Joy Benedict reports from San Jacinto, where drivers had to be rescued early Thursday morning after a hillside gave way during the rain storm, causing cars to get trapped in the sudden flow of mud.

A woman who got stuck in mud on a beach was rescued in an operation "which went like clockwork", coastguards have said. Fleetwood Coastguard team answered the 999 call but called on their colleagues in Knott End to use their all-terrain vehicle to help bring the woman to safety from Fleetwood beach.

Firefighters in San Jacinto sprang into action early Thursday morning after multiple mudslides trapped several vehicles. The incident, reported at 6:06 a.m., left occupants stranded as mud and debris blocked the roadway on Soboba Road near Chabela Drive.

Multiple people were rescued after mudslides engulfed roadways in Southern California on Thursday, trapping occupants in their vehicles, Cal Fire said.