[californiadisasters] Hundreds Evac-ed in San Juan Capistrano as Creek Bed Collapses

Hundreds evacuated in San Juan Capistrano as creek bed collapses

By Staff
Los Angeles Times
December 22, 2010 | 12:49 pm

About 400 residents and 20 businesses in San Juan Capistrano have been evacuated after a wall of the swollen Trabuco Creek collapsed Wednesday morning.

Emergency crews have been called in with heavy equipment in an effort to stabilize the creek bed with rock, officials said.

Dan Dwyer, a spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff's Department, said authorities were notified of the breach at about 8:15 a.m. and began evacuating homes and businesses on both sides of the creek.

The heavy flow of water in the creek reportedly caused the concrete panels on its western side to collapse. The panels on the eastern edge of the bed also were damaged by raging storm water.

Source: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/12/creek-flooding-evacuation-san-juan-capistrano-.html

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