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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
National
Ruben Vives, Susanne Rust and Hayley Smith

California deals with surging rivers, sliding rocks, flooded towns as storm passes

PAJARO, Calif. — Surging rivers. Sliding rocks. Flooded towns.

The 11th atmospheric river storm of the season left a trail of soggy misery in California as it broke decades-old rainfall records and breached levees this week.

In the Tulare County city of Porterville, residents on both sides of the Tule River were ordered to evacuate Wednesday morning as levels rose at Lake Success, sending water running over the spillway at Schafer Dam.

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