The Christmas rain storm expected to washout California over the next few days is already rearing it’s ugly head — as a debris flow ripped through the mountain town of Wrightwood in San Bernardino County early Wednesday.
The atmospheric river turned the area into a danger zone overnight, forcing evacuations and shutting down Highway 2, a dramatic snapshot of a Christmas-week storm now battering California from peaks to pavement.
Fire officials later confirmed the highway was impassable as commanders rushed in extra engines, hand crews, a bulldozer and swift-water rescue units to protect homes directly in the storm’s path.
Crews rushed to evacuate residents in the path of the fast-moving mud and floodwater, urging the public to stay far away from the area as conditions deteriorated by the hour.
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