Murrieta Rainfall Totals From Election Day Storm

MURRIETA, CA — Murrieta and Riverside County will start to dry out Wednesday a cold-weather storm moved out of the region.

The slow-moving storm parked over much of Riverside from Monday night through Wednesday morning, leaving foothill burn-scar areas at risk of mudslides and flash floods and dumping mountain snow in its wake.

In Murrieta, nearly one and three-quarters inches of rain fell within the past 72-hour period. Thus far, the Riverside County Flood Control District reports Murrieta has received just under 3 inches of rain for the year.

Here are rainfall totals from the recent storm across Riverside County:

• 1.68 inches in Banning/Beaumont.
• 2.34 inches in Corona.
• .2 of an inch in Desert Hot Springs.
• .91 of an inch in Hemet.
• .95 of an inch in Lake Elsinore.
• 1.77 inches in Murrieta.
• .19 inches in Palm Springs.
• 1.93 inches in Temecula.

On Tuesday, residents of Oak Glen, Forest Falls, Mountain Home Village, Angelus Oaks and northeast Yucaipa were evacuated due to flooding in the Apple Fire burn scar, however, those orders were lifted Wednesday morning.

Three people in Ontario were lost to a flash flood during the torrential rains.

Read: 1 Dead, 2 Missing After 6 People Swept Away During IE Rainstorm

As the storm swept through, high temperatures in Southwest Riverside County remained in the 60s, with Thursday's high temperatures of 66 degrees.