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Rains bring mudslide fears to California burn areas

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on November 26, 2008 at 8:11 am

From the Associated Press:

Rains swept across Southern California on Wednesday, bringing flash flood warnings to areas already burned by wildfire and worries from thousands of residents whose homes were spared by flames that they could now face destructive mudslides instead.

A torrent of early morning showers spurred an evacuation order in Orange County, where at least 1,500 people in Yorba Linda were told to leave their homes. “Nothing has gone down yet, but the rain met the threshold where we needed to get people out,” Orange County Fire Captain Greg McKeown said. Voluntary evacuations had already been called for in the city of 65,000 southeast of Los Angeles, which was torched by a huge fire earlier this month.

In another wildfire-ravaged area in Santa Barbara County, an evacuation order affecting up to 2,200 homes remained in effect Wednesday morning after light rain had fallen in the area for several hours. Many had to evacuate for the second time in a month. “The fire wiped out all vegetation and the soil is very unstable,” said county spokesman William Boyer. “We’re talking about some very steep slopes up there.”

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November 26, 2008 · Filed Under General Water Issues

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