Anton Sommer’s phone dropped to one percent, and it’s unclear when power will be restored to his Forest Falls community, one of several San Bernardino Mountain neighborhoods affected by mudslides.
“Almost all of my neighbors have been slightly hurt,” he said in a brief telephone interview on Friday.
As the remnants of tropical storm Mario poured inches of rainwater over the mountains and foothills of Southern California, Sommer said mud debris poured into the backyard of his nearby home, at least one residential propane tank that began to leak gas.
He said the vehicle was also submerged in the dirt, while photos of the area shared on social media showed that the telephone poles were tilted and two lanes of roads were buried in the dirt, mudstones, branches and roots blocked the road.
A woman watched workers clean up debris from mudslides caused by late summer storms in Forest Falls.
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Thunderstorms swept the area on Thursday, dropping an inch of rain in the Angeles National Forest. Downpour has caused many problems for isolated mountain communities, and wildfires have burned many landscapes in recent years.
Sommer, who lives in Torrey Pines Drive, said his neighbor’s home had hit the hardest. The house sits near the sliding stream.
He said his neighbor and a friend were inside when “the soil that was blown up by the flood.”
“That guy was barely hanging in the mud,” he said of his neighbor.
Sommer said the dirt fell to the home, hit a deck, removed the garage door, and destroyed the tool his neighbor used as a mechanic’s job.
Joe Crook shovels mud from mudslides that were triggered by the storm on Friday, September 19, 2025, at Forest Falls, California.
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Neighborhood resident Ted Hirscher said he was at home yesterday at about 3 p.m. when the flood was flooded.
“He was suffering and hysterical about his house being destroyed, his two dogs and two cats being in it,” Hessill said in a telephone interview.
He said his neighbor managed to find a cat before hiking from the community. This morning, he heard people cheering happily.
“I went out and saw one of my neighbors told me they found a dog.” “It was indeed a daisy.”
Daisy dogs were fed after being rescued from a house buried in a mudslide, triggering a storm caused by California Forest Falls on Friday, September 19, 2025.
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Hirscher added that the daisy is a pit fan and the daisy is calm despite the trauma.
He said he called a neighbor to tell him he found one of the dogs. Hirscher intends to take care of the dog in his cabin, but San Bernardino County Superintendent Dawn Rowe, who is investigating the damage in the area, brings the dog to reunite with the owner.
