Mudslides and debris flow affected parts of Southern California after a tropical storm led to heavy rain and strong winds over the weekend.
A video posted to Twitter from resident Roger Seheult showed a large amount of mud covering the roads and parking lot outside of Oak Glen Steakhouse Saloon. “I was pretty scared,” Seheultwrote.
“I was going down to potato Canyon to pick up my kids from school and in front of me was something that looks like a lava flow so I got out to take a closer look and I realized it was mud,” he said in a follow up post. “And then this happened.”
“Thankfully nobody was hurt,” the organizer wrote, before noting that the mudslides “obliterated 70% of our steakhouse/dining room and kitchen” and also destroyed their equipment. “It’s all ruined,” they wrote.
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Per the AP, search teams looked through the streets for people in need of help after the mudslides.
Crews did not find anyone in need of rescue and no one was reported missing, reportedUSA Today.
The mudslides happened at the same time emergency personnel are battling the Mosquito Fire in Northern California, about 110 miles north of San Francisco.
“We have all hands on deck,” a fire department spokesperson told the AP. “It’s burning very erratic and intensely.”
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According toUSA Today, the mudslides and flash floods happened in areas of San Bernardino that have “burn scars,” sections that have minimal amounts of vegetation to hold soil after wildfires occurred in the area two years ago.
“All of that dirt turns to mud and starts slipping down the mountain,” Sherwin said, per the outlet.
source: people.com
