PINEAPPLE EXPRESS UPDATE: The extreme storm took aim at Southern California. RAGING RIVERS. MASSIVE LANDSLIDES. QUOTE--Much of drought-stricken California has been battered with rain and winds since Thursday morning, and The National Weather Service in Monterey said Monday the storm is expected to be one of the strongest storms in terms of wind and rain intensity since storms in October 2009 and January 2008. In Oregon the 80mph winds proved deadly, with a teenage boy killed when a large tree fell on the vehicle he was traveling in, causing it to swerve and hit a tree. A homeless man camping in a tent was also killed by a falling tree. As well as the two killed, a man in southwest Washington state, and a sixth-grader at an elementary school in Santa Cruz, California, were injured by falling trees. In Washaway Beach, Washington, houses were ripped away by rising tides, with owners rushing to save any belongings they could. [A total of 100 homes, over the years, have been washed into the sea.] Widely scattered power outages left about 50,000 customers of Southern California Edison and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power without electricity, spokesmen for the utilities said. While the sun rose Friday to dry skies over San Francisco, the storms affects lingered in Northern California. In Sonoma County, the Russian River was approaching flood stage Friday morning and was expected to crest several feet above it by early afternoon. Officials advised residents of about 300 homes to evacuate low-lying areas. [Weather Channel reported up to 3 feet of new snow in the Sierra Nevada, but still not enough to counteract the drought.]
Posted on: Sat, 13 Dec 2014 18:32:49 +0000
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