US: California braces for more rain after New Year eve deluge

| Jan 03, 2023, 12:51:25 PM | AP
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Residents in California's vast Central Valley region are bracing for another round of powerful storms this week after flooding from a New Year's Eve deluge killed one person and forced the evacuation of people in low-lying areas — including more than 1,000 inmates at a county jail. A weather phenomenon known as an "atmospheric river" dumped up to 5 inches (12.70 centimeters) of rain in the Sacramento Valley and up to a foot (30.48 centimeters) of snow in the mountains on Saturday, according to Eric Kurth, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. On Sunday, rising floodwaters caused local officials to order the evacuation of the Point Pleasant Community near the Cosumnes River in South Sacramento. That included 1,075 inmates plus staff at the Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center. Inmates were taken to nearby jails with no timetable for their return, according to Sacramento County Sheriff's Department spokesperson Amar Gandhi.

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