{"id":2007704,"date":"2023-08-22T02:56:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T06:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/southern-california-grapples-with-storm-deluge-and-unexpected-earthquake-on-same-day\/"},"modified":"2023-08-22T03:11:14","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T07:11:14","slug":"southern-california-grapples-with-storm-deluge-and-unexpected-earthquake-on-same-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/southern-california-grapples-with-storm-deluge-and-unexpected-earthquake-on-same-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Southern California faces storm deluge and surprise earthquake simultaneously."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsouthern-california-grapples-with-storm-deluge-and-unexpected-earthquake-on-same-day%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2007704&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<h2>Storm \u2064and Earthquake Strike Southern California<\/h2>\n<p>On the same day that Tropical Storm Hilary brought heavy rainfall and widespread flooding in southern California, Aug. 20, a magnitude 5.1 earthquake near Ojai\u2014north of Los \u2064Angeles\u2014shook the region.<\/p>\n<p>As of Aug. 21, there were no reports of fatalities, significant injuries, or extensive destruction due to \u200cthese events in the state.<\/p>\n<p>However, authorities have cautioned that potential hazards persist, particularly in \u2063desert\u200d and mountainous areas, because of swollen water bodies and potential mudslides.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/southern-california-prepares-for-more-floods-as-post-tropical-storm-hilary-brings-more-rain-5477660\">Hilary Threatening Oregon and Idaho After Drenching Deserts\u2063 and Flooded Roadways in California<\/a><br \/>\n        <br \/>\n        <strong>8\/21\/2023<\/strong>\n      <\/li>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/tropical-storm-hilary-prompts-evacuations-cancellations-in-southern-california-5477480\">Tropical Storm Hilary Prompts Evacuations, Cancellations in Southern California<\/a><br \/>\n        <br \/>\n        <strong>8\/20\/2023<\/strong>\n      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tropical-storm-claudette-floods-parts-of-gulf-coast\/\" title=\"Tropical storm Claudette floods parts of Gulf Coast\">tropical storm<\/a> made landfall on the morning of Aug. 20\u2014having weakened from a category 1 \u2063hurricane\u2014with wind speeds of more than 60 miles per hour moving northward, covering southern Orange County and extending further south to San Diego, according to the National Weather Service.<\/p>\n<p>As the storm pushed \u200cinland, roads in \u2063the San Bernardino Mountains were blocked by \u2063mudslides and debris,\u200b while major roads\u200c in and out of Palm Springs \u2064were cut off by\u2063 flooding, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now, we have flooding on all of our roads. There\u2019s no way in\u200d or out of\u2064 Palm Springs, and that\u2019s the case for the majority of the Coachella Valley. We\u2019re\u200b all\u2063 stuck,\u201d Palm Springs Mayor Grace Garner said in \u200can interview \u200cwith \u200dCNN on\u2063 Aug. 21.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrandonCopicWx\/status\/1693433669850145057?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video<\/a> posted on X, \u200cformally Twitter, a large debris flow was seen running under bridges of Interstate 10.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe lack basic infrastructure in so many of these areas of inland California, and we have so much more work to do to ensure climate \u200cresiliency for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-doubling-spending-to-prepare-for-hurricanes-storms\/\" title=\"Biden Doubling Spending to Prepare for Hurricanes, Storms\">extreme weather events<\/a>, especially for communities in Riverside and San Bernardino counties,\u201d\u200c Palm Springs Councilwoman Christy Holstege posted on X.<\/p>\n<p>During the past \u200dtwo days, the most substantial rainfall was documented at Mount Wilson, with the weather\u200b service reporting 8.56 inches. Crystal \u2063Lake received nearly\u200b seven\u2062 inches of rainfall, and 6.5 inches was recorded at Santa Anita \u2063Dam.<\/p>\n<p>California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a state of emergency on Aug. 18 \u2064in anticipation of the\u2063 storm. The state also\u2063 sent out 7,500 employees to aid local communities\u2014including nearly \u20624,000\u200c highway patrol officers and 2,000 Caltrans workers, Mr. Newsom\u200b said.<\/p>\n<p>The San Bernardino County Sheriff&#8217;s Department \u200cissued a compulsory evacuation order on the evening of \u2064Aug. 19 for several areas, encompassing Oak Glen, Forest Falls, \u200bMountain Home Village, Angelus Oaks, and\u2064 northeastern Yucaipa.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Vehicles splash \u2064water during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-winter-weather-heading-toward-west-coast\/\" title=\"More winter weather heading toward West Coast\">heavy rains<\/a> from \u2062Tropical Storm Hilary, in south Los Angeles, Calif., on \u2063Aug. 20, 2023. (Robyn Beck\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Earthquake<\/h2>\n<p>While <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-issues-grid-emergency-blackouts-possible\/\" title=\"California Issues Grid Emergency, Blackouts Possible\">inland regions<\/a> \u200dwere dealing with rainfall \u200cand flooding, a magnitude 5.1\u2063 earthquake\u200b struck near Ojai on Aug. 20 at about 2:41 p.m. \u200dand was felt across southern California.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are in the middle of the first tropical storm since \u200d1939, and \u200bwe just had an earthquake,\u201d \u2062Scott Thomsen, director of communications with the Ventura\u2063 County Fire Department, told the \u2062Los Angeles Times. \u200b\u201cSo far, we have no reports\u2063 of damage, but\u200c we are checking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the U.S. Geological Survey, light shaking from Salinas to Oceanside, and more than \u200d30\u200d aftershocks were logged.<\/p>\n<p>In\u200d a live broadcast, seismologist Lucy Jones noted that the Aug. 20 \u200bearthquake was the first magnitude 5.0 tremor recorded in the region since 1941, the Ventura County Star reported.<\/p>\n<h2>Other Storm Impacts<\/h2>\n<p>Hundreds\u200b of flights were delayed or canceled \u2064at \u200bLos Angeles International Airport, and over 6,000 flights\u200d were disrupted.<\/p>\n<p>Railway officials halted Amtrak\u2019s well<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/southern-california-grapples-with-storm-deluge-and-unexpected-earthquake-on-same-day\/\" title=\"Southern California faces storm deluge and surprise earthquake simultaneously.\">-favored coastal route connection<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Aug. 20, Tropical Storm Hilary caused flooding in southern California, while a 5.1 earthquake near Ojai shook the region. No fatalities, major injuries, or extensive damage were reported as of Aug. 21. 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