Authorities warned heavy downpours would likely unleash flash flooding and mudslides, especially in areas where the ground remains saturated from rains that soaked northern California earlier.
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan 4 - Emergency crews braced for the latest bout of high winds and torrential rains sweeping California on Wednesday, renewing the threat of power outages and deadly flooding that gripped parts of San Francisco Bay and Sacramento over New Year's weekend.
The National Weather Service predicted widespread rainfall totals of 3 to 6 inches, with up to 3 feet of fresh snow in Sierras. San Francisco's transit agency halted its famed cable car service through Thursday due to inclement weather, and scores of commercial flights were canceled at San Francisco International Airport.
The governor's Office of Emergency Services said it had staged crews in several northern counties likely to be hardest hit by flooding, and where previous wildfires have stripped hillsides of vegetation, leaving them at high risk of mudslides. The latest round of extreme weather was the second in a series of potentially damaging storms expected to hit the state over the next seven to 10 days, Nancy Ward, director of emergency services, told reporters. The state operations center had been placed at its highest level, she said.
She said coastal areas from Los Angeles north to Crescent City near the Oregon border faced the greatest flood potential, especially, especially in Mendocino County along the Russian and Navarro rivers.
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