SALINAS: The latest in a damaging succession of storm systems blew into California on Saturday (Jan 14), bringing heavy flooding to already waterlogged regions and threatening snowfalls of up to 2
The latest system was expected to bring"heavy lower-elevation rain, significant mountain snow, and strong winds", with"another surge of Pacific moisture" expected Monday, the National Weather Service said.
In Spreckels, a community a few hundred metres from the river, most residents had opted not to evacuate despite warnings from authorities. Urging residents to remain vigilant, he said Californians should continue to exercise"common sense over the course of the next 24 to 48 hours". "This place was hit hard by the drought over the past years," 58-year-old farmworker Manuel Paris told AFP near Salinas."We're not used to this much rain anymore."
An AFP journalist saw tractors in fields near Salinas fighting to pump floodwaters back into the river. Newly falling rain was not helping the effort.
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