Storm evacuation advisories issued in California

The inhabitants of a Northern California community evacuations were ordered due to the threat of flooding, and evacuation recommendations were issued in other rural areas of the region on the first of the following year a severe storm will cause torrential rain or heavy snow across much of the statewhich resulted in the breaking of levees, obstructions to traffic and the closure of some highways.

Although the storm passed, some agricultural areas were heavily flooded approximately 20 miles south of Sacramento, where rivers overflowed their levees. Emergency crews rescued drivers on New Year’s Eve and Sunday morning along State Route 99, and the highway was closed.

Sacramento County authorities on Sunday issued an evacuation order for residents of the Point Pleasant community near Interstate 5 due to the threat of dangerous flooding. Residents of the nearby communities of Glanville Tract and Franklin Pond were told to prepare to leave before other roads were cut off by rising waters and unable to evacuate afterward.

“Flooding from the Cosumnes River and Mokelumne River is expected to move southwest toward I-5 and could reach these areas in the middle of the night,” the Sacramento County Office of Emergency Services tweeted Sunday. “Livestock in affected areas should be moved to higher ground.”

Upstate, in the state capital, workers were clearing downed trees from streets and sidewalks, and at least 17,000 customers were still without power Sunday, up from 150,000 the day before, according to an online map from the Municipal Utilities District. .

Near Lake Tahoe, dozens of drivers were rescued on New Year’s Eve on Interstate 80 after several lost control of their cars in the snow during the storm, the California Department of Transportation reported. The main road to the mountains in the San Francisco Bay Area reopened Sunday for chained-up cars.

“The roads are extremely slippery, so let’s all work together and slow down so we can keep I-80 open,” the California Highway Patrol tweeted. Several other highways have also reopened, including State Route 50.

Precipitation in downtown San Francisco reached 5.46 inches on New Year’s Eve, making it the second wettest day on record, after the November 1994 flood, the National Weather Service said. Videos on Twitter showed muddy water flowing down the streets of San Francisco and a stairway in Oakland being turned into a full-blown waterfall by heavy rains.