Overview
- The National Weather Service keeps a river flood warning for the San Diego River in Mission Valley in effect through Friday as elevated flows affect nearby roads and parking lots.
- San Diego Lifeguard swift-water crews rescued an adult and a child from a vehicle overtaken by fast-rising water near Fashion Valley after Thursday’s heavy rain.
- In Escondido, a San Diego Fire-Rescue helicopter located a woman swept into a creek feeding Lake Hodges after she and her husband were knocked down at a low-water crossing, and she was hospitalized in stable condition.
- Fire crews and lifeguards extricated a man trapped in waist-high water beneath State Route 163 in Mission Valley and took him to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
- Authorities warn, 'Turn around, don’t drown,' noting six inches of moving water can topple an adult and a foot can sweep away a vehicle, and they ask anyone stuck in floodwater to call 911 as six swift-water rescue teams remain available.