{"id":507564,"date":"2026-10-25T15:08:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T15:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/507564\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T15:08:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T15:08:18","slug":"see-it-3-rescued-from-rushing-floodwaters-as-heavy-rain-swells-los-angeles-wash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/507564\/","title":{"rendered":"See it: 3 rescued from rushing floodwaters as heavy rain swells Los Angeles wash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Three people were pulled from the rain-swollen Pacoima Wash in North Hills, California, after fast-moving floodwaters swept through the channel.<\/p>\n

THE TAKEAWAY<\/p>\n

Three people were rescued from the rain-swollen Pacoima Wash in Los Angeles.LAFD crews used a helicopter and aerial ladder during the dramatic rescues.The National Weather Service warned torrential rain could trigger localized flooding<\/p>\n

LOS ANGELES \u2013 Three people were rescued from a fast-moving flood channel in Los Angeles<\/a> after heavy rain and thunderstorms<\/a> sent runoff surging through Southern California<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Fast-moving water surged through the rain-swollen Pacoima Wash in Los Angeles\u2019 San Fernando Valley on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n

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Three people were rescued from the rain-swollen Pacoima Wash.<\/p>\n

(LAFD)<\/p>\n

Los Angeles Fire Department crews responded around 9 a.m. to the Pacoima Wash near Parthenia Street and Sepulveda Boulevard.<\/p>\n

Upon arrival, firefighters first rescued a woman from the rushing water that was reported to be in stable condition and was taken to a local hospital.<\/p>\n

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An LAFD helicopter crew then plucked an adult man from the floodwaters and flew him directly to the hospital.<\/p>\n

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LAFD crews used a helicopter and aerial ladder during the rescues.<\/p>\n

(LAFD)<\/p>\n

A short time later, crews found a third man clinging to a bridge abutment near Saticoy Street.<\/p>\n

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Dramatic video captured the moment a firefighter was lowered from an aerial ladder to reach the man and bring him to safety<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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All three victims were taken to hospitals and expected to survive.<\/p>\n

(LAFD)<\/p>\n

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The National Weather Service warned that torrential rainfall could trigger localized flooding<\/a>, with storms producing rates of up to 1 inch per hour in parts of the region.<\/p>\n

All three were taken to hospitals and expected to survive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three people were pulled from the rain-swollen Pacoima Wash in North Hills, California, after fast-moving floodwaters swept through…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":507565,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[7,2879,48,52,51,47,50,49,29141,3607,90863,1067,1181],"class_list":["post-507564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-california","tag-flood","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-precipitation","tag-safety","tag-stay22","tag-thunderstorms","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507564","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=507564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507564\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/507565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}