SoCal2 Flash floods and mudslides in San Bernardino County- KTLA report w transcript at Heating Planet blog

Workers announced they’ve closed down a major route to Big Bear on Friday after motorists reported mudslides trapped about a dozen vehicles overnight. KTLA's Carlos Herrera reports on Sept. 19, 2025 WARCH: Flash floods and mudslides in San Bernardino County

YESTERDAY STORMS LEFT SEVERAL 0:09 INLAND EMPIRE NEIGHBORHOODS 0:10 WITH A BIG MESS TO CLEAN UP 0:11 KTLA IS CARLOS AROUND REPORTS 0:12 FROM OAKLAND. 0:17 >> THE CLEANUP EFFORTS NOW 0:18 UNDERWAY HERE THAT'S A LOT OF 0:20 WORK TO BE DONE HERE YOU CAN 0:20 SEE THE HEAVY MACHINE OVER MY 0:22 SHOULDER, THIS IS YET ANOTHER 0:24 SPOT THAT WAS IMPACTED 0:25 OVERNIGHT HERE IN OAKLAND, 0:25 THIS OAKLAND ROAD JUST PAST 0:27 GLEN ROAD NOW IMPASSABLE AFTER 0:29 MUD AND DEBRIS CAME RUSHING 0:31 DOWN LAST NIGHT JUST ON THE 0:32 OTHER SIDE OF THIS PILE OF 0:34 MUD. THERE ARE 2 HOMES THAT 0:35 ARE SURROUNDED BY MARK. 0:38 RESIDENTS THERE ARE UNABLE TO 0:39 LEAVE YOU CAN SEE A CAR THERE 0:42 AND ALSO GOT STUCK TRYING TO 0:43 GO THROUGH THE MASK. THE 0:43 DRIVER NOW LAUGHING ABOUT IT. 0:46 BUT SAYS IT WAS NO LAUGHING 0:47 MATTER WHEN IT WAS HAPPENING. 0:49 >> I HAD 0:52 >> THE PHOTOS ARE GOING TO MY 0:53 CAR AND ACTUALLY I JUST. THANK 0:55 GOD. RIGHT. AND THERE'S 0:58 ANOTHER CAR THAT WAS TRYING TO 1:01 COME BY AND THE STAFF I SHOULD 1:02 LISTEN TO THIS TREE CAME ALL 1:03 OF A SUDDEN. 1:04 >> AND LOOK AT AND OTHER 1:05 DEBRIS GOING BY. 1:08 >> MANY OAKLAND RESIDENTS, 1:09 WAKING UP TO THIS SKY 5 GIVING 1:11 US A LOOK FROM OVER HAD BLACK 1:12 WAS OF MUD AND DEBRIS THAT 1:14 CAME RUSHING DOWN THOSE 1:15 HILLSIDES SWEEPING UP ANYTHING 1:18 IN THEIR PATHS AFTER THAT 1:19 HEAVY DOWNPOUR. IT APPEARS 1:23 COMMUNITIES ALONG THE POTATO 1:24 CANYON ROAD GOT THE WORST TO 1:25 BEST PROMPTING SEVERAL ROAD 1:26 CLOSURES TRAPPED CARS AND 1:30 DOWNED POWER LINES ARE NOW 1:33 UNDERWAY AS SEVERAL HOMES ALSO 1:34 BECAME SURROUNDED BY BIDEN CAL 1:35 FIRE SAYS THESE MUDSLIDES ARE 1:39 LINKED TO DEBRIS RUNOFF FROM 1:41 THE 2020 ELDORADO BURNS COVER. 1:49 AND CLEANUP CREWS HAVE BEEN 1:50 BUSY ALSO REMOVING TONS OF MUD 1:50 AND DEBRIS FROM NEIGHBORHOODS 1:53 IN FOREST FALLS THEM OUT 1:54 THEY'RE LEAVING SEVERAL HOMES 1:56 INUNDATED AND ROADS IMPASSABLE 1:59 VIDEO SHOWING CALTRANS CREWS 2:01 ALSO CLEARING ONE OF A SLIGHT 2:03 ON HIGHWAY 38 AND CARS LINED 2:05 UP THERE AFTER BEING STUCK AND 2:07 SURROUNDED BY ALL SORTS OF MUD 2:09 AND DEBRIS. THIS MORNING, A 2:10 GROUP OF APPROXIMATELY 10 2:12 PEOPLE IN 67 VEHICLES HAS BEEN 2:15 RESCUED AFTER BEING STRANDED 2:15 ON THE HIGHWAY IN THE AREA OF 2:18 JENKS LAKE FOR SEVERAL HOURS. 2:21 OFFICIALS SAY RESCUE TEAMS GOT 2:22 TO THEM FAST AS THEY COULD AND 2:25 NOW THE FOCUS HAS SHIFTED TO 2:26 CLEAN THIS MESS UP. BUT IT 2:28 STILL HAS A LONG WAY TO GO. 2:32 AND DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TEAMS 2:34 WITH CAL FIRE NOW OUT OF THESE 2:34 COMMUNITIES SURVEY, THE EXTENT 2:37 OF PROPERTY LOSS IN THESE 2:39 AREAS. SO FAR IT SEEM