Areas of Southern California look rare summer thunderstorms this weekend , with rainfall that give out July record all over the state . So much rainfall , in fact , that flash implosion therapy dislodged a bridge and collapsed a section of the 10 Freeway — the major east - west freeway that unite Los Angeles and Phoenix .
One truck was trapped by the bridge that collapsed in Riverside County , just east of Palm Springs . The passenger escaped but rescue units had to pull the driver to condom . Other driver used their tow rope to fix the truck to the bridge guardrails so it would n’t be swing out away . The Tex Wash nosepiece had been list as “ functionally obsolete ” in a 2014 national inventorying but was not schedule to be fixed .
Chief Geoff Pemberton / CAL FIRE / Riverside County Fire via AP
But to answer your first interrogative sentence : Wait , Southern California ? The very same Southern California go through a catastrophic drought ? Some years it ’s distinctive for Los Angeles not to see any rain from June to October but for the past three sidereal day we ’ve see rain — and a caboodle of it . The leftover of Tropical Storm Dolores turned the region into a muggy , moist deal and issuedflash flood warningsfrom the Pacific Ocean to the Arizona boundary line .
Flash Flood Watch in essence for areas shaded green . Be ready to take activity if a admonition is issued!#LAweatherpic.twitter.com / MP8bbn1v71
— NWS Los Angeles ( @NWSLosAngeles)July 19 , 2015
So that dry creek bed looked like this last nighttime :
These washes can sometimes see a important amount of rain this time of year as part of the “ monsoonal moisture ” that brings afternoon thunderstorm to the desert . But the rains this weekend were unco heavy . This scene might be a peep into California ’s near future — predictions for a very inviolable El Niñocould stop up dumping more book rainfall onto the Western US .
We postulate the rainfall , that ’s for trusted . But we also need to ensure we ’re ready for a lot more of it by checking our infrastructure andcollecting as much water we canbefore it ’s even out to sea .
The thruway remains shut today mean that all dealings which normally journey between LA to Phoenix will need to detour hundreds of miles out of the way . The 15 Freeway , which head northeast out of the state , was also closed for a short time this weekend after a wildfire jumped the freeway andcharred dozens of vehicle .
[ Desert Sun ]
Photos by Nick Ut / AP except where note
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