Thousands evacuated as flash floods hit fire-ravaged California
Source: CBS
MALIBU, Calif. -- Thousands of people in California were under evacuation orders Friday morning because of rushing floodwaters and mudslides. Some areas were already digging out from the muck and debris.
Residents of the areas hardest hit by the deadly wildfires are the most at risk of having their homes destroyed.
CBS News correspondent Cater Evans said the city of Malibu got a solid day of rain, and more was still on the way in parts of California. That's a big concern in the burn areas. In the mountains around Malibu, there's nothing left on the hillsides to hold the dirt in place.
Heavy downpours across Southern California prompted flash flood warnings and mandatory evacuations for about 4,000 homes.
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TheCowsCameHome
(40,161 posts)First fires, now floods.
Stay safe out there.
Rural_Progressive
(1,105 posts)won't pop something loose further south, they just don't need that on top of everything else
canetoad
(17,088 posts)On top of this the ENSO (El NiñoSouthern Oscillation) report a 70-80% chance of an El Niño forming in early 2019. This generally brings hot, dry weather to my part of the world but more rain to California.
MR. ELECTABLE
(218 posts)The chaparral (the native dry material that grows on malibu hillsides) actually gives off an oil when it burns that makes the ground unable to absorb water. So after a fire the rain will not be absorbed into the hillside and will mostly run off, causing flash floods downhill.
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)That's a double whammy.
leftyladyfrommo
(18,815 posts)I feel so sorry for those people. I can't even begin to imagine what they are going through.