An evacuation order was issued to about 27,000 residents on the 14th (local time) to prepare for flash floods and landslides as heavy rain poured down again due to a strong atmospheric stream phenomenon in the area of California, which had suffered great damage from recent heavy rains and floods.
In an area where an embankment has collapsed on the central California coast, workers continued to pour rocks from multiple trucks into the collapsed area despite strong winds and heavy rain.
The Korea Meteorological Administration issued a strong wind warning of up to 113 km/h, and reports of numerous trees falling across the state came in.
As a result, 330,000 households in the northern and central regions of the state are experiencing power outages, Power Outage US, which tracks outages across the country, said on its website.
On the 14th, the state authorities dispatched workers to repair the banks of the Watsonville area where the banks of the Pajaro River collapsed, and the work of putting gravel and rocks into the embankment 110 km south of San Francisco, which collapsed on the 10th, continues.
In the future, it will take several more weeks to raise the embankment to the same height as the existing one and waterproof it, authorities said.
Heavy rain and strong winds, which hit again this time, are faster than the National Weather Service predicted and are mostly heading south.
“In these circumstances, even a small amount of rain can cause a lot of damage,” said Shauna Murray, director of water management for Monterey County.
High-rise buildings in downtown San Francisco also suffered damage such as broken windows from the strong wind, causing people to evacuate from high-rise buildings in the financial district. No injuries have been reported yet.
During this winter, California has been hit by storms 10 times earlier as atmospheric streams have risen from the Pacific Ocean. In the eastern coastal area, a lot of heavy wet snow fell due to a winter storm, causing planes to veer off the runway. On the 14th, hundreds of schools were closed, flights were canceled, and power outages were affected.
Santa Barbara County, which has been hit hard by wildfires in recent years, also issued an evacuation order at 8:00 am on the 14th, saying it was dangerous due to flooding and debris flow.
More than 40 counties have declared a state of emergency due to the storm. By Monday morning, 71,600 people had been ordered to evacuate, 546 of them in shelters, said Brian Ferguson, spokesman for the California Emergency Response Center.
[왓슨빌( 미 캘리포니아주)= AP/뉴시스]
Source: Donga
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