Major storm sweeps through S. Calif.

Major storm sweeps through S. Calif.

LOS ANGELES

Californians got a lot of what they wanted and not too much of what they didn’t from a major storm that finally blew out of the state Friday.

After drenching Northern California the previous day, the storm dumped up to 5 inches of desperately needed rain in Southern California. A landslide left 10 homes uninhabitable, and fire officials executed a dramatic rescue of two people from the Los Angeles River.

The storm also touched off a small tornado in Los Angeles and a water spout off the coast of Newport Beach. It caused flooded streets, rock slides and traffic tie-ups in some areas

The tornado, with wind speeds of 65 to 85 mph, struck a south Los Angeles intersection shortly before 9:30 a.m., ripping tiles off roofs, damaging trees and mangling a billboard.

At the storm’s height, about 50,000 customers lost power, though most had it back quickly.

Bad economy creates pressure for IS

BAGHDAD

Saadi Abdul-Rahman was recently forced to pull his three children out of school in the Iraqi city of Mosul, where Islamic State militants have ruled with an iron fist since June. The cost of living has soared there, and the family is barely able to make ends meet, even after putting the kids to work.

“We are not able to pay for cooking gas, kerosene and food,” laments the 56-year-old retired government worker. “The situation in Mosul is miserable.”

The economy in the self-styled “caliphate” declared by the Islamic State group bridging Iraq and Syria is starting to show signs of strain. Prices of most staples have more than doubled as coalition airstrikes make it difficult for products to move in and out of militant strongholds, leading to shortages, price-gouging and the creation of black markets.

Resentment has grown among residents under the rule of the extremists, who initially won support with their ability to deliver services.

Ebola scare on jet

richmond, va.

Passengers disembarking from a commercial flight in Richmond, Va., on Friday were delayed by about an hour while authorities ruled out Ebola as a cause of a fellow passenger’s symptoms.

Crewmembers of American flight 2984 from Chicago contacted airport officials while the jet was still in flight to advise them that a male teenager had a high fever and was experiencing abdominal pains, said Richmond International Airport spokesman Troy Bell.

The teen and accompanying family members had flown from Nigeria to London before going on to Chicago and Richmond, Bell said.

Mudslide kills 8

JAKARTA, Indonesia

Torrential rains set off a mudslide down the hills into a village in central Indonesia, killing eight people and leaving more than 100 missing, officials said Saturday.

About 105 houses were swept away by the landslide late Friday in Jemblung village in Banjarnegara district of Central Java province, said Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, a spokesman for the National Disaster Mitigation Agency.

He said rescuers have so far retrieved eight bodies, including an 8-year-old boy, and brought 38 injured villagers to a hospital, four of them in critical condition.

Hundreds of people, including police, soldiers and residents, were digging through the debris with their bare hands, shovels and hoes for 100 people still missing. They were later helped by tractors and bulldozers arriving in the district. About 370 other residents were evacuated to several temporary shelters.

Associated Press