“There’s not one that wasn’t affected by flooding and downed trees - it’s just everywhere.” “We have five counties in our district,” he said of the area from Monterey to Santa Barbara.
In the Bay Area, the California Department of Transportation responded to “dozens and dozens” of reports of flooding, downed trees and power lines that snarled traffic, sometimes for hours as cars were stuck between two energized wires on the road, spokesman Kevin Drabinski said. Initial assessments found 144 damaged poles and 73 damaged transformers. The peak of the storm saw about 244,000 Pacific Gas & Electric customers without power, the agency said, with about 90,000 still in the dark as of Wednesday afternoon. What you need to know about the California storm “With communities from San Diego to Siskiyou County reeling from recent storms, the state is working closely with federal and local partners to provide immediate relief and support the ongoing recovery.”Īs of Wednesday, 688 people were seeking refuge at emergency shelters in Calaveras, Humboldt, Kern, Mono, Monterey, San Bernardino, San Joaquin, Santa Cruz, Stanislaus and Tulare counties, according to the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services. “We’re continuing to mobilize an all-hands-on-deck response to protect Californians during this latest round of devastating storms,” Newsom said in a statement.
Gavin Newsom has proclaimed a state of emergency in 43 of the state’s 58 counties. Weeks of wild weather have left few corners of California unscathed. Images from space show the hard-hit California towns of Pajaro and Porterville before and after flooding caused by recent storms. “We’re in for a long haul here in Tulare County,” she said.Ĭalifornia Astonishing before and after satellite photos show California towns swallowed by floods There is no estimated time frame for when evacuated residents will be able to return to their homes, and utility companies will also need to assess potential damage to water, sewer, electric systems and other infrastructure in the area, she added. Nearly 24,000 structures in the area were threatened, said Daniel Potter, spokesman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, which is assisting with emergency response in the area.Īt least 760 homes and structures have been damaged, including seven that were completely destroyed, said Carrie Monteiro, spokeswoman for Tulare County’s Emergency Operations Center. Thousands of people were under indefinite evacuation orders in Tulare County, where officials continued to monitor high levels on the Tule River and release water from Lake Success. The wild weather also hit Southern California, where the National Weather Service confirmed two tornados in Montebello and Carpinteria that damaged multiple structures.
A flood watch was in effect for a large swath of the region, spanning from Merced to Bakersfield and San Luis Obispo. The storm’s last gasp was expected to deliver more rain to the region through Wednesday night, but only about half an inch along the coast and valleys and an inch in the Santa Lucia and Santa Cruz mountains.īut as the remarkable “bomb cyclone” dissipated in the Bay Area, the Central Valley braced for more rain and potential flooding as the system tracked in its direction.
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