Flooding shuts down Cal State San Bernardino, which expects to reopen Tuesday – San Bernardino Sun

Heavy rain caused flooding in certain parts of the Inland Empire — including at Cal State San Bernardino, which was closed on Monday, Sept. 12, while staffers cleaned up numerous flooded buildings.

The campus, which has just more than 19,000 students, was still estimating the total damage Monday afternoon, but officials felt confident the school would be able to have students back and using the facilities on Tuesday, said Joe Gutierrez, a university spokesman.

Coussoulis Arena, where some of the school’s sports teams play, had water damage on the floor and on walls, Gutierrez said, and so did the Pfau Library and three separate student-union buildings. Other buildings also suffered damage.

No injuries were reported as a result of the flooding, and students were not on campus Sunday evening when it occurred.

This is not the first time the university has been flooded from heavy rain: A few years ago, the Pfau Libary sustained damage.

Flooding also occurred in the area of East 36th Street and North Waterman Avenue, where three San Bernardino police officers performed a “swift-water rescue,” Sgt. Equino Thomas said.

Around 6:30 p.m. Sunday, officers responded to a residence in the area to respond to a domestic-violence call. They located a suspect and a victim, who had two young children with her outside.

A flash-flood swept the mother, who was near the officers and holding her younger child in her arms, about 10 feet; her 14-year-old was swept away as well, for about 20 to 30 feet, Thomas said.

No one was injured. Officers did make an arrest related to domestic-violence, police said.

The San Bernardino County Fire Department received numerous calls Monday and into Tuesday, spokesman Eric Sherwin said, from concerns about flowing water flooding streets to debris and water damage inside homes.

“The majority of our calls have come from the northern part of the county,” Sherwin said.

An apartment complex was so badly damaged by flooding that the Red Cross was asked to assist in re-locating residents.