San Diego County fireplace and regulation enforcement crews carried out two flood-related rescues Thursday as heavy rains swelled waterways throughout the area on New Year’s Day.
In Escondido, San Diego County Fire personnel rescued a girl who was swept right into a creek flowing into Lake Hodges, sheriff’s officers mentioned.
Deputies had been dispatched about 8:10 a.m. after a person reported that he and his spouse had tried to cross a low-water crossing close to the roadway and had been knocked off their toes by fast-moving water. The man was in a position to attain shore and name for assist, however the lady was carried downstream. A San Diego Fire-Rescue helicopter later situated her and he or she was taken to a hospital. Both had been reunited and reported in steady situation.
A number of hours later, lifeguards rescued a person trapped by rising water below a bridge in Mission Valley. Fire crews and a lifeguard swift-water rescue group responded about 11:16 a.m. to reviews of a person caught in waist-high water beneath state Route 163, in response to San Diego Fire-Rescue spokeswoman Candace Hadley. He was extricated and transported to a hospital with non-life-threatening accidents.
The National Weather Service issued a river flood warning for the San Diego River in Mission Valley by means of Friday.
Sheriff’s officers urged the general public to keep away from flooded areas, noting that simply six inches of fast-moving water may be life-threatening, and reminded residents: “Turn around, don’t drown.”
City News Service contributed to this text.