Heavy rains and strong winds from powerful winter storms this week brought the wettest Christmas season to Southern California in years, triggering widespread mudslides and debris flows and leaving homes halfway filled with mud.
This makes federal funding available to affected individuals in Merced, Sacramento and Santa Cruz counties and includes assistance for temporary housing, recovery, repairs and property loss that happened as a result of the recent series of winter storms in the state.
About 10% of all Americans are under flood watches as another powerful storm moves into Southern California.
It's unclear how long it will take to repair the roadway. In the meantime, the highway is closed.
A sinkhole opened on the side of the 10 Freeway in Redlands, California, closing down two lanes and leading to the potential for a full shutdown.
The last time the Strogoff's saw Diamond was one day before the Montecito Mudslide destroyed their property and surrounding neighborhood.