A mobile home park in Oxnard faced severe damage from 60-mph wind gusts, potentially caused by a weak tornado, as part of a powerful atmospheric river storm. The weather event occurred amid flash flood and severe thunderstorm warnings across Ventura and Los Angeles counties, wreaking havoc on affordable housing structures. No injuries were reported, but power was knocked out until early evening. Meteorologists plan to assess the damage to confirm tornado activity, underlining concerns around mobile home parks frequently affected during extreme weather in Southern California.
Sometimes when you have really strong [wind] uplift and there's strong thunderstorms or a collection of storms, you can get this [wind] rotation.
The Ocean-Aire Mobile Home Estates in Oxnard was hit by fearsome 60-mph wind gusts shortly after 3:30 p.m., causing extensive structural damage.
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