Several flood advisories issued as Governor Gavin Newsom declares states of emergency in 21 counties
A new atmospheric river brought heavy rain, thunderstorms and strong winds toFlood advisories or warnings were issued by the National Weather Service for areas around the San Francisco Bay, the central coast and the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys. Southern California saw generally lighter rain.
Water releases for flood control purposes were under way or planned for some reservoirs that were depleted during three years of drought and have been filling with the winter’s extraordinary rains and snowfall. Ted Craddock, deputy director of the State Water Project, on Thursday expressed confidence in the 1960s-era Oroville Dam, where thousands of people had to evacuate in 2017 after heavy runoff collapsed the main spillway and the emergency spillway began to erode.
California’s Sierra Nevada snowpack, which provides about a third of the state’s water supply, is more than 180% of the 1 April average, when it is historically at its peak. So much snow has fallen in the Sierra and other mountain ranges that residents are still struggling to dig out days after earlier storms.
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