COURSE THE NUMBERS IN THE EXTENDED FORECAST FOR THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND BACK TO GUYS ALL RIGHT THANK YOU THE HEAVY RAIN FLOODED STREETS STRANDED DRIVERS HAVE BEEN A MESS INSIDE DOZENS OF HOMES AND KEPT FIRST RESPONDERS SCRAMBLING. >> THE WORST OF THE STORM HIT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT CATCHING MANY PEOPLE OFF GUARD WAKING UP TO WATER EVERYWHERE. KTLA OMAR LEWIS JOINS US LIVE FROM PORT WINE AMY, ONE OF THE HARDEST HIT COMMUNITIES IN VENTURA COUNTY OMAR. >> YES CHAIR AND MICAH RESIDENTS OUT HERE WHO WE SPOKE TO THIS EVENING SAY THEY WILL BE DEALING WITH THE AFTERMATH OF THIS FLOODING FOR WEEKS TO COME AFTER HEAVY RAINFALL LAST NIGHT HIT WAY TOO CLOSE TO HOME. >> OPEN UP THE DOOR THAT'S WHEN WE JUST SAW EVERYTHING ALL FLOODED EVERYWHERE. JOSE MENDOZA AND HIS FAMILY WOKE UP TO A WATERFALL LEAKING FROM THEIR CEILING. THE AFTERMATH OF RAINFALL THAT LEFT BEHIND FLASH FLOODING AND A TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION WE'RE GOING TO REDO THE FLOORS IN 3 ROOMS AND THEN THEY SAID THAT THEY'RE GOING OPEN UP THE ROOF TOO. >> FIX WHATEVER HOLES AND OUTSIDE THEIR FRONT DOOR CELL PHONE VIDEO CAPTURED OF RIVER OF WATER IN THE STREET NEAR BULK OR DRIVE AND HIM LOCK IN PORTLAND ME ME THOUGH THERE WAS ACTUALLY A COUPLE CARS THAT DIDN'T STAY IN PLACE AND THEY FLOATED TO THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION RIGHT HERE THE WATER WAS WAIST DEEP. >> ACROSS VENTURA COUNTY FIRST RESPONDERS HAD TO RESCUE MULTIPLE PEOPLE OUT OF THE WATER LIKE THIS PERSON SEEING BEING RESCUED FROM THE ROOF OF THEIR VEHICLE AND IN SANTA BARBARA, A SIMILAR SCENE WITH CAR STALLED OUT IN THE STREET AND FLOOD WATERS KNEE-HIGH WATER RUNNING OUT OF EVERY DOOR I OPEN OVER AT THE ONE MIMI BAY CLUB A SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITY IMPORT ONE 60 HOMES WERE AFFECTED BY THE FLOODS GARY WRIGHT, A RETIRED FIREFIGHTER IN HANDY MAN JUMPED INTO ACTION HELPING ELDERLY CLIENTS TRAPPED BY THE FLOOD WATERS, A TARP OFF ONE OF A HOUSE THAT WAS FLOODED. >> SECOND ROW IN HERE. HELP THEM MOVE THEIR ITEMS OF. THAT COULD BE DAMAGED UP TO A HIGHER LEVEL. >> WRIGHT STARTED ORGANIZING OTHERS TO JOIN IN AND HELP ON A NEIGHBORHOOD APP AND SAYS IN THE FUTURE HE HOPES THIS COMMUNITY CAN DO A BETTER JOB OF CHECKING ON ELDERLY RESIDENTS AFTER SOME WERE LEFT STUCK IN THEIR FLOODED HOMES FOR HOURS TO COORDINATE THAT WE GO TO EACH SCORE. >> EACH STORE, NOT CAR AND FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON MAKE SURE BASE. OKAY AND IF THEY'RE NOT LET'S GET POLICE AND THEIR MEANWHILE FOR JOSE MENDOZA HE'S JUST THANKFUL. HIS FAMILY'S CHRISTMAS ISN'T COMPLETELY RUINED BY THIS FLOOD THE CHRISTMAS PRESENTS PUT THEM ON TOP OF THE KITCHEN TABLE OR SO. >> SO THAT'S SOME GOOD SIDE OF IT. AND AUTHORITIES WERE GOING DOOR-TO-DOOR DOING WELFARE CHECKS LATER IN THE AFTERNOON, THE GOOD NEWS OUT HERE. >> NO MAJOR INJURIES OR DEATHS HAVE BEEN REPORTED THAT'S VERY LATEST HERE LIVE FROM PORT ME TONIGHT, I'M OMAR LEWIS WILL SEND IT BACK TO YOU IN HOLLYWOOD. >> THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS ALSO CAUSED PART OF THE HILLSIDE TO GIVE WAY IN THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS COVERING A HOMEOWNER'S BACKYARD IN MUD AND DEBRIS. IT IS UNCLEAR TONIGHT IF THE LANDSLIDE WILL CONTINUE TO DUMP MORE MUD INTO THAT BACKYARD, BUT THE CLEANUP IS GOING TO BE EXTENSIVE. KTLA IS RICK CHAMBERS IS LIVE IN WEST HOLLYWOOD WHERE HE SPOKE WITH HOMEOWNER RICK. YES SHARED RIGHT NOW, BUT WE HAVE HAD SOME HEAVY DOWNPOURS THROUGHOUT THE EVENING ALONG SUNSET HERE. >> IN WEST HOLLYWOOD AND OF COURSE FOR OUR FRIENDS OF THE NEARBY HILLS THAT CAN OFTEN MEAN PROBLEMS. BUT ESPECIALLY TONIGHT FOR THE FOLKS ALONG SUNSET PLAZA DRIVE WHERE THEY'VE ALREADY HAD ONE SLIDE EARLY TODAY. >> UP THIS MORNING AND THAT THIS AND WE HAD. JUST KEPT COMING. >> THIS IS DAN WEISS IS PATIO HERE IN THE HILLS ABOVE SUNSET. ABOUT 2 FEET OF THE SANDY DEBRIS IS NOW ENGULFED HIS TABLE AND CHAIRS. A NEW HOME IS BEING BUILT JUST ABOVE DAN'S UPS. >> AND ALL THE STAFF FROM THAT CONSTRUCTION SITE CAME DOWN THE MOUNTAIN. WHAT THE RAIN MADE TOLL WAY DOWN THERE. >> THIS IS THAT CONSTRUCTION SITE JUST ABOVE HIS PROPERTY. SAME TYPE OF SANDY SOIL. AND YOU CAN SEE THE GAP THERE IN THE HILLS JUST BEYOND THE FENCE LINE WHERE WATER MAY HAVE PUSHED THROUGH. DAN SAYS HE'S LIVED HERE 60 YEARS AND HAS NEVER HAD TO DEAL WITH THIS TYPE OF THING. NOW AS HOME AS RED TODAY. AND MORE RAIN IS ON THE WAY SO WE'RE TRYING TO PROTECT THE HOUSE THAT'S WE CAN BE HIRED A GUY TO PUT UP THIS PLYWOOD TO DEFLECT THE NEXT SLIDE AWAY FROM THE FOUNDATION AND ONTO THE STAIRS WAS GOING TO COME DOWN THAT THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT. >> AND BRING THE MOUNTAIN WITH IT. HE SAID SHOULD BE PREPARED LIKE OTHER LOTS AROUND THIS CANYON. HE PLANS ON GETTING SANDBAGS IN PLACE TO DIVERT THE WATER RUNOFF AS WELL. >> HE JUST HAS TO MAKE IT TO SATURDAY. WHEN HOPEFULLY AS BACKYARD WILL BEGIN TO DRY OUT AGAIN. >> AND MISTER WISE TELLS US THAT THE INSURANCE ADJUSTERS EXPECTED SOMETIME TOMORROW AND HOPEFULLY THE CLEANUP BY SUNDAY.
