>> reporter: another round of torrential rainfall rustles residents in lagoona beach out of their beds early wednesday morning. >> it's like the heaven's opened up. just constant. didn't stop. didn't stop. >> a big mudslide came down. >> i was over there and the water started coming in. >> reporter: for a while, engineer jeremy hess was trapped. >> there was a time where i didn't think we were going to get out. >> reporter: the business district spent hours under three feet of water. property damages will be in the tens of millions. >> all the businesses on ocean avenue. i have three friends with business there's and it is three or four feet tall. >> reporter: flooding is also a problem in san diego where rescuers are using rafts to rescue guests from a hotel. the mudslides are washing out