California has declared a state of emergency over another severe weather system expected to dump multiple feet of rain and snow throughout the state.
The latest storm follows several others that have caused flooding and power outages in the drought-stricken Golden State for the past two weeks.
CALIFORNIA ATMOSPHERIC RIVER STORM LEAVES OVER 200,000 WITHOUT POWER
The emergency declaration was approved by President Joe Biden Sunday and will allow the state to access additional funds to recover from the multiple atmospheric river storms. The storms left nearly 200,000 people without power last week, while as many as 130,000 people in the state were still without power on Monday.
Flood, wind, and winter weather advisories have been issued across much of the state by the National Weather Service, with rain to plague the state from Sacramento and San Francisco to Southern California. Officials also warn of “several feet of snow accumulation” through Tuesday in parts of the Sierra Nevada mountain range.
⚠️ A Flood Advisory has been posted for a large portion of the Sacramento Valley, northern San Joaquin Valley and surrounding foothills until 6 PM. Moderate to heavy rain will lead to rises on area creeks and streams, and areas of roadway flooding. #CAwx pic.twitter.com/uyteGerKvp
— NWS Sacramento (@NWSSacramento) January 9, 2023
The NWS forecast office in Sacramento is predicting winds of up to 40 miles per hour with gusts of up to 65 miles per hour, along with heavy rain Monday and Tuesday, leading to “flood impacts lingering into Wednesday.” The Los Angeles NWS forecast office is predicting as much as “2-4 inches for coasts and valleys to 4-8 inches for the mountains and foothills” through Wednesday.
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The nonstop barrage of rain storms has been a positive development for the state’s drought, according to officials, but there is still “a long way to go.”
