Heavy rain unleashed destructive mudslides on an area east of Los Angeles scorched by wildfires two years ago.
OAK GLEN, Calif. — Cleanup efforts and damage assessments were underway Tuesday east of Los Angeles after heavy rains unleashed mudslides in a mountain area scorched by a wildfire two years ago, sending boulders across roads, carrying away cars and prompting evacuations and shelter-in-place orders.
“We have boulders that moved through that weigh multiple tons,” Sherwin said. “It could take days just to find all the cars that are missing because they are completely covered by mud.”from Oak Glen showed a torrent of mud racing down a hillside, across a road and into a restaurant parking lot.Marcio Jose Sanchez via Associated PressPerla Halbert had been out of town and returned to her Oak Glen home late Monday to find the driveway covered with a few inches of mud.
Nearly 2 inches of rain fell on Yucaipa Ridge. Concerns about more thunderstorms Tuesday prompted authorities to keep about 2,000 homes in the San Bernardino Mountains communities under evacuation orders. The orders were expected to remain until at least Wednesday, and possibly longer, as damage assessment teams evaluate the condition of roads and infrastructure, the Yucaipa Police Department said on Twitter.
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