Flash flooding warnings issued for Inland Empire

Thunderstorms were pounding the San Bernardino Mountains and southwest Riverside County on Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 18, prompting the National Weather Service to issue flash-flood warnings.
“Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly,” the weather service said about the mountains just after 2 p.m. “Excessive rainfall over and upstream of the Apple fire burn scar will result in potentially deadly and destructive debris flows … of rock, mud, vegetation and other