Heavy rain washes away cars, floods homes in San Diego

SAN DIEGO, California: This week, the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in January in San Diego, California's second-largest city by population, flooded homes, washed away parked cars, and closed a highway.

On January 22, rain fell on the city at a rate of half an inch (1.3 cm) per hour, and firefighters and lifeguards rescued dozens of people from resulting flash floods.

The next day, Daniel Campos, superv