Fire department vehicle swept into ocean in debris flow as rain pounds LA

LOS ANGELES -- One of the strongest storms of the season slammed fire-ravaged Los Angeles with heavy rain, sending streams of mud and debris across roadways and sweeping a fire department vehicle off a Malibu road into the ocean, authorities said.

A member of the Los Angeles Fire Department was inside the vehicle when it was swept off the road by a large debris flow along Big Rock Road in Malibu, a public information officer for the department said in a post on X.

"Fortunately, the member was able to exit his vehicle and reach safety with minor injuries. He was transported to a local hospital as a precaution," PIO Erik Scott said.

Storms intensified earlier in the evening Thursday as a line of severe thunderstorms stretching from north of Pasadena to Malibu dumped rain and brought wind gusts of up to 70 mph, and a possible tornado hit a mobile home park near Oxnard, California, about 60 miles north of Los Angeles, with some damage to those mobile homes.

Fire department vehicle swept into ocean in debris flow as rain pounds LA

A new atmospheric river is slamming California, including fire-ravaged Los Angeles, where residents are bracing for the possibility of mudslides and landslides.

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[Andy C]

First glance I thought the article was talking about a Fire truck but it was actually a smaller Fire Dept SUV, the type of fire chief might be driving.

Prayers for all affected by these storms and mudslide.

 

[Tall Timbers]

and a possible tornado hit a mobile home park near Oxnard, California, about 60 miles north of Los Angeles

That's my hometown. I've never heard of a tornado in that area. Of course, I lived there for less than 2 decades and that of course was before man made global warming was a fake thing.

 

[Ghoti Ichthus]