California Rain May End Drought But Also Brings Floods and Mudslides
Be careful what you wish for! Although the drought in Southern California is becoming less of the problem. The rain has caused mudslides and floods in Southern California.
Storms are packing heavy rain and heavy mountain snow will take a break beginning during the middle of this week, while further drought relief looks promising for California, according to accuweather.
The storms raised considerable problems for the state including flooding, debris flows, snowy mountain roads and heavy seas, according to accuweather. Between two and four inches of rain fell on coastal Southern California during Sunday alone, which had first responders busy setting up roadblocks, performing swift water rescues, clearing debris and repairing power lines
Evacuations occurred in parts of Los Angeles, Orange and Santa Barbara counties for fears of mudslides and flash flooding in recent wildfire burn areas, according to ABC News.
Several people had to be rescued during flash flooding at El Capitan Canyon campground in California late last week. Cars had to be towed out of the heavy flowing water. January 2017, Orange County had 5.98 inches of rain and temperatures were 48-62 degrees.
Nathan Stevens • Feb 3, 2017 at 5:35 pm
After reading your article, I would like to know more about how scientists would detect when the drought is officially over.
Jasmin Sanchez • Feb 3, 2017 at 12:03 pm
I am in love with all the rain! It sucks that itś dangerous though because of the flooding. Thank you for writing this article!
Olivia Steward • Feb 3, 2017 at 10:15 am
I did not know that there were so many mud slides in Southern California. Also, this was a very descriptive article.
Carlo Moreno • Feb 2, 2017 at 8:34 pm
I’m surprised at how much rain we got and what it is really doing to us. It seems to have a worse affect than we could have hoped for!
Joshua Yee • Feb 2, 2017 at 1:26 pm
Great article, but I disagree with the statement “Be careful what you wish for” because we are in a drought so we need all the water we can get. A wise man once said, “You gotta break some eggs to make an omelet.”
Natalie Pronk • Feb 2, 2017 at 1:18 pm
Good job on this article! I like how this much information was included about the rainfall.