Heavy rain swept away cars and flooded streets in several Orange County cities Thursday night.

Costa Mesa woman Felicia Johnson recorded the waters carrying away a driver after the pounding rain flooded Pomona Avenue. She said she was on her apartment balcony, yelling to the elderly man to help him when he opened her car door and stepped out into waist-deep water.

"He's an elderly man, so I rush down and I'm just guiding him," she said.

Johnson had called 911, but knew she needed to get to him. The elderly man stretched out his umbrella so she could pull him toward her.

"I'm just glad I was there, honestly," she said. "Because there was no one up at that time. "The rain woke me up for a reason. I guess to help him."

In Huntington Beach, crews spent Friday cleaning up the mess the heav

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