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California Rain wreaks havoc as weather conditions grow worse

Posted by on Dec 21st, 2010 [211 views]  

Southern California Rain is going to prolong for a few more days and will in turn elevate the snowfall to this area.

Presently the entire area is flooded and an extremely cold winter season is being expected according to the National Weather Service report.

It’s been over four days that the area is plunged in rain water and the total rains being counted down as 10 inches high.

The National Weather Service has forecasted that the rains will only intensify further with the coming of Tuesday night and the day after that is Wednesday. Also the service has given a storm forecast for the night of Christmas.

Warnings and watches for flood have been highlighted in parts of Arizona and Nevada along the Southern California.

An emergency evacuation was undertaken following the heavy rains in parts of McFarland where over 2000 people were shifted to a safer region along with the closure of highways.

Nevada experienced double the snowfall making conditions even worse. After the debris was cleared from Nevada, orders of the evacuation were lifted.

Under bad weather conditions the wind is also marking great havoc as gusts in the alpine meadow summit were measured to be 152 mph.

The officials are working on the distorted areas that have been drenched under water and are also witnessing conditions like mud slide.

Mudslides have caused certain areas to be closed and these include Ventura County’s Pacific Coast Highway and State Route 41 in San Luis Obispo County. A part of Oxnard areas State Route 34 was closed due to high flooding.

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