File rain on New 12 months’s Eve left tens of 1000’s of Californians with out energy even because it helped replenish the state’s badly depleted water provide.
Sunny skies on Sunday supplied a respite from the downpours, however one other main storm was barreling throughout the western Pacific and set to drench California within the days forward.
Northern California took the brunt of the weekend pounding. Flash flooding stored main roads closed simply south of Sacramento on Sunday, together with Freeway 99. Electrical energy remained minimize off Sunday morning for greater than 41,000 prospects.
Oakland had its wettest day since 1970 on Saturday with 4.75 inches of rain. In San Francisco, 5.46 inches of rain fell, making Saturday the town’s second wettest day in additional than 170 years, the Nationwide Climate Service reported.
The 101 Freeway in south San Francisco was shut down for flooding simply as New 12 months’s Eve revelers had been heading out to have a good time, however reopened just a few hours earlier than midnight.
Whereas California’s drought stays removed from over, the moist climate that closed 2022 has enabled at the least just a few of the state’s main reservoirs to exceed their historic common water provide.
Water releases from the Folsom and Nimbus dams led state parks officers to warn of security hazards on Lake Natoma as quickly rising water ranges create dangerously sturdy currents.
In Los Angeles, forecasters count on rain to return on Monday afternoon or night, adopted by a robust Pacific storm with heavy rain and powerful winds late Wednesday and Thursday.
