Heavy rains last week caused flooding that forced the rescue of 50 campers at the state park in Malibu.
Leo Carrillo State Park will be closed to the public due to damage from a year-end rainstorm that flooded the campground last week.where 50 campers were rescued Thursday
District Supt. Jerry West of the California Department of Parks and Recreation said a handful of campers remained at the site in RVs that are away from the flooded area, but after their reservations are up, the park will be “We had to be rescued by boat, and so the firefighters came and got the children first. I had to tell the 10-year-old, ‘It’s going to be OK. Just trust the firefighters.’ And then the [firefighters] came back to get my husband and I,” Peterson said by phone from her home in Utah.
“It was kind of scary and crazy to be there, waiting for our rescue,” Peterson said. “But we love Leo Carrillo. It’s a fun place, and my husband grew up going there. We’d love to go back. Hopefully they do something about the creek overflowing.”Storms in December pushed California snowpack to 160% of average, giving a boost to the state’s drought-depleted water supplies.