San Diego County could see dry Friday after heavy rains flood roads, force rescues

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San Diego County is expected to start drying out Friday, one day after widespread heavy rains flooded roads and forced rescues, including of two people trapped in a car by rising San Diego River flood waters in Fashion Valley.

A San Diego lifeguard team came to the aid of an adult and a child trapped in a car at the mall there, said Fire-Rescue Department spokesperson Candace Hadley, who was at the scene. That rescue was one of 11 across the city on Thursday, including a helicopter rescue of a person walking near Lake Hodges, she said.

Many areas — including downtown San Diego, Mission Valley, Alpine, Poway and Escondido — were drenched Thursday with more than 2 inches in just 12 hours, rainfall that National Weather Service meteorologist Philip Gonsalves called “pretty remarkable.”