A new storm to hit California broke a levee on the Bajaro River on Saturday, causing impressive flooding after killing two people and forcing thousands to evacuate.
“We thought we’d avoid it, but under extreme conditions the Bajaro River overflowed and broke its banks at midnight (Friday-Saturday night),” Monterey County Sheriff Luis Alejo tweeted Saturday. Central California.
The California National Guard’s Twitter account showed images of people being rescued from their cars by the floodwaters.
At least one road washed out Friday in a small community in Santa Cruz County, north of Monterey County.
On Friday, the director of emergency services for the governor of California, Nancy Ward, announced that the storm had “unfortunately (…) two deaths”.
The flooding was caused by another storm that hit California, already battered by a particularly rainy winter in recent weeks.
23 cm of rainfall is expected in some places.
Emergency for Joe Biden
This rain from a warm depression may melt some of the exceptional snow cover that has accumulated over the past three months. What is the reason for the uncontrollable flow of water in the rivers of this state in the western part of the country?
US President Joe Biden on Friday approved a state of emergency declaration in California to facilitate federal aid.
Several evacuation orders were also issued, particularly in Northern California.
Like most other storms this winter, this storm is fed by an “atmospheric river,” a giant corridor of rain that carries water vapor stored in the tropics, mostly around Hawaii, which earns them the nickname “pineapples.” Express”.
In January, a series of storms caused several floods, landslides and downed trees, killing 20 people.
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