LOS ANGELES: Heavy rain overnight in Northern California killed two people in a submerged car, as officials volunteered their lives on Thursday because of possible mud and debris flows from residents of several Southern California mountain and valley communities. urged to leave the house.
In Millbray, south of San Francisco, firefighters managed to rescue a driver who had climbed over his vehicle on a flooded underpass. San Mateo County Sheriff Detective Javier Acosta said they could not reach people in the other car.
Acosta told the Mercury News in San Jose that it was raining heavily in the underpass when firefighters responded to a call for help shortly before 6 a.m. It took several hours to evacuate the area. When the officials discovered the bodies.An investigation is in process.
Precautions for Southern California came as Northern California received most of the rain this week that spread across the state. Possible heavy rain is likely to start in the southern part of the state late Thursday night.
The National Weather Service issued an advisory for minor flooding on roadways and low-lying areas in counties surrounding the San Francisco Bay, and an avalanche warning was posted for the eastern Sierra Nevada backcountry areas in Mono and Inyo counties.
Forecasters also issued a flood watch for areas east and southeast of Los Angeles through Thursday evening because of potentially heavy overnight rain fed by a long layer of moisture from the Pacific Ocean, an atmospheric river.
Evacuation warnings were issued by Orange County officials for three valleys near the burn mark from wildfires, where last week’s rain spread muddy torrents. A warning was also issued by San Bernardino County officials for half a dozen mountainous areas.
Elsewhere, tire chains were required on several major routes through the Sierra Nevada and a portion of Coastal Highway 1 south of Big Sur due to weather, according to the California Department of Transportation.
A period of rain and snow was predicted in California until Christmas and the following week.
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