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Californians this weekend captured harrowing scenes of cars stuck in sinkholes,Romance Archives trucks toppling off a crumbling highway and muddy waters rushing through the streets of Los Angeles.

The Golden State is grappling with yet another punishing wave of atmospheric river storms, which dump vast amounts of rain in narrow corridors over a short period of time.

SEE ALSO: Insane drone footage shows massive damage and flooding at California's Oroville Dam

Drought-busting storms slammed Southern California cities on Friday and Saturday, killing at least two people and knocking out power for tens of thousands of residents.

Dangerous and "excessive rainfall" is expected to target Northern California next, putting even more pressure on water infrastructure like the Oroville Dam.

In the Los Angeles neighborhood of Studio City, torrential rains pummeled the roads on Friday night, causing a 20-foot sinkhole to open on Laurel Canyon Boulevard.

One car fell in trunk-first, with its headlights peeping out of the hole. A second car plunged in and landed on its side.

The drivers of both vehicles escaped relatively unharmed, the L.A. Fire Department reported.

In San Bernardino County, a big rig and a fire truck rolled off the edge of Interstate 15 in the Cajon Pass. A 200-foot-long portion of the southbound freeway had collapsed, putting the trucks in peril.

Fortunately, all passengers on both vehicles escaped before the rig and fire engine plunged into the creek bed below, the San Bernardino County Fire Department confirmed.

INCREDIBLE VIDEO: part of SB I-15 is washed away; fire engine tumbles off the side; fortunately no one hurt pic.twitter.com/5VMzQEBlqa

— Rob McMillan (@abc7robmcmillan) February 18, 2017

However, a driver in Victorville, California, wasn't as lucky.

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Rescue crews on Friday night said they recovered a body from a vehicle stuck in floodwaters near Pebble Beach. The driver of a second vehicle was saved after standing atop his car and flagging down the rescue helicopter.

#Castorm pic.twitter.com/AwfXPtAQ9o

— Mr. James (@bluemarble001) February 18, 2017

In San Bernardino, a landslide the size of three football fields brought snow, rock, soil and timber tumbling down the side of a mountain.

The landslide is now controlled, although firefighters said they are worried about additional damage from the ongoing storms.

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On Saturday, stormwaters began inundating roadways across Northern California.

The video below shows Interstate 5 near a town in Colusa County, which received 3 inches of rain over a 24-hour period.

The National Weather Service said the region should expect more rain and severe flooding through Tuesday, Feb. 21.

That could cause major problems at Oroville Dam, which sits about 150 miles northeast of San Francisco.

Last weekend, water gushed over the dam's reservoir and down a badly damaged spillway. Water also topped over the dam's emergency spillway for the first time in its nearly 50-year history.

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Nearly 200,000 residents were told to evacuate for fear the Oroville Dam's spillways could collapse and send walls of water into nearby communities.

So far, those fears haven't materialized. As of Sunday morning, the reservoir's water levels stood at about 852 feet high, below the lake's peak point of 901 feet.

But if videos of rain-soaked streets are any indication, the storms haven't finished their work just yet.

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A post shared by The Duke of Zachary 🏇🏻 (@zissouthegreat) on Feb 18, 2017 at 12:00pm PST

Video credit, Studio City sinkhole video credit: Instagram/jennysilva101 via Storyful.

Video credit, Colusa County freeway flooding:Instagram/delta_india_charlie_kilo via Storyful.

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