U.S. Transportation and Travel

On Jan. 1, 2026, rain poured on Pasadena’s 137th Rose Parade for the first time in 20 years as a broader New Year’s storm system brought flood watches and evacuation warnings to Southern California and snow squalls and frigid temperatures across parts of the Midwest and Northeast. The National Weather Service issued a flood watch for all California counties and a coastal flood advisory near San Francisco through Sunday, while an Alberta clipper and Arctic front produced hazardous squalls from Wisconsin to New England and contributed to significant flight delays at San Diego and Boston airports.