More Severe Winter Storms Slam California

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🗓️ 10 March 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Communities throughout California are bracing for another round of severe storms this week. An atmospheric river is poised to dump several inches of rain, which could melt snow reserves in mountains and cause flooding. Mountainous areas of the state are already dealing with power outages, road closures, and collapsed roofs after a series of heavy rain and snow during the past couple of months. We’ll talk about how Californians are managing severe weather and what to expect in the days to come. Guests: Gerry Díaz, newsroom meteorologist, San Francisco Chronicle Katie Kay Mead, resident, Lake Arrowhead, California Bob Thurman, resident near Nevada City, California Mike Scrivano, contractor, North Lake Home Services in Truckee Hanna Lykke, reporter, San Bernardino Sun, Southern California News Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:56.6	From KQBD in San Francisco, I'm Mina Kim. Coming up on forum, heavy rains and snow last night,
1:20.1	pummeled parts of California, bringing with it flooding and avalanche risks and power outages.
1:25.3	Evacuation warnings became orders in parts of Santa Cruz County and along the Central Coast,
1:30.3	and the rain-prompted flash flood warnings in the Central Valley.
1:33.3	Governor Gavin Newsom expanded an earlier state of emergency yesterday to now include dozens of counties.
1:39.3	This storm is just the latest in a series of storm systems battering the Golden State this winter.
1:45.0	Tell us how you've been affected after this news.
2:07.2	Welcome to Forum. I'm Mina Kim. Most of California is now under some kind of weather advisory,
2:14.0	warning, or watch as an atmospheric river storm brings heavy rain and even fresh snow to parts of the state still trying to dig out from storms that hit two weeks ago. Life was just
2:18.7	beginning to return to normal in the San Bernardino County Mountains this week, after more than
2:23.5	100 inches of snow fell there, trapping residents in their homes for days, some without heat, as supplies
2:29.6	of food and medicine ran low. We're taking stock this hour of the impact California's severe weather
2:35.4	has had and is having. And on the line now we have Katie K. Mead in Lake Arrowhead, which got
2:42.7	hit hard by the blizzard two weeks ago. Katie, welcome to Forum. Hi, thanks for having me.
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