Firefighters spent nearly two hours rescuing a woman, her dog and a man from the Los Angeles River during Monday's storm.
The storm could drop up to 4 inches of rain in mountain areas and 2 inches in the valleys and along the coasts. Eighteen inches of snow may fall above 6,000 feet.At one point, a man jumped into the water to try to save the dog, and crews had to launch a second human rescue operation, firefighters said.
The man grabbed on to a rope that other bystanders had lowered into the river, authorities said. He was eventually secured by firefighters, who warned bystanders to stay out of the river.The man who jumped into the water to try to save the dog was transported to a hospital with bite wounds, firefighters said. The woman didn’t require medical transport.
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