A winter storm continues to lash Northern California as Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office says storms across the state have killed 14 people.
The latest in a series of intense winter storms will continue to lash Northern California on Tuesday, bringing periods of thunderstorms, heavy rain, wind and hailGov. Gavin Newsom’s office said that as of Monday afternoon the back-to-back storms across the state. That count didn’t include a woman who was killed in San Luis Obispo County on Monday when authorities say she drove past a street closure sign into a flooded road.
“These floods are deadly and have now turned to be more deadly than even the wildfires here in the state of California,” Newsom said during a news conference over the weekend.Sheriff’s officials in Merced County went door-to-door evacuating residents around Bear Creek after pouring rains caused the waterway to flood early Tuesday. The creek’s flood stage is 23 feet, but it had reached 26 feet, sending water onto streets.
About 189,000 Pacific Gas & Electric Co. customers remain without power Tuesday. Efforts to restore power overnight were stymied by wind gusts exceeding 70 mph in some areas and more than 100 lightning strikes, according to the utility. The Felton area of Santa Cruz County, portions of which were flooded Monday from the rising San Lorenzo River,overnight from powerful winds gusting up to 70 mph that toppled trees. Highway 17 was closed after power lines went down and were sparking on the roadway, according to the National Weather Service.
Forecasters are keeping close watch on the Salinas and Big Sur rivers in Monterey County, which are in flood stage but are expected to recede through the day.
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