Follow the latest storm movement with interactive radar<\/a><\/p>\nWith more rain in the forecast, some residents worried about flooding and potential property damage.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverybody should be prepared for it,\u201d local resident Robert Duarte said.<\/p>\n
While walking his dog Sky out along the popular pier, Duarte expressed concern about what the storm could bring to the area. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt seems like it’s gonna bring a lot of flooding to the neighborhood, to the IB neighborhood,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd it’s gonna cause a lot of damage.\u201d<\/p>\n
A brief break in the rain late Saturday afternoon gave people a chance to get out before conditions worsened, with some planning to stay indoors as the storm moved through.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to be settled inside, you know, when the storm hits,\u201d Duarte said. \u201cSo that’s why we’re out right now at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Others were more anxious about the possibility of rising water.<\/p>\n
\u201cI’m worried about it because I’m scared,\u201d one resident said. \u201cLike, I don’t know if the water is gonna, like, drop or when.\u201d<\/p>\n
Not everyone anticipated major impacts. Two longtime local surfers said they were accustomed to changing weather conditions and expected heavy rain and large waves, but were less concerned about significant flooding.<\/p>\n
\u201cHonestly, probably just big waves and a lot of rain coming through, but I don’t think it’s necessary to prep sandbags and prepare,\u201d longtime resident, Casey Pernatt said.<\/p>\n
Another echoed similar sentiments but said it was still better to take precautions.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s better to be prepared than not, you know, than get surprised by something,\u201d Kent Wessman said. \u201cBut I don’t think anything major is going to happen down here.\u201d<\/p>\n
Despite those differing levels of concern, the rain transformed a typically busy weekend destination into a noticeably quieter, waterlogged stretch of coastline. The storm is expected to continue into Sunday morning with flood-prone areas such as Imperial Beach remaining a focus as additional rain moved through the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Heavy rain from Post-tropical cyclone Rachel swept across San Diego County\u2019s coastline Saturday, leaving parts of Imperial Beach…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":492582,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[644,929,74,76,75,191836],"class_list":["post-492581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-flooding","tag-imperial-beach","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-storm-rachel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492581\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/492582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}