A major storm moved into California this week and, judging from these pictures, Hemet saw more than enough of the wet stuff…
Vehicles stranded in flood waters on Highway 74 near Columbia Street in Hemet http://t.co/4nn1DIY9Xo pic.twitter.com/PT8DPdU84x
— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) December 4, 2014
#Hemet apartment complex was evacuated when storm runoff ripped out a gas meter. No one was hurt. pic.twitter.com/4ETcEm9PVO — Q McCray (@ABC7QMcCray) December 4, 2014
ABC 7 reports that about 40 people had to be rescued from vehicles in the Hemet and San Jacinto area
IMAGE: Fire-rescue personnel push a car out of a flooded Hemet intersection. http://t.co/vuqvcWdjla pic.twitter.com/H1pwsJh3w7
— NBC Los Angeles (@NBCLA) December 4, 2014
Hector Ramirez of Hemet looks at a car stranded in water on Hemet Street Thursday morning pic.twitter.com/JDvHsPR47C
— Craig Shultz (@PE_CraigShultz) December 4, 2014
An astonishing 14.5 inches of rain was reported at The Yucaipa Ridge!
“@ABC7QMcCray: A river of storm runoff is running down San Jacinto St in #Hemet. This car didn’t make it. #mapit pic.twitter.com/XqoBM0Ou0u”
— ✖M✊LLS✖ (@Mollie_McElroy) December 4, 2014
A car sits in a couple feet of water in a large dip on Hemet St. in Hemet. pic.twitter.com/SlnRyx3OMj — Craig Shultz (@PE_CraigShultz) December 4, 2014
And that rain turned to runoff and made its way down to The San Jacinto / Hemet area…
Severe flooding on Hemet’s main street, Florida Ave, near Cornell. (Retweeted to correct a typo.) pic.twitter.com/xna2rbrGc2
— Holly Lindquist (@saturnloft) December 4, 2014
Car stuck in #Hemet flood pic.twitter.com/YTH7mAYkAD — Julie Sone (@ABC7JulieSone) December 4, 2014
Luckily the rain has moved out of the area (for now anyway)