At a Glance
- Heavy rain triggered numerous mudslides and localized flooding for a second day in California.
- Two deaths have been linked to the storm
- A woman was rescued from her Sausalito home Thursday after it slid down a hillside.
- Several water rescues had to be performed on Thursday.
Heavy rains that killed at least two people in California this week eased on Friday but authorities are warning that the danger of mudslides continues.
"The ground is still so saturated and the water is still flowing down from the mountains," said April Newman, spokeswoman for Riverside County Fire Department.
The storm damaged homes and caused widespread power outages, flooding, debris flows and triggered evacuations at burn scars.
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At least two deaths have been linked to the heavy rains.
An unidentified woman rescued from rising water in a low-lying area near Los Angeles on Thursday suffered a heart attack and died at a local hospital, said Capt. Ryan Rolston with the Corona Fire Department. The woman was one of nine people and three dogs rescued from a flood-control channel where homeless people often camp, the Associated Press reported.
The body of a man was recovered Thursday in Escondido in Southern California. The man had been seen paddle boarding in surging waters at a concrete-lined flood-control channel, the AP reports.
More than 56,000 customers remained without power in the Golden State at 9:30 a.m. Friday morning, PowerOutage.us reported.
Early Thursday, a woman was rescued from her Sausalito home after it slid "some distance" down a hill and crashed into another one, according to NBC Bay Area.
The woman, later identified as Susan Gordon, was "pinned within the debris in her home" and was "encased in mud," Capt. Doug Paterson with the Southern Marin Fire Protection District told the news station. Rescuers her hand and pulled her her to safety, Paterson said.
The report said Gordon was talking and thanking her neighbors after she was rescued and is expected to make a full recovery.
The incident prompted officials to evacuate 50 homes in the vicinity because of the risk of more slides and possible broken gas lines and downed power lines. The fire department later said the mud picked up two homes and covered five cars.
"We don't see the rain most of the year, so most of the year you feel safe. But when the big storms come, your safety factor is gone," local resident Chris Parkman told the Associated Press.
Southern California
Numerous road closured were reported throughout the state during the storm as a result of flooding, mudslides and downed power lines.
State Road 243 was closed Thursday from Hurley Flats to Interstate 10 near Idyllwild after one lane of the highway washed away.
Caltrans closed the Pacific Coast Highway (State Road 1) in both directions from Seapoint to Warner Avenue in Huntington Beach.
Debris flows and mudslides caused State Route 33 to be shut down between Fairview Road in Ojai to Lockwood Valley Road.
In Placer County near Loomis, rescuers had to pull a driver from an SUV Thursday morning after a large tree fell, knocked down power lines and crushed the vehicle, a spokeswoman for the sheriff's office tweeted. She said the driver was taken to a hospital.
Emergency crews in Cabazon rescued three people after their car was swamped by flood waters at Elm Street and Adele Avenue, the Riverside County Fire Department reported. Helicopters had to be called in to help with the rescue. One person was treated at the scene. Two others were taken by an ambulance to a hospital. Two other people were rescued from their flooded car at Briggs Road later in the morning. Extensive street flooding was also reported in Banning and Beaumont.
Four people had to be rescued by helicopter when they got stranded in an island on a wash near the Soboba Springs country club in San Jacinto.
All evacuation orders ordered at the burn site of the Holy Fire in Riverside County were lifted Friday morning.
A home in the Alvarado neighborhood of Lake Elsinore was in danger of being washed away by a fast-flowing flooded creek, CBS Los Angeles reported. The waters had already pulled down a brick wall and several outbuildings.
There have been dozens of reports of debris flows or flooding in California since the storm began on Tuesday, noted weather.com meteorologist Chris Dolce.
Cal Fire's San Bernardino unit reported that a tree more than 100 feet tall fell into a roadway in Yucaipa. They estimated it would take a couple of hours to remove.
Officials in Palm Springs urged residents to shelter in place and a number of roads had to be closed in the Coachella Valley, KESQ reported.
Northern California
A levee along State Route 37 near Novato was breached Thursday, flooding a rural field. Authorities say they are monitoring the situation.
The Russian River spilled over its banks and flooded parts of Guerneville, a community in Sonoma County, KRON reported.
Southbound Interstate 5 is closed in Colusa County at Maxwell Road and traffic is being rerouted to State Road 20, which is also seeing long delays. Northbound traffic on I-5 was being allowed to pass one vehicle at a time.
Pacific Coast Highway (State Road 1) was closed near Big Sur as a precaution.
In Butte County, much of which was devastated by last year's deadly Camp Fire, residents of several communities were told to evacuate.
The sheriff's office said there was a small breach in the levee on Rock Creek near Nord. Richvale residents were also told to evacuate because of potential flooding in the Cherokee Canal.
A power outage knocked out lights in the Caldecott Tunnel between Oakland and Orinda, KCBS Radio reported.
One person suffered minor injuries in Monterey County after a tree fell onto a home.
Flooding, along with water rescues, was reported in the Bay Area along and west of Highway 116 in Sonoma County. To the south, additional water rescues occurred along flooded roads, and at Pebble Beach, winds blew a large tree onto a vehicle at the front gate.
On Thursday, northbound Highway 17 near Santa Cruz was closed after a tree fell on a semi-trailer and State Route 29 between Napa Junction and South Kelly Road is closed until further notice because of flooding.
