The rare torrent of rain that slammed the San Diego area on Monday forced numerous residents to navigate life-threatening scenes that they had trouble believing even as they recounted them.
“What happened yesterday was extraordinary,” said Todd Gloria, the mayor of San Diego.
On Tuesday, officials assessed the devastation in a region where very few residents have flood insurance.
The record pace of the rainfall — a deluge of nearly three inches in three hours — had quickly overwhelmed drainage systems.
According to the National Weather Service, it was the fourth greatest total for any day in recorded San Diego history, going back to 1850.
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