Rainstorms over areas impacted by the Holy Fire near Lake Elsinore prompted authorities to issue an evacuation warning Tuesday, recommending that residents in parts of the Temescal Valley, Glen Ivy and surrounding communities voluntarily relocate to safer places.
The Riverside County Emergency Management Department issued the voluntary evacuation advisory at 3 p.m., as storm cells developed over the Cleveland National Forest between Anaheim and Lake Elsinore, where the Holy Fire scorched 23,000 acres between Aug. 6 and Sept. 13.
The communities included in the warning are:
— Alberhill;
— Amoroso;
— El Cariso;
— Glen Eden;
— Glen Ivy;
— Horsethief Canyon;
— Maitri; and
— Rice.
An evacuation center has been established at Elsinore High School, 21800 Canyon Drive in Wildomar.
More information is available at www.RivcoReady.org/stormready, or by calling (951) 940-6985.
The afternoon instability was generated by a clash of moisture from the remnants of Hurricane Rosa and energy from a separate weather system along the coast.
National Weather Service meteorologists said one-tenth of an inch of rain was possible Tuesday, with greater amounts possible Wednesday as a cold trough of low pressure sweeps through the region.
Much of Rosa’s moisture was dissipating as it moved north across Mexico and into Arizona.
Rosa was a Category 4 storm on Thursday but was downgraded to Category 1 by Sunday. It’s a tropical depression.
Flash flooding in the Coachella Valley on Monday caused a portion of a bridge to wash out in the Salton Sea community of North Shore, trapping a driver whose pickup truck landed in the canal below. The eastern portion of the bridge near Avenue 70 and Cleveland Street washed out, leading officials to close the roadway. The truck driver had to be cut out of the vehicle by county firefighters. Officials from the county transportation department said it was uncertain how long repairs to the bridge might take.