Heavy Rains Flood Street In Boyle Heights
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — An otherwise sunny day quickly turned dark in select areas Monday, dumping rain in downtown Los Angeles and nearby areas.
The heavy rain even caused street flooding in Boyle Heights that swamped some vehicles.
A slow-moving storm cell developed over the downtown area late Monday afternoon, causing moderate to heavy showers. According to the National Weather Service, a half-inch of rain fell in some areas.
The deluge flooded a street, basements and some cars.
Street flooding swamped a few vehicles above their wheel wells in the 500 block of South Bernal Avenue in the Boyle Heights area until crews responded and cleared debris from storm drains.
The cleanup effort was ongoing Monday night.
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