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Hundreds of San Diego homes and businesses were damaged or ruined in devastating floods after punishing rainfall fell Monday during a 'thousand-year storm.'
Navy Base San Diego, south of downtown, reported flooding in the late morning as a thick cell of precipitation moved over the area and put multiple streets and Interstate 15, which leads to Las ...
Mayor Gloria said a high school in San Diego was being used as a temporary shelter after about 100 homes were in some way affected by the flooding.
San Diego received record rainfall for California at higher elevations causing floods and prompting road closures. [ 22 ] [ 18 ] Two tornado warnings would be issued for portions of San Diego County by the National Weather Service due to a severe thunderstorm produced by the storm complex, although no damage would be caused.
Portions of California State Route 78 in Imperial Valley were closed, and the California Highway Patrol, United States Coast Guard's San Diego sector, and the Imperial County Fire Department assisted with flood rescue operations. [26] More than 4 inches (100 mm) fell across portions of Imperial County and east of Palo Verde. [26]
The flooding is helping to spread a deadly fungal disease called coccidioidomycosis, or Valley fever. The California Department of Public Health said the 9,280 new cases of Valley fever with onset dates in 2023 was the highest number the department has ever documented. The Coccidioides flourishes due to the oscillation between extreme dryness ...
San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria declared an emergency in the city due to heavy rainfall and flash flooding, and the county proclaimed a local emergency on behalf of its board of supervisors.
The rainfall put the 14 million individuals living between LA and San Diego under rare high-risk flash-flood warnings. Yesterday, Feb 4th, DT L.A. had 4.10" of rain. Exceeded daily record of 2.55 ...