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Flash Flood — Riverside, California
December 22, 2010 · NOAA Storm Events record
Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
—
Area
Riverside
Event narrative (NOAA)
A 39 year old Menifee woman was driving south on Goetz Road when the car was swept off the road by swift runoff from the Salt Creek, where it flows into Canyon Lake. She was found dead in her car at the bottom of the lake several hours later.
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.