Major flooding shut down a portion of the 710 Freeway in Long Beach and delayed drivers all throughout the city as the first of two storms set to hit Southern California doused the region.
The area was filled with cars and trucks slowly making their way through a couple of feet of standing water. AIR7 HD was above the scene as two semi-trucks drove through the flooded underpass with several vehicles trailing behind.
On Sepulveda Boulevard, at least four cars got fully stuck and partially submerged in water near an industrial area on the west side of Long Beach.
One woman told Eyewitness News it happened too quickly for her to react. She described hitting the gas and feeling the tires on her car spin as the vehicle was overtaken by the water.
“The water comes in fast, so at that point you can’t really act on anything,” she said.
Tow trucks were on scene to pull the vehicles from the water.
Over near PCH and Canal Avenue, Eyewitness News also captured workers at Tom’s Restaurant cleaning up rainwater that apparently made its way inside. The area near Del Amo Boulevard and the 710 Freeway was also impacted by flooding, according to police.