The cause of a fatal helicopter crash is still under investigation, but there were powerful wind gusts at the time as storms swept through California.
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00:00 The U.S. military says five Marines were killed in a helicopter crash amid the recent atmospheric
00:06 river storm in California.
00:08 The helicopter, like the one you see here, as the Marines were training on a flight Tuesday
00:13 night.
00:14 Now, the wreckage was found near Pine Valley, California, Wednesday morning.
00:20 The cause of this crash is under investigation.
00:23 But the U.S. Navy says winds were gusting up to 20 miles per hour at the time and were
00:28 likely stronger at higher elevations.
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