
‘There’s nothing left’: Deep South tornadoes kill 26
- March 25, 2023
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, MICHAEL GOLDBERG and ROGELIO SOLIS
ROLLING FORK, Miss. (AP) — Rescuers raced Saturday to search for survivors and help hundreds of people left homeless after a powerful tornado cut a devastating path through Mississippi, killing at least 25 people, injuring dozens, flattening entire blocks and obliterating houses in at least one Mississippi Delta town as it carved a path of destruction for more than an hour. One person was killed in Alabama.
The tornado devastated a swath of the town of Rolling Fork, reducing homes to piles of rubble, flipping cars on their sides and toppling the town’s water tower. Residents hunkered down in bath tubs and hallways during Friday night’s storm and later broke into a John Deere store that they converted into a triage center for the wounded.
The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency announced late Saturday afternoon in a tweet that the death toll had risen to 25 from 23. Four people previously reported missing have been found, but dozens also were injured.
“There’s nothing left,” said Wonder Bolden, holding her granddaughter, Journey, while standing outside the remnants of her mother’s now-leveled mobile home in Rolling Fork. “There’s just the breeze that’s running, going through — just nothing.”
Other parts of the Deep South were digging out from damage caused by other suspected twisters. One man also died in Morgan County, Alabama, the sheriff’s department there said in a tweet.
“There’s nothing left,” said Wonder Bolden, holding her granddaughter, Journey, while standing outside the remnants of her mother’s now-leveled mobile home in Rolling Fork. “There’s just the breeze that’s running, going through — just nothing.”
Throughout Saturday, she and others walked around dazed and in shock as they broke through debris and fallen trees with chain saws, searching for survivors. Power lines were pinned under decades-old oaks, their roots torn from the ground.
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves issued a State of Emergency and vowed to help rebuild as he headed to view the damage in an area speckled with wide expanses of cotton, corn and soybean fields and catfish farming ponds. President Joe Biden also promised federal help, describing the damage as “heartbreaking.”
The damage in Rolling Fork was so widespread that several storm chasers — who follow severe weather and often put up livestreams showing dramatic funnel clouds — pleaded for search and rescue help. Others abandoned the chase to drive injured people to the hospital.
But it didn’t help that the community hospital on the west side of town was damaged, forcing patients to be transferred.
Sheddrick Bell, his partner and two daughters crouched in a closet of their Rolling Fork home for 15 minutes as the tornado barreled through. His daughters wouldn’t stop crying. He could hear his partner praying out loud beside him.
“I was just thinking, ‘If I can still open my eyes and move around, I’m good,’” he said.
Rodney Porter, who lives about 20 miles (32 kilometers) south of Rolling Fork and belongs to a local fire department, said he didn’t know how anyone survived as he delivered water and fuel to families there.
“It’s like a bomb went off,” he said, describing houses stacked on top of houses. Crews even cut gas lines to the town to keep residents and first responders safe.
The warning the National Weather Service issued as the storm hit didn’t mince words: “To protect your life, TAKE COVER NOW!”
Preliminary information based on estimates from storm reports and radar data indicate that it was on the ground for more than an hour and traversed at least 170 miles (274 kilometers), said Lance Perrilloux, a meteorologist with the weather service’s Jackson, Mississippi, office.
“That’s rare — very, very rare,” he said, attributing the long path to widespread atmospheric instability. “All the ingredients were there.”
Perrilloux said preliminary findings are that the tornado began its path of destruction just southwest of Rolling Fork before continuing northeast toward the rural communities of Midnight and Silver City before moving toward Tchula, Black Hawk and Winona.
The supercell that produced the deadly twister also appeared to produce tornadoes that caused damage in northwest and north-central Alabama, said Brian Squitieri, a severe storms forecaster with Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma.
In northern Alabama’s Morgan County, a 67-year-old man who became trapped beneath a trailer that flipped over during severe overnight storms was rescued by first responders, but he died later at a hospital, AL.com reported.
Even as survey teams work to assess how many tornadoes struck and their severity, the Storm Prediction Center is warning of the potential for hail, wind and possibly a few tornadoes Sunday in parts of Mississippi and Louisiana.
Cornel Knight told The Associated Press that he, his wife and their 3-year-old daughter were at a relative’s home in Rolling Fork when the tornado struck. He said the sky was dark but “you could see the direction from every transformer that blew.”
He said the tornado struck another relative’s home across a wide cornfield from where he was. A wall in that home collapsed and trapped several people inside.
Royce Steed, the emergency manager in Humphreys County where Silver City is located, likened the damage to Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
“It is almost complete devastation,” he said after crews finished searching buildings and switched to damage assessments. “This little old town, I don’t know what the population is, it is more or less wiped off the map.”
In the town, the roof had torn off Noel Crook’s home, where he lives there with his wife.
“Yesterday was yesterday and that’s gone – there’s nothing I can do about it,” Crook said. “Tomorrow is not here yet. You don’t have any control over it, so here I am today.”
The tornado looked so powerful on radar as it neared the town of Amory, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) southeast of Tupelo, that one Mississippi meteorologist paused to say a prayer after new radar information came in.
“Oh man,” WTVA’s Matt Laubhan said on the live broadcast. “Dear Jesus, please help them. Amen.”
Now that town is boiling its water, a curfew in effect.
More than a half-dozen shelters were opened in the state to house the displaced.
“It’s a priceless feeling to see the gratitude on people’s faces to know they’re getting a hot meal,” said William Trueblood, emergency disaster services director for the Salvation Army’s Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi Division, as he headed to the area, picking up supplies along the way.
He said they’re hearing at least 19,000 homes were impacted by the severe weather.
Still, there were signs of improvement. Power outages, which at one point were affecting more than 75,000 customers in Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama, had been cut by a third by midafternoon Saturday, according to poweroutage.us.
Meteorologists saw a big tornado risk coming for the general region as much as a week in advance, said Northern Illinois University meteorology professor Walker Ashley.
Tornado experts like Ashley have been warning about increased risk exposure in the region because of people building more.
“You mix a particularly socioeconomically vulnerable landscape with a fast-moving, long-track nocturnal tornado, and, disaster will happen,” Ashley said in an email.
___
Associated Press writer Emily Wagster Pettus in Rolling Fork, Mississippi; Michael Goldberg in Silver City, Mississippi; Jim Salter in O’Fallon, Missouri; Rick Callahan in Indianapolis; Heather Hollingsworth in Mission, Kansas; Lisa Baumann in Bellingham, Washington; Robert Jablon in Los Angeles; Seth Borenstein in Kensington, Maryland; and Jackie Quinn in Washington, D.C. contributed to this report.
Orange County Register
Read More
Dodgers’ Jason Heyward calls revamped swing a ‘work in progress’
- March 25, 2023
GLENDALE, Ariz. — If the mechanic says your car needs an overhaul, you probably need an overhaul.
Jason Heyward has avoided using that term to describe the spring swing project. He has acknowledged the need to make changes after his offensive decline resulted in an unceremonious end to his time with the Chicago Cubs last year – “If you have the last year and a half the way I had, you’d expect to make changes,” he said early this spring.
But Heyward has characterized the swing changes he is incorporating into his offensive game as “nothing new,” more of a return to “things that I’ve seen myself do” in the past and a ripping off of “Band-Aids” that accumulated over the years.
“It felt like an overhaul for me. So maybe we have different definitions,” Dodgers hitting coach Robert Van Scoyoc said. “But from my perspective, it’s been an overhaul.”
How well that overhaul works will determine whether Heyward can revive his career with the Dodgers and write a better ending than the Cubs’ decision to move on without him despite owing Heyward $22 million this season.
Van Scoyoc said the project began the way they always do – with video study – and then progressed from there once Heyward signed with the Dodgers.
“Just kind of went back and saw when he performed in the big leagues what he was doing,” the hitting coach said. “When he was really solid, that was seven, eight years ago so we didn’t really use that as much of a model as we normally would. So we kind of just hopped in the cage, made observations and went from there. So it was a little different from other guys.”
The changes Van Scoyoc and Aaron Bates suggested were “from the ground up.”
“We worked on his lower half, his legs, how he uses his back side, hand position, bat path, sequencing – all of it,” Van Scoyoc said. “We kind of did everything.”
The changes were fundamental. Heyward had gotten “a little crashy,” diving out to meet the ball and hitting off his front leg, making him prone to chasing pitches. So the Dodger coaches worked with him on “kind of screwing into the ground and … getting into a position where he’s more balanced, more athletic, holds the ground with his back leg,” Van Scoyoc said.
Heyward has also changed his hand position in his setup, a change that long-time friend and reconnected teammate Freddie Freeman noted when the two worked out this winter. Heyward’s hands are away from his body more so than they had been in years, giving him “more freedom” to get to pitches.
“If you play for 15 years, you’re going to see over time some different setups, some different stances,” Heyward said.
“Working with Robert, working with Batesy and the rest of the group – I’m not doing stuff that I haven’t done before and they’re asking me to do something that’s a different language.”
The results this spring have been mixed. Heyward hit two home runs in the first week of Cactus League play but leveled off and finished 10 for 47 (.213) – disappointingly similar to Heyward’s average over those final two seasons in Chicago (.211).
“For as long as you play, it’s a work in progress. Just like life, right?” Heyward said.
“You get in spring training and you work on things and then you go face pitching. Guys are not going to be as good because it’s not the same preparation as in season when you’re studying and breaking down game plans.”
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts echoed the “work in progress” assessment, adding that it was never expected to be “linear.” With Heyward technically a non-roster invitee this spring, Roberts has already said he didn’t have to win a spot. But James Outman’s spring emergence has pushed Heyward into the trail position among the three left-handed outfielders that will be on the season-opening roster (David Peralta, Outman and Heyward).
“Jason made a bet on himself signing with us,” Roberts said this week. “With that, he’s going to be on our ballclub. That in itself proves something to himself. Now with that, how at-bats are distributed – that is yet to be determined.”
Related Articles
2023 MLB Predictions: SCNG staffers call their shots
2023 NL West season preview
2023 NL Central season preview
2023 NL East season preview
Max Muncy, J.D. Martinez hit home runs as Dodgers tie Brewers
ALSO
Clayton Kershaw, Noah Syndergaard and Ryan Pepiot will start the three Freeway Series games against the Angels. …
Roberts estimated that Tony Gonsolin could rejoin the Dodgers’ rotation by the end of April. Gonsolin will go on a minor-league injury-rehabilitation assignment before rejoining the Dodgers. …
After Saturday’s Cactus League finale, the Dodgers sent right-hander Wander Suero and outfielders Bradley Zimmer and Steven Duggar to the minor leagues.
Orange County Register
Read More
Orange County softball standings: Saturday, March 25
- March 25, 2023
Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now
Orange County high school softball standings through Friday, March 24.
TRINITY LEAGUE
League
Overall
JSerra
3-0
12-2
Orange Lutheran
2-0
8-4
Santa Margarita
1-2
10-4-1
Mater Dei
0-2
6-7-1
Rosary
0-2
5-6
SUNSET LEAGUE
League
Overall
Marina
4-0
14-1
Los Alamitos
1-0
7-2
Edison
1-1
9-5
Huntington Beach
1-1
5-3
Fountain Valley
1-3
5-6
Corona del Mar
0-1
1-7
Newport Harbor
0-2
4-6
SOUTH COAST LEAGUE
Overall
Aliso Niguel
11-3
Tesoro
6-3-1
Dana Hills
5-4
Mission Viejo
6-6-1
San Juan Hills
2-9
SEA VIEW LEAGUE
Overall
Capistrano Valley
6-1
Trabuco Hills
10-5
El Toro
4-6-1
San Clemente
0-4
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
League
Overall
Woodbridge
2-0
4-2-1
Irvine
2-0
6-4
Beckman
3-1
6-5
Northwood
2-1
5-3
Laguna Hills
1-4
5-6
Portola
0-1
0-3
University
0-3
0-4
CRESTVIEW LEAGUE
League
Overall
Esperanza
3-0
12-2
Villa Park
0-1
12-4
Canyon
0-1
8-4
El Modena
0-1
8-4
NORTH HILLS LEAGUE
Overall
Foothill
9-4
El Dorado
9-9
Brea Olinda
6-8
Yorba Linda
3-5
GOLDEN WEST LEAGUE
League
Overall
Westminster
1-0
10-5
Segerstrom
1-0
3-13
Garden Grove
0-0
8-2
Godinez
0-0
6-5
Katella
0-1
8-5
Ocean View
0-1
9-6
FREEWAY LEAGUE
Overall
Fullerton
12-1
Buena Park
6-3-1
Troy
7-6
Sunny Hills
3-4-1
Sonora
5-7
La Habra
4-6
GARDEN GROVE LEAGUE
Overall
Los Amigos
4-2-1
La Quinta
3-3
Bolsa Grande
2-5
Santiago
2-5
Rancho Alamitos
2-5
Loara
1-6
EMPIRE LEAGUE
Overall
Cypress
8-2-1
Pacifica
9-3
Crean Lutheran
6-2-1
Kennedy
6-4
Valencia
4-8-1
Tustin
0-2
ORANGE LEAGUE
League
Overall
Anaheim
1-0-1
3-9-2
Santa Ana Valley
0-0-1
5-0-1
Western
0-0
1-3-1
Savanna
0-0
2-8
Magnolia
0-0
0-6
Century
0-1
0-10
ORANGE COAST LEAGUE
League
Overall
Costa Mesa
1-0
6-1
Calvary Chapel
1-0
2-6
Orange
1-0
1-3
Estancia
0-1
3-3
Santa Ana
0-1
5-7
Saddleback
0-1
2-7
Orange County Register
Read More
NCAA tournament: UCLA women overwhelmed by No. 1 South Carolina
- March 25, 2023
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Aaliyah Boston had eight points, 14 rebounds and two blocks while reigning national champion South Carolina turned in its latest overwhelming defense-and-rebounding-first performance to beat UCLA 59-43 on Saturday in the Sweet 16 of the women’s NCAA Tournament.
Kamilla Cardoso added 10 points for the Gamecocks (35-0), the top overall tournament seed and the headliner in the Greenville 1 Region. It marked South Carolina’s 41st consecutive victory, securing the program’s sixth trip to the Elite Eight under Dawn Staley.
The Gamecocks will play for their fifth trip to the Final Four in Monday’s regional final against 2-seed Maryland in a rematch from the season’s opening week. South Carolina won that game 81-56.
It wasn’t an easy offensive operation for South Carolina, with UCLA sagging defensively to pack the paint in hopes of negating the Gamecocks’ size advantage behind Boston. But South Carolina dominated the glass from start to finish and used its length to turn every look into a difficult one for the fourth-seeded Bruins (27-10).
South Carolina won the first meeting with UCLA 73-64 in November, with the Bruins shooting 32% in that game. Things got worse this time, with UCLA going shooting 29% – including 3 for 18 from 3-point range.South Carolina also finished with a 42-34 rebounding advantage that narrowed late with the outcome no longer in doubt.
Charisma Osborne scored 14 points to lead UCLA, which was in the Sweet 16 for the eighth time. The Bruins were trying to reach the regional finals for the first time since 2018 and only the third time in program history while pursuing their first Final Four appearance.
But in a sign of what was to come, the Bruins kept missing shots that they needed to position themselves for a stunning upset. Worse, they failed to grab even a few of those misses to keep possessions alive early, with South Carolina going on to finish with a 15-8 edge on the offensive glass.
Meanwhile, the Gamecocks were able to just keep grinding and relying on their length. They led 25-15 at halftime before finally breaking this open by matching their game-long point total in the third quarter.
That included a couple of way-too-familiar sequences for UCLA coach Cori Close. Twice the Gamecocks managed to lob a pass inside to the 6-foot-7 Cardoso, who used her long arms to reach over 6-2 fronting defender Christeen Iwuala and snag the ball for easy under-the-rim finishes in traffic.
Or there was Brea Beal (10 points) using her right hand to tap out a loose rebound over Gabriela Jaquez before securing it, then dumping it immediately inside to Victaria Saxton inside for a soft hook as the lead steadily grew.
It was all the same often-demoralizing sequences that has overwhelmed teams all season, this time coming with the home-state Gamecocks as the main draw here in the new double-regional format.
Related Articles
Season review: UCLA basketball injuries decimate NCAA title hopes
Alexander: UCLA’s seniors leave a basketball legacy, but what now?
Well-prepared UCLA women look forward to South Carolina’s challenge
Alexander: UCLA’s championship hopes go broke in Vegas
Gonzaga outlasts UCLA in another NCAA tournament thriller
They drew loud cheers from the crowd just for making their way into the locker-room tunnel during the Notre Dame-Maryland game with their game to follow. The roars returned as each player who lingered to wrap up pregame shootaround came off the court – several waving two arms high in acknowledgement – in a mostly full arena.
The cheers were louder, of course, as the Gamecocks spent the final minutes closing out a win to advance again.
Orange County Register
Read More
Phil Nevin says Angels’ closer ‘depends what the game dictates’
- March 25, 2023
TEMPE, Ariz. — Although right-hander Carlos Estévez has been widely expected get the first crack at the Angels’ closer job, some mystery will remain until the first save situation.
“I was asked who would you use on the first night,” Angels manager Phil Nevin said Saturday. “I don’t know yet. It depends what the game dictates.”
The Angels signed Estévez to a two-year, $13.5-million deal in December. The official word at the time was only that he would have a chance to close. Estévez said winning that job was his goal.
Estévez, 30, had a 3.47 ERA last season with the Colorado Rockies, and his history shows signs that he should be even more effective out of the hitter-friendly environment of Coors Field. Last year, he struck out 10.8 hitters per nine innings on the road, compared with 6.3 at home.
In his first spring with the Angels, Estévez has been experimenting with different pitch usage, so it remains to be seen how he’ll perform when the games are real.
Estévez has allowed nine earned runs in 6 1/3 innings in big-league exhibition games. On Tuesday, he pitched a scoreless inning with three strikeouts, but he gave up a run in an inning Saturday.
In the Tuesday game, Estévez threw nine fastballs, seven changeups and three sliders. Last season, he threw his fastball 70% of the time and his changeup and slider about 15% each, indicating that he may still have been experimenting.
If the Angels don’t use Estévez to close, the other most likely options are Ryan Tepera and Jimmy Herget.
Nevin was notably flexible with his closer choices last year after Raisel Iglesias was traded.
“If I bring it (lefty) Aaron Loup in the seventh and they throw up a bunch of righties to face him and they don’t have anybody else, Jimmy Herget is great against righties,” Nevin said. “Estévez is great against righties. Matt Moore has been great against righties. We’ll just kind of play it out see how it goes, but (Estévez) is definitely going to get some big outs late in the game most of the year for us.”
RODRIGUEZ UPDATE
Right-hander Chris Rodriguez threw 30 pitches in a live batting practice session, his second such workout in the week. He had not faced hitters since before he underwent shoulder surgery in 2021.
Nevin said the next step for Rodriguez will likely be another live batting practice session, and then they could have him pitch in a minor-league or simulated game.
“That’s two outings in a row he felt good and was able to get his numbers up and the velo up, the shape’s up,” Nevin said. “Everything looks good on him. Obviously it’s the next day there’s always some nervous anticipation. Hopefully he feels good tomorrow and he can do it again in a couple of days.”
Related Articles
2023 MLB Predictions: SCNG staffers call their shots
2023 AL West season preview
2023 AL Central season preview
2023 AL East season preview
Angels’ Shohei Ohtani ready to turn page from World Baseball Classic to Opening Day
NOTES
Infielder David Fletcher was originally in the lineup at shortstop for the Angels’ final Cactus League game, but he was a late scratch because of abdominal tightness. …
Right-hander Chris Devenski decided to remain with the Angels in the minors. The veteran was in camp on a minor-league deal, and he had the option to declare himself a free agent if the Angels didn’t add him to the roster by Saturday. …
The Angels released right-hander Nash Walters and outfielder Luis Barrera.
Orange County Register
Read More
Sammy Howlin helped lift Fullerton College to state title after agonizing recovery from car crash
- March 25, 2023
The Fullerton College men’s basketball team recently captured its fifth state championship.
Had it not been for the contributions of 6-foot-11 sophomore Sammy Howlin, particularly through the postseason run, Fullerton would have fallen short, Hornets coach Perry Webster said.
Howlin, a 2019 La Habra High graduate, pulled down 10 rebounds, his third highest rebound total of the season, and had a blocked shot to help preserve Fullerton’s 83-73 victory over San Francisco in the CCCAA championship game March 12 at West Hills College in Lemoore.
In the Hornets’ 75-63 victory over East Los Angeles in the semifinals two days earlier, Howlin, 21, had seven points, five blocked shots and a season-high 13 rebounds.
He started all 33 games this season, leading the team in rebounds and blocked shots.
“Without him, we have no chance of winning the state championship,” Webster said.
Fullerton College coach Perry Webster, right, said 6-foot-11 sophomore Sammy Howlin, left, played a big role in the team winning the state community college championship on March 12. ‘Without him,’ Webster said, ‘we have no chance of winning the state championship.’ Webster pulled down 10 rebounds and made a key block late in the title game. (Photo by Lou Ponsi)
Actually, the Hornets nearly were without Howlin this season.
Howlin is not only fortunate to be playing basketball, but fortunate to be alive.
A little after 11 p.m. on May 4, 2021, Howlin and his friend and former La Habra teammate, Ja’len Overstreet, had just finished playing some pickup ball.
Days earlier, the Hornets had returned to the gym for spring practice ahead of the 2021-22 season.
Howlin had transferred to Fullerton after playing his first college season at Jessup University in Rocklin.
Overstreet was driving his 1999 Chevy Impala, with Howlin in the passenger seat.
As they drove west through the intersection of Lambert and Harbor Boulevard, the Impala was T-boned on the passenger side by a 22-year old drunk driver who drove through a red light.
The Impala spun around and careened into a large pickup truck.
Howlin was knocked unconscious and had to be extricated from the car by paramedics.
His lungs were punctured and he had to be intubated with a breathing tube.
He sustained a fractured pelvis, numerous fractured ribs, a broken left thumb, broken collar bone and a fractured orbital bone in his face.
Overstreet received severe burns on the lower part of his body.
“I just remember being in the ambulance not being able to breathe because my lungs were both popped,” Howlin said. “Next thing I know I woke up three days later in the hospital.”
Howlin spent several weeks in the hospital and was confined to a wheelchair and then could only get around with a walker.
He underwent multiple surgeries to repair his lungs and the numerous broken bones.
At that point, returning to the basketball court was an uncertainty.
The pain was unbearable at times.
“I had to suck up whatever emotion I had and get him to focus on good things,” said Michele Howlin, Sammy’s mother. “Have him focus on the family that loves him, on God. Just whatever I could do to help him to redirect.”
Because of the injuries, Howlin was granted a medical redshirt, allowing him to remain eligible at Fullerton for the 2022-23 season.
When he rejoined the Hornets in spring 2022, Howlin was wracked with trepidation.
He knew playing again would involve playing through pain.
“I just had a lot of nerves coming into this season,” he said. “The whole time I was wondering if I was going to be the same.”
Fullerton’s Sammy Howlin, right, went through a long and painful recovery process after being severely injured in a car crash in 2021, but he emerged as a key player for the Hornets as they won the community college state title for the 2022-23 season. (Photo courtesy of Aaliyah Skipper)
Webster said Howlin was holding his own during open gyms at Cal State Fullerton and UC Irvine, but he would be hurting the next day.
“I wasn’t going to get any better unless I felt the pain in my pelvis,” Howlin said. “I wasn’t going to run again unless I felt the pain. Everything was going to require sacrifice. I was just thinking suffering equals success and it helped me this season.”
Howlin went on to start every game for the Hornets and didn’t miss a single practice.
“I know his body didn’t feel 100 percent every day, but he battled through it,” Webster said. “Sammy really loves basketball and what the accident did was take basketball away from him and he came back to realize that that it is what he loves to do, that is what he wants to do.”
Howlin is currently considering offers to play basketball at a four-year university.
He’s not sure if he’ll play ball beyond college, but said if nothing else, basketball will pay for his education.
Howlin is also willing to share his story publicly, talking about the dangers of drunk driving and the perseverance it took to recover.Faith played a major role as well, Michele Howlin said.
“Everything that has happened with Sam is just what God has done for him,” she said. “We were there for Sam but he is just a miracle.”
Orange County Register
Read More
4 homes flooded after water main breaks in San Clemente
- March 25, 2023
Four homes in San Clemente were flooded Friday night, March 24, after a water main broke on a residential street, authorities said.
Orange County firefighters were called to the 600 block of Via Presa about 11:15 p.m. and found flooding, Capt. Thanh Nguyen said.
Firefighters called San Clemente Public Works to help shut off the water, Nguyen said. The amount of damage to the four houses was not known.
Residents were briefly evacuated, Nguyen said, but it wasn’t known if any were displaced.
Video from OnSceneTV showed standing water inside one home, while residents in others were seen pushing water either out of the front door or into the garage. The video also showed water appearing to come through the break in a yard and gushing toward the residential street.
Whether Public Works had fixed the water main or was still making repairs was not immediately known as of 1 p.m. on Saturday.
Related Articles
Man arrested in 1988 killing of Cypress man who had gone to meet friends in Fontana
Man gets 7 years to life for attack on janitor in Irvine
Crestline resident thanks 71 Orange County firefighters for help after blizzard
Man accused of smashing cat on windshields in Huntington Beach, killing the animal
In wake of Southern California’s wet winter, potholes pose a perilous problem
Orange County Register
Read More
Orange County baseball standings: Saturday, March 25
- March 25, 2023
Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now
Orange County high school baseball standings through Friday, March 24
TRINITY LEAGUE
League
Overall
Santa Margarita
7-1
10-2
Mater Dei
7-2
10-5-1
Orange Lutheran
4-5
9-6-1
JSerra
4-5
7-6
Servite
3-5
7-7
St. John Bosco
1-8
5-11
SURF LEAGUE
League
Overall
Huntington Beach
2-1
8-6
Los Alamitos
1-1
11-2
Fountain Valley
1-1
4-7
Corona del Mar
0-1
7-7
WAVE LEAGUE
League
Overall
Edison
1-0
6-5
Newport Harbor
1-0
6-6
Marina
0-1
5-9
Laguna Beach
0-1
3-6-1
SOUTH COAST LEAGUE
League
Overall
Capistrano Valley
2-0
7-4
Tesoro
2-0
6-5
Mission Viejo
0-2
8-4
Dana Hills
0-2
2-10
SEA VIEW LEAGUE
League
Overall
El Toro
2-0
5-8
San Clemente
1-0
8-2
Trabuco Hills
0-0
6-4
San Juan Hills
0-1
3-8
Aliso Niguel
0-2
2-8
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
League
Overall
Northwood
7-1
8-2
Woodbridge
10-2
12-3
Laguna Hills
5-4
8-4
Beckman
3-4-2
5-5-2
University
3-4-1
6-4-1
Irvine
3-5-1
4-6-1
Portola
2-6
4-7
Sage Hill
1-8
3-9
ORANGE COAST LEAGUE
League
Overall
Costa Mesa
3-0
12-1
Estancia
5-1
12-2
Calvary Chapel
3-1
8-4
Orange
3-1
6-5
Santa Ana
2-4
4-7
Saddleback
0-4
1-10
St. Margaret’s
0-5
0-8
ORANGE LEAGUE
League
Overall
Century
4-0
10-3
Savanna
3-0
7-1-1
Magnolia
2-2
6-5
Anaheim
0-2
4-8
Santa Ana Valley
0-2
2-6
Western
0-3
1-8
CRESTVIEW LEAGUE
League
Overall
El Dorado
2-1
8-6
Villa Park
2-1
9-2
El Modena
1-2
9-4
Foothill
1-2
7-5
NORTH HILLS LEAGUE
League
Overall
Yorba Linda
1-0
6-7-1
Canyon
1-1
7-5
Esperanza
1-1
5-6
Brea Olinda
0-1
5-4
GOLDEN WEST LEAGUE
League
Overall
Ocean View
1-0
9-6
Segerstrom
1-0
1-7-2
Westminster
0-0
8-1
Garden Grove
0-0
8-3
Katella
0-1
4-9
Godinez
0-1
1-7
EMPIRE LEAGUE
League
Overall
Cypress
5-0
10-4
Pacifica
0-0
11-2
Crean Lutheran
0-0
9-3
Valencia
0-1
2-8
Kennedy
0-2
6-6-1
Tustin
0-2
1-12
FREEWAY LEAGUE
Overall
La Habra
7-1-2
Fullerton
8-3
Sunny Hills
7-3-1
Buena Park
7-4-0
Troy
7-4-1
Sonora
7-6
GARDEN GROVE LEAGUE
League
Overall
Loara
3-0
4-4
Santiago
3-1
4-5
Los Amigos
3-2
6-4
Bolsa Grande
1-2
3-7
La Quinta
1-3
3-7
Rancho Alamitos
1-4
2-7
SAN JOAQUIN LEAGUE
League
Overall
Calvary Chapel/Downey
4-0
6-4-1
Western Christian
3-0
4-1
Pacifica Christian
3-2
5-3
Fairmont Prep
4-3
4-4
The Webb Schools
3-4-1
3-4-1
Tarbut V’Torah
1-3
1-3
Avalon
0-2
1-3
Southlands Christian
0-4-1
1-5-1
Capistrano Valley Christian
0-0
6-7
Orange County Register
Read MoreNews
- ASK IRA: Have Heat, Pat Riley been caught adrift amid NBA free agency?
- Dodgers rally against Cubs again to make a winner of Clayton Kershaw
- Clippers impress in Summer League-opening victory
- Anthony Rizzo back in lineup after four-game absence
- New acquisition Claire Emslie scores winning goal for Angel City over San Diego Wave FC
- Hermosa Beach Open: Chase Budinger settling into rhythm with Olympics in mind
- Yankees lose 10th-inning head-slapper to Red Sox, 6-5
- Dodgers remain committed to Dustin May returning as starter
- Mets win with circus walk-off in 10th inning on Keith Hernandez Day
- Mission Viejo football storms to title in the Battle at the Beach passing tournament