LOS ANGELES (AP) – Authorities say 14 people were rescued after their cars became stranded in a flash flood in a Southern California community during the third straight day of rain.
KABC-TV reports five vehicles got stuck shortly after 1 a.m. Thursday as several feet of mud and water roared over a rural road near Gilman Hot Springs in Riverside County.
California Highway Patrol Sgt. Adrian Horta says he was able to drive his SUV alongside one car and pull a man and woman out through the driver’s side window.
A swift water rescue crew rescued the remaining people.
No injuries were reported. Roads around the flooded area are closed.
A weakening Pacific storm has brought days of rain to drought-stricken California, triggering some freeway flooding and likely opening sinkholes but not producing major damage.