LOS ÁNGELES — Con las lluvias del domingo y el lunes en el Sur de California, las autoridades se mantienen en alerta debido a la inundación de calles y autopistas; entretanto, la Cruz Roja ha habilitado cuatro albergues para familias que se vean afectadas y no tengan en donde refugiarse por el peligro latente.
En las ciudades de Duarte y Santa Clarita se obligó a los residentes a que evacuaran la zona, los que preferían quedarse en sus viviendas se les pidió que firmaran documentos aceptando los riesgos. En estas localidades hay dos albergues, asimismo en Wilmington y Mammoth Lakes.
Topanga Canyon Boulevard is closed in Malibu as crews work to clear giant boulders and shore up the hillside.
“Los cuatro albergues se van a mantener abiertos hasta que las autoridades dejen que los residentes regresen a sus hogares”, aseguró a HOY Fred Mariscal, vocero de la Cruz Roja de Los Ángeles. “Que los habitantes se mantengan informados porque pueden haber inundaciones y deslaves”.
En varios años, según los meteorólogos, ésta sería la tormenta más fuerte. Hasta el momento, las áreas costeras del condado de L.A. se encuentran entre las más afectadas, de igual forma el aeropuerto de Long Beach registró un nuevo récord histórico de precipitaciones, con 3.87 pulgadas.
En el fin de semana, la autopista 110, en Carson, así como la 710 en las inmediaciones de Long Beach, fueron inhabilitadas al tránsito debido a las inundaciones, las cuales dejaron varios automóviles atrapados.
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A car is stuck in standing water on the southbound 110 Freeway on Jan. 22. (Christina House / For The Times)
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A surfer barely clears a giant wave in Manhattan Beach.
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People enjoy the snow in Acton.
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Elizabeth Wolterbeek plays among rocks in the 200 block of Mel Canyon Road in Duarte on Friday after a mudslide.
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A girl loses control of her umbrella after being rescued by a Huntington Beach police officer and a tow truck operator. Her family became trapped in their disabled car in the middle of flooded Heil Ave. amid a heavy downpour in Huntington Beach.
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Commuters navigate a rain-soaked 10 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday morning, as the first of three storms rolls through Southern California. More storms are expected over the weekend.
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Palmdale residents Cesar Navarro, left, and his son Cesar Navarro Jr. sled down a snowy hill in Acton.
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A fast moving discharge of water spews from the San Gabriel Dam, as a storm front moves through the area.
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A bicyclist comes to the end of a trail that’s covered in wet sand at Dockweiler State Beach in Playa del Rey.
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Snow covers boat slips and a lone picnic at Lake Arrowhead on Monday as the latest strom moves through.
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Debris, including drinking cups, rubber balls and bottles, washes ashore along the Alamitos Peninsula near East Ocean Boulevard and 56th Place in Long Beach on Monday.
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Dale Ball of La Cañada Flintridge has rain gear for herself and her dogs while walking toward the entrance to Hahamongna Watershed Park in Pasadena on Jan. 23.
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A car drives through a snowy scene on Shannon Valley Road in Acton.
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A city worker uses a snowblower to clear the walkways during a snowstorm at Lake Arrowhead Village.
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With the road closed to traffic, Paul Doolin rides a skateboard past a fallen boulder that rests on Topanga Canyon Blvd.
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A city worker shovels the walkways during a snowstorm at Lake Arrowhead Village in the San Bernardino mountains.
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Jose Villa of Lake Arrowhead clears fresh snow off his windshield during a blizzard in Rimforest, Calif.
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Snow begins to fall and stick to the road in Crestline, Calif.
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Enrique Nicanor carries plywood on an improvised walkway he made over a flowing creek that damaged the driveway to the house where he works on Iron Canyon Road.
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Clearing storm clouds are reflected in the wet sand at low tide in Newport Beach on Monday.
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County of Los Angeles pubic works equipment clears the flooded creek on Iron Canyon Road.
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Niklas Hofverberg and his daughter Bianca Hofverberg, 3 1/2 years old, watch the sun set as storms clouds dissipate in Venice on Monday.
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John Fisher of Altadena looks out toward Devils Gate Reservoir in Pasadena on Jan. 23.
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Westminster resident Shirley Hansen carries her dog Scruffy while she walks through floodwater caused by recent rain on the boardwalk in Seal Beach.
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A glimpse of blue sky is seen during a break in the rain at Devil’s Gate Reservoir in Pasadena on Jan. 23.
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Gina Picciolo takes a picture of a boulder that fell onto Topanga Canyon Blvd. Picciolo is a longtime resident in the area.
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Ward Preston and Gina Picciolo walk past a mudslide along Topanga Canyon Blvd.
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A Huntington Beach police officer watches a tow truck operator hook up chains to rescue a family from the middle of flooded Heil Avenue after their car stalled in the deep water amid a heavy downpour in Huntington Beach on Jan. 22.
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A rainbow appears over Seal Beach, Calif. on Monday. The tail end of a punishing winter storm system lashed California with thunderstorms and severe winds Monday after breaking rainfall records, washing out roads and whipping up enormous waves.
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All lanes of the 110 Freeway from Carson Street to 223rd Street were closed Sunday because of flooding. (Christina House / For The Times)
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Jerry Katz stands next to a mudflow at the corner of Mel Canyon and Brookridge roads in Duarte.
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A Huntington Beach police officer watches a bus drive through flooded Heil Avenue amid a heavy downpour in Huntington Beach.
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A man looks for a safe way to cross floodwaters flowing from hillsides in a nearby recent burn area on North Iron Canyon Road in Santa Clarita.
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A Huntington Beach police officer diverts a pickup driver while a tow truck operator hooks up chains to rescue a family from the middle of flooded Heil Ave.
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Mud and rocks have filled the driveway of a Duarte home along Mel Canyon Road, where residents have been evacuated due to mudslides.
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Rudy Fuentes stands on the porch of his home on Mel Canyon Road in Duarte, looking out at where mud has taken over his driveway.
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Police stop traffic on Mountain Crest Road where residents have been evacuated due to incoming storms in the Fish fire impact area in Duarte.
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Marcus Jenkins selling umbrellas as he shelters under one of his own on Hollywood Blvd in Hollywood as the second of three winter storms begin to drench the Southland Friday.
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Motorists navigate the flooded lanes of northbound Fairview Street in Santa Ana.
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Ella Masa, all wrapped in plastic, pushes her two service dogs as she joins an East LA/Boyle Heights group with banners and posters marching from Mariachi Plaza on Friday, protesting President Trump’s inauguration.
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Umbrellas are necessary on Hollywood Boulevard as the second of three winter storms begins to batter Southern California on Friday morning.
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A pedestrian scurries across the street under her umbrella in downtown Los Angeles on Friday morning.
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Paulina Tu takes cover under her umbrella as she waits for a ride in downtown Los Angeles on Friday morning.
(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times) Mientras en Santa Clarita en un video que circula en las redes sociales se observa como un vehículo es arrastrado por las aguas.
“El agua estuvo horrible, por eso hubo desalojo obligatorio para las personas que viven junto a las montañas”, comentó Reyna Díaz, miembro de la junta del Distrito Escolar de Duarte, situación que provocó el cierre de la escuela Valley View para este lunes.
De acuerdo a Díaz, el resto de los centros educativos siguen operando, aunque la amenaza no se ha detenido.
“La lluvia volvió, está súper recio y cayó granizo”, advirtió la funcionaria la mañana de este lunes, destacando que la escuela cerrada “en la época de incendios tuvo problemas, porque se encuentra en la mera colina”.
Con las tormentas, de acuerdo a la compañía Edison, al menos 5,500 personas se quedaron sin energía eléctrica en sus hogares, hecho que fue más evidente en las inmediaciones de las montañas de San Bernardino, donde alrededor de 1,500 personas estuvieron sin el servicio ayer.
Junto a las lluvias se han reportado accidentes en las carreteras. Según la Policía de Pomona ayer un conductor perdió el control del vehículo y terminó estrellándose contra un poste de teléfono, las lesiones fueron leves, pero más tarde declarado muerto por paramédicos del Condado de L.A.
Consejos para los conductores
A los conductores que tengan que manejar con el suelo mojado, las autoridades advierten que lo mejor es seguir las instrucciones cuando se indique evacuación por la zona en la que maneja, además piden que se conduzca a baja velocidad y aconsejan llevar linternas en caso de una emergencia.
Si tienes que bajarse del vehículo, evite pararse bajo árboles y postes de electricidad; asegúrese de tener a la mano su botiquín de primeros auxilios y que los teléfonos, laptops y tabletas estén cargados. Además, no camine en el agua estancada, porque lo inofensivo puede resultar profundo.
Albergues de la Cruz Roja
Canyon High School
Dirección: 19300 Nadal St., Santa Clarita
Duarte Community Center
Dirección: 1600 E. Huntington Drive, Duarte
Wilmington Recreation Center
Dirección: 325 N Neptune Ave., Wilmington
Crowley Lake Community Center
Dirección: 474-482 S Landling Rd., Mammoth Lakes
