all mud flow. some dangerous situations including orange county authorities having to airlift or rather rescue this person who was hanging on to a tree. that was in laguna hills. they brought in swift water rescue teams. you can see them lifting her out and bringing her to safety overnight. the same team posted on social media a photo of them rescuing a man out of the water. so a lot of really risky situations there. the high winds bringing down trees on top of vehicles in a parking structure in southern california. so throughout the state, people have been dealing with this for the last couple of weeks. people we talk to said they really welcome the rain to help with the drought. but they really wish this was more spread out, john. stunning pictures. thank you so much for your reporting. investigators are searching for answers after a devastating
lot of deaths because of this. one of the incredible rescues was in southern california in laguna hills. let s show you video of that. the orange county fire authority shared this video on social media. they said about 3:30 p.m. local time they got a call about someone stranded in a tree as there was a fast-moving river there, and they had multiple crews, multiple swift water rescue teams who went and coordinated, got this person to safety, lifted them to safety. an incredible effort to watch. we also have seen roads falling off of a cliff and we are hearing about warnings throughout the state. 8 million under a flood watch at one point today, more than 15,000 customers still without power. and we re going to get more rain into tomorrow morning. there s more to come, fred.
mountain communities and coastal cities swamped by another round of relentless rain, including the torrent of fast-rising water that washed away a car. a 5-year-old child still missing. it was rising quick. in my experience the fastest i ve seen it rise. reporter: communities outside santa cruz and sacramento and now all of montecito under evacuation orders. swift water rescue teams going door to door in submerged neighborhoods. it caught people that have been here 50 years, caught them unprepared. reporter: the brunt of this storm rolled in overnight. by the time the sun came up this entire neighborhood was under water. across california 32 million are under flood alerts. ththis dumpingng deluge ththe latest i in a serieses of atmtmospheric r rivers forecacasted to drdrop up to 12 more inches of rain. grab my hand. i got you. reporter: after a flood of daring rescues hundreds of thousands have lost electricity again as trees sliced through