Dangerous flooding hits Four Corners, prompting evacuations across U.S. Southwest

Meteorologists say a super El Niño and a subtropical jet stream are to blame for the heavier rain, more torrential storms and bigger floods.

Akiko Fujita is in Huntington Beach, California, with more details, and Andrew Kozak is in the studio with the forecast.

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