California authorities assess damage from bad weather
2023.01.16 11:59
California authorities assess damage from bad weather
By Tiffany Smith
Budrigannews.com – After a series of storms that killed at least 19 people, swept away scores of homes, and forced thousands of people to evacuate, authorities in California were scheduled to assess the damage on Monday.
On Monday, the state was expected to get some rain, but forecasters said that because the ground is saturated from three weeks of rain and snow, mud and rockslides could happen in canyons and steep hills. As the state begins to dig itself out, local and state emergency declarations remained in effect in Los Angeles County and dozens of other counties.
The National Weather Service reported that the foothills of the Sierras received a few inches of snow during the early morning rains that lingered from San Francisco through central California.
William Churchill, a meteorologist, stated on Monday morning at the National Weather Service (NWS) Weather Prediction Center in College Park, Maryland, “It’s coming to an end as we speak.”
California’s request for a federal disaster declaration was approved by President Joe Biden on Saturday, making federal funds available to support recovery efforts in the three counties that were most affected by the storms: Santa Cruz, Merced, and Sacramento
California has been hit hard by a series of atmospheric rivers since December 26. These storms are similar to rivers in the sky that carry moisture from the tropics of the Earth to higher latitudes, dumping a lot of rain.
According to Churchill, a small, weak storm will “driveby, glancing blow” late Wednesday in North and Central California and then blow south after dry days on Tuesday and most of Wednesday.
Then, the majority of the state will experience sunny days and at least ten days of cool, dry weather.
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