{"id":562475,"date":"2023-03-11T21:43:39","date_gmt":"2023-03-11T18:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/flooded-roads-evacuations-rescues-california-battered-by-another-atmospheric-river\/"},"modified":"2023-03-11T21:43:39","modified_gmt":"2023-03-11T18:43:39","slug":"flooded-roads-evacuations-rescues-california-battered-by-another-atmospheric-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/flooded-roads-evacuations-rescues-california-battered-by-another-atmospheric-river\/","title":{"rendered":"#Flooded roads, evacuations, rescues: California battered by another atmospheric river"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3d12b144cbf\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span 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class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/flooded-roads-evacuations-rescues-california-battered-by-another-atmospheric-river\/#EastNortheast\" >East\/Northeast<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/flooded-roads-evacuations-rescues-california-battered-by-another-atmospheric-river\/#The_South\" >The South<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/flooded-roads-evacuations-rescues-california-battered-by-another-atmospheric-river\/#US_weather_watches_and_warnings\" >US weather watches and warnings<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/flooded-roads-evacuations-rescues-california-battered-by-another-atmospheric-river\/#National_weather_radar\" >National weather radar<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Flooded_roads_evacuations_rescues_California_battered_by_another_atmospheric_river\"><\/span>Flooded roads, evacuations, rescues: California battered by another atmospheric river<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>An atmospheric river battering California has\u00a0prompted evacuations,\u00a0a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CAgovernor\/status\/1634257764993368064\">Presidential Emergency Declaration<\/a>\u00a0and a warning\u00a0that Saturday afternoon will <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NWSHanford\/status\/1634547664749727744\">bring more heavy rain to portions of the state<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=593150986191982&amp;set=a.267232455450505&amp;type=3\">forecasters said a winter storm<\/a> could dump\u00a0a foot of snow or more on\u00a0northeast North Dakota, part of a storm impacting parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and Michigan this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>In California,<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kerncountyfire\/status\/1634326734085722112\">\u00a0roads dramatically flooded around Kern County<\/a>\u00a0and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CalGuard\/status\/1634307356006952960\/photo\/3\">National Guard members encountered floodwaters<\/a> as they deployed to help first responders in Santa Cruz County.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More than 9,000 California residents were under evacuation orders Friday. First responders rescued dozens of people Saturday in a Northern California agricultural community after the Pajaro River&#8217;s levee was breached.<\/p>\n<p>And In an unusual move, officials opened spillways at Lake Oroville for the first time since April 2019 because one of the most important reservoirs in the state had too much water.\u00a0State water managers have been gr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ling with the best way to use recent storms to help emerge from a severe drought.<\/p>\n<p>The storm,\u00a0known as a \u201cPineapple Express\u201d because it is fed by moisture stretching over the Pacific to Hawaii, has caused particular concern because California&#8217;s mountains have built\u00a0up a huge, expansive snowpack after multiple other atmospheric rivers hit the state this winter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"In an aerial view, workers make emergency repairs to a road that was washed out heavy rains on March 10, 2023 in Soquel, California. An atmospheric river event brought high winds and heavy rains to Northern California that caused localized flooding and toppled trees. A second atmospheric event will hit Northern California by Monday or Tuesday.\" data-uuid=\"b3b53a6e-21ad-33f4-8441-b16f301145d4\" height=\"2970\" id=\"11452164002\" src=\"https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_usatoday_us_articles_590\/6fbe5eee573abe86f8ff2c8557b8a878\" width=\"4587\"><\/p>\n<p>The snowpack at high elevations is so deep\u00a0it should be able absorb the rain, forecasters said. But lower elevations\u00a0could face a troubling\u00a0combination of snow melt and precipitation at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>Forecasters&#8217; concerns are primarily concentrated away from the state&#8217;s major population centers. On Saturday morning, Los Angeles and San Diego were free of weather watches, warnings and advisories; the San Francisco Bay Area was under an expansive flood watch.<\/p>\n<p><em>Here&#8217;s more details on the weekend weather forecast as of Friday night for the U.S.:<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"California\"><\/span>California<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>An atmospheric river blasting\u00a0<strong>California<\/strong>will continue to dump\u00a0rain and heavy snow on much of the state Saturday but the worst should be over.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of the storm,\u00a0which killed at least two people and prompted widespread evacuation warnings, President Joe Biden\u00a0declared an emergency in the state to free up federal aid for help responding to flooding and mudslides.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>The Pajaro River&#8217;s levee was breached by flooding in what a local official called &#8220;the worst case scenario.&#8221; Authorities ordered more than 1,500 people to evacuate in the unincorporated Monterey Bay community of Pajaro along the Central Coast. First responders rescued more than 50 people early Saturday morning and crews were working to fix the levee early Saturday.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, the storm should die down a bit and the state will get a break on Sunday, said Bob Larson, senior meteorologist with\u00a0AccuWeather.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">Atmospheric river: <\/strong>The weather phenomenon extends thousands of miles from the tropics to the western U.S<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"This photo provided by Palisades Tahoe shows snow cover at Palisades Tahoe ski resort in Olympic Valley, Calif., on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. (Blake Kessler\/Palisades Tahoe via AP) ORG XMIT: LA306\" data-uuid=\"dd871358-a288-3931-a2c0-8627a15595bd\" height=\"3841\" id=\"11446348002\" src=\"https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_usatoday_us_articles_590\/d87230cc66852015ddf6ab2b245547de\" width=\"5761\"><\/p>\n<p>It will be short-lived as another atmospheric river is set to hit the state on Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>All the precipitation in <strong>California <\/strong>does carry some good <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> for the state.<\/p>\n<p>About 26 percent of the state is now considered drought-free, up from just 16 percent on Feb. 28, Larson said, adding that new figure doesn&#8217;t even include the two atmospheric rivers impacting the state Saturday and next week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not ending the drought but i&#8217;s absolutely helping,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Although it&#8217;s causing all kinds of problems short term, the big picture long term is it&#8217;s a help.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">A weird winter winds down: <\/strong>New data details record warmth, strange snow patterns<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Winter_storm_map\"><\/span>Winter storm map<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>.oembed-frame {width:100%;height:100%;margin:0;border:0;}<\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed-frame\"><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"EastNortheast\"><\/span>East\/Northeast<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Like California, the eastern and northeastern part of the U.S.\u00a0will continue seeing winter storm weather on Saturday before a tranquil Sunday, followed quickly by another storm.<\/p>\n<p>A s<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> of the region between <strong>Buffalo <\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Binghamton, New York<\/strong> can expect 6-12 inches of snow while <strong>New York City<\/strong> may get 1 to 3 inches.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The farther east the storm moves, the &#8220;less of a big deal it becomes,&#8221; Larson said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Western <strong>Massachusetts <\/strong>may get between 2 and 4 inches of snow while <strong>Boston <\/strong>seems like it will be spared from any major precipitation\u00a0this weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Come Monday, that&#8217;ll change with a nor&#8217;easter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It won&#8217;t be a prolonged lull,&#8221; Larson said. &#8220;But all of <strong>New England<\/strong> should be dry and tranquil in between for Sunday.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_South\"><\/span>The South<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Strong to severe thunderstorms are expected in <strong>eastern Oklahoma<\/strong> and most of <strong>Arkansas <\/strong>on Saturday before the threat shifts southeast to the southern half of <strong>Mississippi<\/strong>, <strong>Alabama <\/strong>and <strong>Georgia<\/strong> on Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"US_weather_watches_and_warnings\"><\/span>US weather watches and warnings<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>.oembed-frame {width:100%;height:100%;margin:0;border:0;}<\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed-frame\"><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"National_weather_radar\"><\/span>National weather radar<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>.oembed-frame {width:100%;height:100%;margin:0;border:0;}<\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed-frame\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Contributing: The Associated Press<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Flooding in California; snow in New York, Dakotas: Weekend weather<\/em><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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