$17.2 Million Damage to Homes

Many California residents who endured flooding, mudslides and evacuations during a weeklong onslaught of rain must now clean up or even rebuild.

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Preliminary damage estimates throughout California were already in the tens of millions of dollars and expected to rise. A state of emergency was declared in a total of nine counties, including Los Angeles, Orange and Santa Barbara.

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The inland region of Southern California east of Los Angeles emerged as among the hardest hit, especially San Bernardino County.