‘Do not let your guard down’: Relentless rain in Southern California causes more debris flows, evacuations
LOS ANGELES — Rainfall from a relentless atmospheric river storm has already smashed records in Southern California, but the torrential weather has not let up, with even more mud and debris flows inundating roads and forcing evacuations.
On the fourth day of the punishing storm, Hacienda Heights and La Habra Heights in eastern Los Angeles County became the latest hilly communities to see devastating damage from the historic rainfall.
Firefighters on Tuesday morning evacuated three homes on Gotera Drive in Hacienda Heights after a debris flow damaged at least one house, Los Angeles County Fire spokesperson Fred Fielding said. Nearby, an almost three-mile stretch of Hacienda Road in La Habra Heights was closed after a major debris flow swallowed much of the street.
Capt. Greg Terril of the La Habra
