Storm-worn California received more wind, rain and snow on Saturday, raising concerns about flooding, causing power business interruptions and make travel dangerous.
Groups of it started to rain and wind in in north and spread south with more a storm is expected follow at the beginning next week, the National Weather Service said.
More than 68,000 customers were left without electricity on Saturday morning, a number that’s been cut more how half in the afternoon, depending on the power outage.us.
US President Joe Biden approves state of emergency for state on Saturday, ordering federal assistance in addition to state, tribal, and local recovery efforts in areas affected by severe weather.
President’s actions make federal funding available affected persons in This was reported in the White House.
Flood warning issued for in region north of San Francisco Bay, including Marin, Napa, Sonoma, and Mendocino counties.
There were warnings in the south. posted for counties, including San Mateo and Santa Cruz, where tiny community of Felton Grove along the San Lorenzo River was ordered to evacuate. The evacuation order was also published for residents of wilton area in semi rural area in southeast Sacramento County. The authorities cited the threat of flood from the river Kosumnes.
Swollen Salinas River flooded farmland in Monterey County and east flood the warnings were in effect for Merced County in agricultural Central Valley where Gov. Gavin Newsom visited to take stock of storm problems.
” reality what is this just Eighth of what we expect will be nine atmospheric rivers – we’re not done yet,” Newsom said at the briefing. with local leaders, where he called people be alert safety for in next from 24 to 48 hours.
“It’s happening all over California, but I want say… you guys disproportionately bear the brunt of this and if you feel like way you’re right,” Newsom said.
Slippery roads, snow and whiteouts dogged the highways through the Sierra Nevada.
The Sierra Snow Lab Central Laboratory at UC Berkeley tweeted. on On Saturday morning he got 21.3 inches (54 cm). of snow in 24 hours and that its snow cover of about 10 feet (3 m) was expected to grow several more feet by Monday.
Avalanche in the countryside warning was released for central Sierra, including great Lake Tahoe area.
We got 21.3" (54 cm) of #snow in in last 24 hours and it’s still going down hard out there! Snow cover DEEP with ~ 10 feet (3 meters) of snow already on Earth!
We expect another 2-3 meters of snow by Monday morning, so much more come!#CAWX #kavoda rice.twitter.com/KLL2aOoOpX
— UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Laboratory (@UCB_CSSL) January 14, 2023
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We got 21.3″ (54cm) of #snow in in last 24 hours and it’s still going down hard out there! Snow cover DEEP with ~ 10 feet (3 meters) of snow already on Earth!
We expect another 2-3 meters of snow by Monday morning, so much more come!#CAWX #kavoda rice.twitter.com/KLL2aOoOpX
— UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Laboratory (@UCB_CSSL) January 14, 2023
AND series of “atmospheric rivers” – long streams of moisture that carries water vapor from the tropics after the evaporation of warm water off Pacific Ocean – rain and snow piled up on California since the end of December cutting power up to thousands, flooding roads, releasing mudflows and causing landslides.
At least 19 deaths were reported from the hurricane and fiveyear-an old boy went missing after being cleared out out of his mothers car from flood water in San Luis Obispo County.
Half of deaths have been linked to motorists and some of them could have been prevented if drivers heeded the signs of road closures, said Sean Dury, acting commissioner of California Highway Patrol during a briefing by state and federal officials on Friday.
dry days in next weekly forecast for California starting on Tuesday.
“Then the question will be whether we stay dry to the end of month?” San Francisco Bay Area weather office wrote.
