

A historic storm brought record rain to parts of Los Angeles on Monday, causing power outages for over a million Californians.

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Heavy rains inundated California, raising the risk of life-threatening floods and leaving hundreds of thousands of people without power as a powerful Pacific storm batters the state. (Getty Images via AFP)

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Nearly all of Southern California, including the Los Angeles area, was under flash flood advisories and watches.  (Getty Images via AFP)

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The National Weather Service reported that between 5 and 10 inches (12.7 to 25.4 centimeters) of rain had fallen, with more expected. (AFP)

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A firefighter walks on mud and rocks from a mudslide during a storm in Los Angeles, California,. (Bloomberg)

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This aerial view shows a man shovelling mud after a landslide pushed a tree into his and his neighbor's houses as the second and more powerful of two atmospheric river storms inundates the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles, California, on February 5. (AFP)

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The Los Angeles River flows while swollen by storm runoff as a powerful long-duration atmospheric river storm, the second in less than a week, continues to impact Southern California on February 5. (Getty Images via AFP)

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Vehicles are damaged by a mudslide in the Beverly Crest area of Los Angeles. A storm of historic proportions unleashed record levels of rain over parts of Los Angeles on Monday, endangering the city's large homeless population, sending mud and boulders down hillsides dotted with multimillion-dollar homes and knocking out power for more than a million people in California.  (AP)

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Officials have attributed three deaths to the storm that initially struck Northern California.  (Getty Images via AFP)

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Rescue crews were retrieving individuals from swiftly flowing water in different areas of Southern California on Monday. (Getty Images via AFP)