Patch Flood Coverage Recap [UPDATED]

At 3:10 a.m. Wednesday morning, Laguna Beach Patch placed a call to the night desk at the Laguna Beach Police Department. We wanted to know if the city was sustaining any damage from the torrential downpour hitting it at the time. The officer who answered the phone told us that downtown was "completely underwater" before abruptly ending the call to help handle the dire situation. We then went online to view the 24-hour live webcam on top of the Hotel Laguna that's pointed at the intersection of Coast Highway and Ocean–and were amazed to see not the roadway, but something that could have been called Coast Highway Lake.

Here are direct links to our coverage so far:

Floodwaters Turn Downtown Into a Muddy Mess (with photos)

Water and Mud Ravage Downtown Businesses (with photos)

Photos from the Downtown Flood Zone

VIDEO: Early Morning Flood Footage

Homeless Man Speaks About Floods (with photos)

VIDEO: Councilman Kelly Boyd

VIDEO: Shop Owner Katharine Story

Flood Cleanup Photos

Back to Normal (with photos)

VIDEO: New Flood Footage from Early Wednesday Morning

Flood: the YouTube Videos

Laguna Koi Ponds Cleaning Up

Animal Shelter: Six Months Until Operational Again

Marine Mammal Care Center Still Cleaning Up

Laguna Beach Sailing Through Current Storm