Environment
A Rare Crowd of Funnel Clouds Descends on Southern California
But the rash of foul weather probably won't do much to help the state's drought.
Southern California is a special place where the weather's so sunny and pleasant that a spritz of rain can mean gridlock on the highways. So imagine the excitement these past couple days as powerful storms rode into town, dropping ice on the beaches and churning up ethereal funnel clouds.