{"id":279241,"date":"2026-02-11T20:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T20:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/279241\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T20:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T20:20:08","slug":"socal-rain-creates-hazardous-road-conditions-triggers-water-rescues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/279241\/","title":{"rendered":"SoCal rain creates hazardous road conditions, triggers water rescues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">AGOURA HILLS, Calif.  (KABC) &#8212; A <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7.com\/post\/los-angeles-weather-temperatures-southern-california\/58983\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fast-moving storm brought strong rain and winds across Southern California<\/a> overnight, leading to hazardous road conditions, multiple water rescues and toppled trees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Just before 2 a.m. Wednesday in Agoura Hills, the Los Angeles County Fire Department responded to a car that was trapped in a waterway at Triunfo Canyon Road. One man inside had to be rescued.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;I saw that the water was a little steep coming down the road, but even when I tried to back up, my car lost traction and it slid forward,&#8221; the man said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">He said he was a little shaken up, but is expected to be OK.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Over in Elysian Park, crews rescued at least one man trapped on an embankment by the L.A. River. Once he was hoisted out, he was taken to the hospital with symptoms of hypothermia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The overnight rain impacted traffic near the Getty Center and caused one car to crash into a tree off the 405 Freeway. The vehicle reportedly went airborne before crashing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Several roadways also saw significant flooding. At one point, all northbound lanes were flooded near Sheldon Avenue, trapping at least one car in the water.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Winds also whipped the region, toppling some trees in Agoura Hills and Lancaster.<\/p>\n<p>In Sherman Oaks, a large tree came crashing down on power poles at Valley Vista and Beverly Glen boulevards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">In Sherman Oaks, a large tree came crashing down on power poles at Valley Vista and Beverly Glen boulevards. Around 500 people were left without power as a result, according to the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">And Caltrans closed Topanga Canyon Boulevard out of concerns of mud and debris flows. The road was expected to reopen later Wednesday morning depending on weather conditions.<\/p>\n<p><br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KABC Television, LLC. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AGOURA HILLS, Calif. (KABC) &#8212; A fast-moving storm brought strong rain and winds across Southern California overnight, leading&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":279242,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[156722,273,111,139,69,147],"class_list":["post-279241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-156722","tag-environment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}