MUDSLIDES AND FLOODS HIT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Saturday, December 13, 2014, 09:44

Mudslides were triggered after heavy rains on hills already burned by wildfire

Heavy rains in southern California have triggered mudslides and flooding, killing one person and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of homes.

The body was found in a drainage canal in a southern suburb of Los Angeles.

Another hard-hit area was the town of Camarillo Springs, 50 miles (80km) north-west of Los Angeles, where a mudslide left 18 homes uninhabitable.

The same storm closed major highways and caused power cuts in the San Francisco area on Thursday.

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