California Storm: Flood Threats Remain Amid Heavy Wind, Rains
Published Date: 1/5/2023
Source: Bloomberg Quicktake: Now
A powerful storm with hurricane-force gusts has begun to wind down after ripping across California, leaving behind power outages, flood threats and road closures just hours before another drenching is set to wash over the state. “It’s not like this is done,” Bob Oravec, senior branch forecaster at the US Weather Prediction Center, said in an interview. “The rain reloads in Northern California tomorrow. Then there’s a big rain event Monday and Tuesday.” The latest storm brought wind gusts of 132 miles (212 kilometers) per hour to Alpine Meadows, California in the mountains west of Lake Tahoe and triggered some evacuations in Contra Costa and Santa Cruz counties, outside San Francisco. Waves off the California coast are still reaching above 30 feet, according to the National Data Buoy Center, and are topping 13 feet near the entrance of San Francisco Bay. “The system has reached peak intensity and it is slowly weakening today,” Oravec said. The aftermath left more than 180,000 homes and businesses in California without power, according to poweroutage.us. Highway 1 on the scenic Big Sur coast remains closed in several spots because of downed trees and flooding, according to the state’s transportation department. A child was killed in Sonoma County when a tree fell on a house, according to the Associated Press. Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2TwO8Gm Subscribe to our newest channel Quicktake Explained: https://bit.ly/3iERrup Bloomberg Quicktake brings you live global news and original shows spanning business, technology, politics and culture. Make sense of the stories changing your business and your world. To watch complete coverage on Bloomberg Quicktake 24/7, visit http://www.bloomberg.com/qt/live, or watch on Apple TV, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, Fire TV and Android TV on the Bloomberg app. Have a story to tell? Fill out this survey for a chance to have it featured on Bloomberg Quicktake: https://cor.us/surveys/27AF30 Connect with us on… YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Bloomberg Breaking News on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloombergQuickTakeNews Twitter: https://twitter.com/quicktake Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/quicktake Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quicktake