Wrightwood residents dealing with natural disaster after natural disaster, this time flooding

Описание: (26 Dec 2025)

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RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
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Wrightwood, California -- 26 December 2025
1. Medium of flood damage
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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Eric Faulkner, manager of Mountain Hardware:
"Let's see, we survived the blizzard of 2023. We survived the fires of 2024, and now the flooding of 2025, so Wrightwood strong."
3. Various of damage
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Eric Faulkner, manager of Mountain Hardware:
"But as far as like just impact on the town as a whole, this is probably the worst I've seen."
5.Wide of inside of Mountain Hardware
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6. SOUNDBITE (English) Eric Faulkner, manager of Mountain Hardware:
"So today, I mean, we tried to open as quick as we could. We opened today. We are running off a generator. So just like the rest of the town, the power's been out probably up till Tuesday. But today, people are coming in for different items, fire starting things, logs, wood. Propane is a big popular one, tarps. Things like that, anything weather related."
7. Tight of generator
8. "Wrightwood Strong" sign, person walking in
9. People in store
STORYLINE:
Powerful winter storms brought the wettest Christmas season to Southern California this week. Relentless winds and rain also triggered widespread debris flows and left homes halfway filled with mud.

Rains were expected to ease Friday afternoon but there's still a risk of flash flooding near Los Angeles. Officials say firefighters rescued over 100 people Thursday night in Los Angeles County.

Homes and cars in a mountain town were covered in rocks, debris and thick mud, and roads were washed out.

The storms were the result of atmospheric rivers and were blamed for several deaths this week. 

In Wrightwood, a 5,000-resident mountain town about 80 miles (130 kilometers) northeast of Los Angeles, the roads turned into rivers when relentless rains came down Wednesday, residents said. On Friday, cars were still buried up to their windows in rocks, debris and thick mud.

Most residents lost power and many were buying fire starters, logs and propane for generators to keep warm, said Eric Faulkner, manager of Mountain Hardware.

"Anything weather related, that's what they're coming in for and we're here to provide that for them today."

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