Video shows rescue teams saving a person trapped in a vehicle that had become caught in rushing floodwater in San Juan Capistrano, California, on Thursday.
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif. – Video showed rescue teams saving a man whose vehicle became trapped in rushing floodwater in Southern California on Thursday.
The Orange County Fire Authority said a man was found holding onto a tree as rushing waters from a creek raged around him in San Juan Capistrano.
Nearby was his vehicle, which the floods had pushed up against the trees.
Crews work to save a driver trapped in rushing flood waters in San Juan Capistrano, California on March 13, 2025.
(Orange County Fire Authority / FOX Weather)
Footage of the rescue showed multiple teams on the scene. The aerial unit with a rescue helicopter can be seen hoisting the flood victim up through the tree branches and toward the helicopter.
Parts of California are being slammed this week by heavy rain from a powerful atmospheric river storm, which has produced flooding and mudslides in the Golden State.
It also produced an EF-0 tornado that struck the town of Pico Rivera in Los Angeles County on Thursday morning.