Just over a month after experiencing its most destructive wildfires, California is now facing the threat of widespread flash flooding and mudslides. The state's south is being hit by its largest storm of the season, bringing heavy rainfall and causing mudslides that have swept away vehicles. Authorities have issued evacuation orders for communities at risk, particularly along rivers that are threatening to overflow.
Just over a month after thousands fled their homes as California experienced its most destructive wildfires, communities across the south of the state are now grappling with flash flooding and mudslides. As the region is battered by what has been described as its largest storm of the season, images have emerged of cars being swept away in mudslides following heavy rainfall.
Authorities urged people to evacuate Felton Grove, a small community along the central coast, as the San Lorenzo River threatened to breach its banks. Southern California could receive as much as six inches of rain in the mountains and three inches in coastal areas and valleys before the system moves out on Friday, said Brent Bower, a weather service hydrologist. Powerful gusts have also threatened to bring down trees, cause power outages, and delay flights. In Altadena, mud flowed down a road during a flash flood in front of a bulldozer clearing debris in the Eaton Fire zone, while in the Pacific Palisades, images showed a police officer standing at a junction in ankle-high flood waters. Both areas were severely affected by the deadly wildfires last month as more than 18,000 structures were damaged or destroyed in the Eaton and Palisades blazes. In the Hollywood Hills, a large debris flow left about eight inches of mud across a road. A swift flow of debris saw a Los Angeles Fire Department vehicle being swept off the Pacific Coast Highway and into the ocean in Malibu on Thursday. One member of the fire department was in the vehicle and was able to exit with minor injuries, department spokesman Erik Scott said on X. In Pacific Palisades, one of the areas impacted by last month's wildfires, one intersection of the highway was submerged in at least three feet of sludge. Some drivers attempted to force their way through and police officers pushed one vehicle through the mud. In the San Francisco Bay Area, there were blackouts and small landslides. To the north in wine country, concerns were high along the flood-prone Russian River. In Altadena, where a road in the north was also submerged by three feet of mud, vegetation, and trees, Mehran Daoudian prepared by laying a sheet over a hole in his home's roof where fire had burned through it last month. Mr. Daoudian said he was grateful that city workers had arranged sandbags and concrete barriers in his neighborhood. 'I did not leave the cars on the street because with the mudslide, (they) might go down,' he said.
CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES FLOODING MUDSLIDES STORM EVACUATIONS SAN LORENZO RIVER EATON FIRE PACIFIC PALISADES LOS ANGELES
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