Authorities announced Friday that a lady who vanished during a severe late-summer thunderstorm that caused mud and debris floods had been discovered dead underneath the debris.
In the midst of a storm that soaked the Forest Falls region in the San Bernardino County mountains on Monday, 62-year-old Doris Jagiello was reported missing. Fast-moving mudslides brought on by downpours caused damage to homes and automobiles in the Canyon neighbourhood off Highway 38.
“As a large debris flow consisting of mud and extremely large boulders raced downhill, it overran Jagiello’s property and impacted her home causing significant structural damage and carrying away everything in its path,” the sheriff’s department said in a statement. “While this was not the desired outcome, the Sheriff’s Department hopes finding Jagiello will bring some measure of closure to Jagiello’s family and aid in their healing process.”
Security camera footage of a Forest Falls family’s garage and Jeep being carried away demonstrated the ferocity of this week’s mud and debris storms. The mud flood, according to neighbours, came rapidly and smashed down buildings like garages, residences, and other structures.
For the sake of everyone’s safety, Prospect Road and Canyon Road in Forest Falls continue to be off-limits. This will make it possible for the personnel to safely remove the massive stones and other debris that are still blocking the roads.
The County will conduct a Local Assistance Center at the Yucaipa Community Center on September 21, 2022, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., to offer resources to Oak Glen, Crestline, and Forest Falls homeowners who were affected by the extreme flooding.
It rained after a tropical storm that brought Southern California strong gusts and some unusual rain. While wreaking devastation elsewhere, the rain assisted firefighters in bringing the Fairview Fire in Riverside County under control.
The San Bernardino Mountains’ burn scars, which rob the soil of vegetation that would have helped hold it in place during downpours, are where the mud flows and rapid flooding took place.
For the sake of everyone’s safety, Prospect Road and Canyon Road in Forest Falls continue to be off-limits. The area enables construction workers to clear blocked highways of boulders and other debris.
