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Malibu surfside news | February 7, 2019 | 13
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Crews work to clear Pacific Coast Highway Saturday, Feb. 2, near Leo Carrillo Beach.
That day, mandatory evacuations were ordered for residents of Malibu West as well as
residents of Seminole Springs mobile home park. Suzy Demeter/22nd Century Media
Rain sparks mudflow,
evacuations in Malibu
Three Malibu
homes damaged
Lauren Coughlin, Editor
Three single-family
homes on Ramirez Canyon
Road sustained flooding
damage brought on
by the most recent round
of storms, which began
Thursday, Jan. 31.
Residents of the property
that sustained the most
damage were not home
when the flooding occurred,
according to Pono
Barnes, a public information
officer with the Los
Angeles County Fire Department.
As of press time, no injuries
or deaths were reported
for the storm incident, and
no commercial properties
were damaged, threatened
or destroyed.
Still, as of Monday, Feb.
4, Barnes urged motorists
to avoid canyon roads if
possible, as hillsides were
saturated with rain, presenting
the possibility for
hazardous driving conditions.
As of noon Feb. 4, Pacific
Coast Highway, from
Broad Beach Road to Las
Posas Road, was flooded
and closed, according to
Caltrans District 7.
A flash flood warning remained
in effect for Malibu
until 12:15 p.m. Monday,
Feb. 4, and the National
Weather Service expected
hourly rainfall rates of up to
half an inch throughout Los
Angeles County. Other areas
expected to experience
flooding included Agoura
Hills, Santa Clarita, Van
Nuys, West Covina, Torrance
and Whittier.
A high surf advisory also
remained in effect through
the afternoon of Wednesday,
Feb. 6, with the potential
for elevated surf of 3-6
feet and an increased risk of
ocean drowning.
Over the weekend, residents
of the Paseo Canyon
area of Malibu West were
under mandatory evacuation
orders for the better
part of Saturday, Feb.
2, and residents of Seminole
Springs mobile home
park in Agoura Hills were
ordered to evacuate their
properties roughly a half
hour before Malibu West.
By 5 p.m. Saturday, both
evacuation orders were
lifted, but many roadways
were flooded with debris,
water and mud, causing intermittent
closures.
The Santa Monica-
Malibu Unified School
District’s Malibu schools
remained open throughout
the duration of the storm.
Sunset Mesa resident Vanmali B. Patel shared this image of a Malibu sunrise in
December.
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