The California Floods

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🗓️ 12 January 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

For weeks, a string of major storms have hit California, causing extreme flooding. While it might seem as if rain should have a silver lining for a state stuck in a historic drought, the reality is far more complicated. Today, how California’s water management in the past has made today’s flooding worse and why it represents a missed opportunity for the future of the state’s water crisis. Guest: Christopher Flavelle, a climate reporter for The New York Times.

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0:00.0	Well, greetings everybody. Uncettled weather today, it was a rather gloomy Friday here in
0:06.2	Southern California. We saw anywhere between some drizzle to light showers, no heavy rainfall,
0:11.3	but the heavy rainfall is coming our way. So we make our way through tomorrow night. So
0:16.0	it's going to be a pretty stormy New Year's Eve and a stormy entrance to the year 2023
0:22.1	coming to Southern California.
0:24.6	From the New York Times, I'm Sabrina Tavernici and this is the Daily.
0:30.0	You're telling us the snow, well there's going to be a lot of snow early on and maybe
0:33.5	a little bit of rain. There's going to be a lot of rain. It's weird.
0:36.7	This is once again the atmospheric river bringing rain to Northern California.
0:40.1	Yeah, the rain has been non-stop all day. First responders saying if you don't have to
0:44.6	leave your home, stay home, stay dry and stay warm.
0:48.6	For the past couple of weeks, a string of major storms has hit California and caused extreme
0:53.7	flooding up and down the state.
0:55.6	In Sacramento, it was the wettest New Year's Eve on record. At least two levees have been
1:00.9	overwhelmed. Highway 101 in South San Francisco. Look more like a river today. We saw
1:05.9	mudslides, down trees, flooded streets. We've seen it all today in San Francisco and San
1:11.4	Matilda County.
1:12.4	Forecasters call this weather system, quote, brutal and like threatening.
1:17.0	And while the rain should be a silver lining for a state stuck in historic drought, the
1:21.8	reality is for more complicated.
1:24.0	Breaking news out of California tonight with more than 34 million people are under a flood
1:28.8	wall.
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