California floods: Homes destroyed and drivers stranded in 'apocalyptic' severe weather

HORRIFYING aerial footage showed a stranded motorist being rescued in a flooded area in Los Angeles, California, as the United States is hit by 'apocalyptic weather'.

More than 350,000 homes and businesses were without electricity in California on Monday after a storm pounded the state with heavy rainfall and hurricane-force winds, initially knocking out power to more than one million customers, according to electric utilities and PowerOutage.us.