A major flood resilience project is finished, almost 12 years after flood waters surged into Calgary communities in 2013, killing one person and causing billions of dollars in damage.

On Thursday at 1:11 p.m. a flash flood warning was released by the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA in effect until 4:15 p.m. for Santa Barbara and Ventura counties.

And department buses intended to shuttle people to safety could take up to a day to arrive. The floods that year ultimately did not reach the prisons, but the threat they posed illustrated how ...