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Landslides, sinkholes, floodwaters plague soggy California

Brenda Ortega, 15, salvages items from her flooded Merced, Calif., home on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. Following days of rain, Bear Creek overflowed its banks leaving dozens of homes and vehicles surrounded by floodwaters. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) Jesus Torres carries belongings from his flooded Merced, Calif., home on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) Debris from a mudslide blocks a street in the Laurel Canyon section of Los Angeles on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. The latest in a relentless string of California storms is swamping roads, battering coastlines with high surf, turning rivers into gushing flood zones and forcing the evacuation of thousands in towns with histories of deadly mudslides. (AP Photo/Michael R. Blood) Matt O'Brien shovels mud from a friend's driveway after the San Lorenzo River overflowed in the Felton Grove neighborhood of Felton, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Nic Coury) Nick Enero wades through floodwaters while helping his brother salvage items from his Merced, Calif., home as storms continue battering the state on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) Kim Ochoa leaves her Merced, Calif., home, which is surrounded by floodwaters, as storms continue to batter the state on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) A resident keeps watch on Fredonia Drive in Studio City, Calif., where a mudslide is blocking the road during a rain storm on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. California saw little relief from drenching rains as the latest in a relentless string of storms swamped roads, turned rivers into gushing flood zones and forced thousands of people to flee from towns with histories of deadly mudslides.(Sarah Reingewirtz /The Orange County Register via AP) A work crew cleans up an area of Highway 101 that flooded in Montecito, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. California saw little relief from drenching rains Tuesday as the latest in a relentless string of storms swamped roads, turned rivers into gushing flood zones and forced thousands of people to flee from towns with histories of deadly mudslides. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu) In an aerial view, a flooded area by the overflowing San Ysidro creek on Jameson Lane is seen near the closed Highway 101 in Montecito, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. California saw little relief from drenching rains Tuesday as the latest in a relentless string of storms swamped roads, turned rivers into gushing flood zones and forced thousands of people to flee from towns with histories of deadly mudslides. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu) In an aerial view, A fire truck, left, passes by as a vehicle is trapped by mud and debris at Jameson Lane near Highway 101 in Montecito, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. California saw little relief from drenching rains Tuesday as the latest in a relentless string of storms swamped roads, turned rivers into gushing flood zones and forced thousands of people to flee from towns with histories of deadly mudslides. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu) A vehicle is trapped by mud and debris at Jameson Lane near Highway 101 in Montecito, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. California saw little relief from drenching rains Tuesday as the latest in a relentless string of storms swamped roads, turned rivers into gushing flood zones and forced thousands of people to flee from towns with histories of deadly mudslides. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu) In an aerial view, a flooded area by the overflowing San Ysidro creek on Jameson Lane is seen near the closed Highway 101 in Montecito, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. California saw little relief from drenching rains Tuesday as the latest in a relentless string of storms swamped roads, turned rivers into gushing flood zones and forced thousands of people to flee from towns with histories of deadly mudslides. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu) People shovel mud from the front of a home near Highway 101 in Montecito, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. California saw little relief from drenching rains Tuesday as the latest in a relentless string of storms swamped roads, turned rivers into gushing flood zones and forced thousands of people to flee from towns with histories of deadly mudslides. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu) Firefighters clear away a fallen tree in Montecito, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. California saw little relief from drenching rains Tuesday as the latest in a relentless string of storms swamped roads, turned rivers into gushing flood zones and forced thousands of people to flee from towns with histories of deadly mudslides. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu) Richard Shaffer surveys his fallen fence in the Felton Grove neighborhood after the San Lorenzo River overflowed in Felton, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Nic Coury) Exposed roofing tops a South San Francisco, Calif., apartment building as storms continue battering the state on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. According to South San Francisco Deputy Fire Chief Matt Samson, squall-like conditions overnight including wind gusts around 70 mph blew roofing material off the building causing water intrusion to two of the apartments. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) Brandon Ammon sweeps mud that washed through his garage after the San Lorenzo River overflowed in the Felton Grove neighborhood of Felton, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Nic Coury) Howard Burman looks at mud that washed through his garage after the San Lorenzo River overflowed in the Felton Grove neighborhood of Felton, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Nic Coury) Cars remain in a large sinkhole along Iverson Road in Chatsworth, Calif., on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. (David Crane/The Orange County Register via AP)
Landslides, sinkholes, floodwaters plague soggy California