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Another atmospheric river storm hit California on Friday. It brought dangerous flood rains, snow, and high winds. There were also evacuation orders.
CNN reported that heavy rains may have caused the roof to collapse at an Oakland warehouse on Friday morning.
Officials ordered the evacuation of residents in Watsonville in Santa Cruz County when rivers and streams rose.
Weather.com reports that Biden approved the federal declaration of emergency for California in response to the storm, its flooding, and subsequent landslides.
More than half of California’s 58 counties declared a state-of-emergency Friday due to the storm.
The weather will continue to be problematic throughout the weekend in many parts of California.
Rain is forecast to fall in parts of California. This will cause flooding, especially where there has been snow.
AccuWeather said that wind gusts exceeded 100 mph at high altitudes in New York State on Friday.
According to the National Weather Service, there is an ice storm warning for northern California until Sunday morning.
National Weather Service predicts snow in eastern Sierra to drop as low as 4,500 feet Friday night into Saturday. There will also be periods of heavy rainfall.
The Weather Prediction Center has issued an unusual “high-risk” warning due to excessive rain in certain parts of the State.
Rain and snowmelt combined with significant rainfall can cause dangerous flooding, mudslides and avalanches.
Bob Larson said that it “really ups the stakes.”
He said that places between 2,000 to 5,000 feet in height, such as Lake Tahoe, should be of special concern.
San Francisco could see 2 to 4 inch of rain.
Santa Barbara, on the central coast of California, could see 1 to 2 inchs of rain.
Los Angeles can receive up to one inch of rainfall.
Urban flooding can occur anywhere from Redding to Santa Barbara.
Larson says the storm is expected to subside by Sunday. However, another system will be hitting the state Monday.
He said, “Here’s another one.” It’s like two punches in one.
In a press release, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department stated that thirteen deaths in California are currently being investigated. Eight of these may be related to icy conditions which ravaged parts of California in late February or early March.
The sheriff’s department reports that one weather-related fatality occurred in the early storms. This victim died after a severe car crash during the storm.
Eight deaths were under investigation as of Friday.
The news release stated that “the conditions observed on the scene appeared to not be related to weather.”
Midwest storms can dump 6 to 10 inches of snow in Milwaukee, Chicago and Detroit.
The storm will hit the Midwest Friday before moving on to the east, across Pennsylvania and New York.
In some areas of Pennsylvania and New York, there could be 3 to 6 inches of snow.
New York City may have only an inch or less of snow.
Larson says the storm is expected to bring rain primarily to Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
As a result, there will be rain and some snow in the Northeast this Friday. In parts of Connecticut and Maine on Saturday, the chance of snow is higher.
Rain and thunderstorms are possible starting on Friday in Arkansas, Tennessee and southern Kentucky. This could extend into the Carolinas.
Storms in northern Arkansas could bring temperatures below freezing, with hail or damaging winds.
Florida is experiencing unusually warm and dry weather. This has led to a drought and an increase in fire risk.
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