A heavy thunderstorm shook Southern California residents from their sleep overnight into Friday morning, and led to flash floods, multiple rescues, and later, one death caused by a toppled tree.

The storm, combined with earlier, torrential rain over the past week, has put the region on track for near-record November rainfall, the National Weather Service said.

In Winnetka, a person was killed when a tree fell onto two vehicles on the 7300 block of North Mason Avenue on Friday afternoon, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.

Details about how the tree toppled remain under investigation, but it was not caused by a vehicle striking the tree, Los Angeles Police Department spokesman Charles Miller said. Recent rainstorms, however, have led to multiple reports of trees falling in the

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