victor, take a look down here. i m actually standing next to the edge of the curb here and i tried to put my toe down to feel how far that is and i can t reach it. that s how far it is. there was a car here, they got a tow truck. it took them four or five hours before the tow truck could get here. this is happening all through the desert towns because there was so much water in a short amount of time. this morning palm springs has heavy rain causing dangerous flood conditions and prompting three swift water rescues. we re asking residents to stay inside, stay where they are. reporter: the warning be is because of a situation like this. a pickup truck stuck in the middle of the street surrounded by deep rushing flood waters. they re so powerful a
deep rushing flood waters. the driver was not injured but the california highway patrol closed the road to prevent others from crossing. throws flood waters so powerful a refrigerator was seen rushing away. the flood has nearly covered an entire golf course. one homeowner says he s never seen anything like it in the coachella valley. within 24 hours it s turned into a torrential storm. between home number 13 and home number 16 it s virtually six feet thick. the conditions there creating a dangerous situation for drivers including a fire truck forced to turn around due to rising waters. ahead of the storm the palm springs mayor says the city prepared and distributed 60,000 sand bags as well as cleared storm drains. even an inch or two of rain in the desert can cause damage. all right. take a look at this. the road totally covered up but