Puppies ride to safety in mesh bags after California flooding
FOX Weather's rescue clip shows firefighters bringing two women and their dogs across the Santa Ana River, with no injuries reported.
Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 108,593 views a day, 12 times a normal first day on this channel (9,008).
Puppies Rescued in Mesh Bag After Tropical Storm Rachel Flooding
Everyone made it ashore. San Bernardino County Fire crews reached two women and their four dogs after rising water turned their riverside encampment into an island.
FOX Weather's "Puppies Rescued in Mesh Bag After Tropical Storm Rachel Flooding" has drawn roughly 67,000 views in its first ten hours, already well beyond the channel's usual full-day audience for a Short. The report connects the rising water to Tropical Storm Rachel.
The footage, credited to the fire department, follows an inflatable raft through fast-moving water and heavy brush. Rescuers put life jackets on the women, while the dogs get a different arrangement for the crossing. As the narrator explains: "The small dogs were a bit too excited for the adventure, so they were secured in a mesh bag for their trip to the shore."
That detail has prompted some discussion in the comments: viewers pick up on the dogs' excitement, and one describes initially misunderstanding the bag as something sinister rather than rescue equipment.
Back on land, firefighters escort the women and carry the dogs up the steep riverbank. The clip's final scene finds the puppies' bag set down beside the response vehicles, safely clear of the river.
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What viewers say
“They were a bit too excited for the rescue” that’s small dogs for you.
@nomisunrider6472See it on YouTubeAww, thank you for saving these sweet doggies!
@sharonpetloverSee it on YouTubethank you for all your help and support in these situations… for the people and their pets, you are heroes ❤❤
@tyra3236See it on YouTube
Public comments from the video's page on YouTube
- Channel
- FOX Weather
- Subscribers
- 1,080,000 ▲ 10,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 16,352,013
- Channel views, pace per day
- 2,293,026 (on a normal day: 1,869,117)
- Video published
- October 13, 2026
- Video views so far
- 66,544 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 108,593
The numbers
The rescue clip has already exceeded FOX Weather's usual first-day Shorts audience. Its projected full-day total is higher still.
💡 Test your knowledge
Which tropical storm does FOX Weather link to this river rescue?
The video's title and description connect the flooding to Tropical Storm Rachel.



