At least two people have died as a result of the storms, officials said.
"Overall the environmental ingredients aren't as impressive as the recent strong atmospheric river event, but nonetheless a prolonged period of light to occasionally moderate rainfall is expected across parts of central to northern California" on Saturday, the Weather Prediction Center said.after severe rainfall was dumped over the same areas buried by heavy snowfalls the past two weeks.
Evacuations orders were expanded in Tulare County to include the community of Teviston as well as parts of Cutler and Exeter because river flow had increased, according to the county sheriff's office Friday night. Officials urged residents to stay clear of waterways and avoid all unnecessary travel. "I've lived here my whole life, and I've never seen the creek go actually through the road," Soquel resident Nick Maleta told CNN affiliate KGO, and likened the powerful heavy rainfall to a tornado.
Workers attempted to prevent the levee catastrophe Friday night, but they were"overwhelmed by the flows coming down that watershed," said Lew Bauman, interim manager of the county's Water Resources Agency."It will take some time, particularly with repeated rain events, for the area to dry," said Bauman.
To alleviate yet another natural disaster gripping California, President Joe Biden approved a state of emergency declaration requested by Gov. Gavin Newsom. The move frees funds for the millions of residents who have been hit with severe weather since the beginning of the year. Anderson Peak in Monterey County was drenched with 13.63 inches of rain, according to the NWS' San Francisco office. Elsewhere in the county, isolated rainfalls in Hearst Castle were 11.61 inches and 8.36 inches.
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