Heavy Rains:1A Pacific Storm Cause Flooding Cities in California.
Strong Pacific storms on Thursday caused streets and homes to flood in Southern California coastal cities, leaving Santa Barbara drivers stranded in their cars and making holiday travel even more difficult.
Overnight, the rains fell primarily on Ventura and Santa Barbara counties, which are northwest of Los Angeles County.
This resulted in areas of Port Hueneme, Oxnard, and Santa Barbara becoming submerged in water.
In one instance, a police detective had to carry a woman on his back after the SUV she was riding in became stuck in knee-deep floodwaters.
About 1:30 a.m., flash flooding was unleashed in Ventura County due to rainfall rates exceeding 3 inches (7.6 centimeters) per hour, according to the National Weather Service.
In some areas of Santa Monica, streets started to fill with water later in the morning.
Barbara during yet another downpour caused by the storm. When the wind and rain subsided by midday, locals went outside to inspect the damage.
The majority of the intense rain and flooding had subsided just before 11 a.m., according to Sven Dybdahl, owner of the olive oil and vinegar shop Viva Oliva in downtown Santa Barbara, who admitted that he had difficulty finding dry routes to work on Thursday morning.
Heavy rains:1A Pacific Storm Cause Flooding Cities in California.
At the end of the holiday shopping season, he expressed gratitude that the weather is only predicted to cause problems for a few days. If not, he expressed concern about how the rains would effect his store’s bottom line.
“It’s happening quite late, but thankfully it will have an impact,” he stated.
Port Hueneme City released four streets had orders for residents to evacuate, and four more streets had warnings about possible evacuations.
The orders had an impact on about sixty homes, all of which were in an elderly community, according to Ventura County fire spokesperson Firefighter Andy VanSciver.
An evacuation hub was established in the gymnasium of a college.
In an abundance of caution, three members of the senior community were sent to hospitals, and numerous drivers were rescued from flooded cars, he said.
Numerous streets and intersections were significantly affected, according to a social media post from the city of Oxnard. The post requested that people avoid the city streets for a few hours as the water level dropped.
Heavy rains:1A Pacific Storm Cause Flooding Cities in California.
A tornado warning was issued by the National Weather Service for Oxnard and the a high-intensity thunderstorm that hit the city of Ventura at 1:28 a.m.,
But no tornado activity was immediately seen, according to a social media post from the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office.
Heavy rains:1A Pacific Storm Cause Flooding Cities in California.
Despite “gloomy” skies, Carlos Larios, manager of Heritage Coffee and Gifts in downtown Oxnard, stated that the storm had not affected their Thursday morning rush several hours later.
It’s surprising that people are still coming in for coffee, he said. “I don’t think many people will be prevented from going outside by the rain.”
Earlier in the week, as the center of the low-pressure system gradually moved south off the coast, the storm tore across Northern California.
It was referred to by forecasters as a “cutoff low,” or a storm that is isolated from the main rainfall by moving from west to east and remaining for several days.
Heavy rains:1A Pacific Storm Cause Flooding Cities in California.
Instead of producing a broad, uniform downpour, the system was generating isolated bands of precipitation.
According to forecasters, on Thursday, the low would sway slightly away from the coast, removing moisture and letting in some sunlight before moving back.
The main core of the storm was expected to pass through the San Diego region overnight and into Friday morning, the local weather office warned, adding that instead of dissipating, it was gaining momentum.
Californians, meanwhile, were wrapping up Christmas preparations and getting ready for holiday travel.
9.5 million people in the Southern California region were expected to travel over the year-end holiday, according to the Automobile Club of Southern California.
Earlier this week, an unexpectedly powerful storm struck the Northeast, and some areas of Vermont, Maine, and New Hampshire were still cleaning up after being damaged by wind and rain.
A particularly harsh impact was felt in areas of Maine along the Kennebec and Androscoggin rivers.
In northern New England, floodwaters were receding, but in certain isolated places, they remained at flood stage, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Jon Palmer.
According to him, there were still flood warnings in place in some areas of Maine and New Hampshire.
The storm in Maine claimed the lives of at least four people.
Restoration work was still ongoing on Thursday morning in Maine, where the storm had cut off power to 400,000 customers.
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