California Mudslides: Residents, Get Out!
UPDATE: The area has escaped major damage, with the Associated Press saying: "There were scattered reports of small rock slides in Santa Barbara County, a slipping hillside in southern Orange County and a small mud flow in a canyon that burned last fall."
UPDATE: As of Wednesday morning, no mudslides have been reported, according to the Associated Press. The rainfall estimate map below is a exaggerated - it's hard to estimate rainfall from Doppler radars in southern California due to the mountainous terrain. More realistic rain gauge estimates can be found here, as of this morning indicating close to an inch of rain in the foothills of Santa Barbara county, with over 2 inches in the surrounding mountains. The scary thing is, nobody knows what rain amount might trigger the mudslides, but I'd be really worried after an inch falls in a short time period.
ORIGINAL BLOG POST: The city of Yorba Linda warned residents on its website today:
The mudslides are coming because of heavy rain moving into the area, something our own Ken Clark (PREMIUM | PRO) warned about Friday. This graphic outlines the areas under threat of mudslides today:
As of this writing, heavy rain is approaching the Santa Barbara area. Officially, we are calling for over 2 inches of rain in some areas by Thursday morning, per this graphic from our Pro site:
Bloomberg offers some stats on the recent wildfires:
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