As high winds and torrential rain swept through much of California, one major airport’s runways flooded overnight, forcing it to shut down entirely early Thursday morning.
Santa Barbara Airport first closed down in the middle of the night, it reported in a Facebook post: “As of 1:15am, Santa Barbara Airport is temporarily closed due to flooding on the airfield,” the post read. “All commercial flights and fixed-wing aircraft are currently grounded.”
An update at 5:15 a.m. said the airport “remains closed due to flooding on the airfield. Crews are actively working on clearing the water to reopen the runway. Updates are being provided to airlines as they’re available.”
The region reportedly has received more than four inches of rain in this latest set of winter storms that has caused traffic havoc and dropped historic amounts of rain during the holiday week…