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SIX INCHES OF RAIN ARE PREDICTED
FOR SOME AREAS.
KYUNG LAH HAS THE LATEST.
>> Reporter: IT HAPPENED IN
MINUTES.
FIRE SCORCHED LAND COULDN'T HOLD
THE RAIN, SO MUD POURED DOWN
FROM THE GLENDORA FOOTHILLS
BELOW.
>> THAT'S HAVOC.
IT'S BAD.
IT'S BAD.
IT HASN'T BEEN THIS BAD IN A
LONG TIME.
IT WASN'T LIKE THIS 20 MINUTES
AGO.
>> Reporter: THEY'RE GETTING OUT
WHILE THEY CAN.
>> YOU'RE NOT TAKING ANYTHING
WITH YOU.
JUST GRABBING YOUR DOG?
>> NO.
WE'VE GOT MY LAPTOP.
I DON'T NEED TOO MANY THINGS.
EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE FINE.
IT'S ALL REPLACEABLE.
>> Reporter: JUST A COUPLE OF
INCHES OF RAIN AND YOU CAN SEE
THE EFFECT HERE WHEN THE GROUND
WHICH IS BURNED BY THE FIRE
CAN'T HOLD ALL OF THIS.
AND SOMETHING YOU'LL NOTICE, THE
DEBRIS.
IT SHOWS IT'S BEEN SCARRED BY
WILDFIRE.
1,000 HOMES ARE UNDER A
MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDER
BECAUSE THEY SIT BELOW THE
SCORCHED HILLS.
TWO MONTHS AGO IT WAS WILDFIRE.
TODAY, MUD INTO THEIR POOLS AND
BACKYARDS.
CALIFORNIA'S BEEN IN DROUGHT FOR
MONTHS.
THE SUDDEN RAIN CAUGHT SOME BY
SURPRISE.
TWO PEOPLE WERE FOUND STRANDED
IN A TREE TRYING TO ESCAPE THE
RISING WATER OF THE LOS ANGELES
RIVER.
TAKE A CLOSER LOOK.
IT'S NOT JUST PEOPLE BUT THEIR
TWO DOGS.
YOU CAN SEE THE RESCUERS, THE
LOS ANGELES FIREFIGHTERS, AS
THEY CAREFULLY MOVE THE
FRIGHTENED ANIMALS OUT OF THE
TREE ONE BY ONE TO THE NEARBY
RESCUE BOAT.
AND THERE'S MORE RAIN COMING.
WHICH IS BAD NEWS FOR KIM AND
DENNIS CRALEY.
THEY CHOSE NOT TO LISTEN TO
MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDER.
THEIR ONE ROAD IN AND OUT TOO
COVERED IN MUD TO DRIVE.
>> YOU CAN'T GET OUT.
>> NO.
NOT RIGHT NOW.
UNTIL THEY CLEAR THIS, WE'RE
STUCK HERE.
>> WHAT HAS MOTHER NATURE BEEN
LIKE THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS
FOR YOU?
>> WE HAD FIRE, DROUGHT, AND NOW
TORRENTIAL RAIN.
>> WIND.
>> PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING.