- Title: Floodwaters begin to recede in parts of California after storm
- Date: 25th October 2021
- Summary: SAN RAFAEL, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (OCTOBER 25, 2021) (REUTERS) VEHICLE DRIVING THROUGH FLOODWATERS AT INTERSECTION FLOODWATERS AT INTERSECTION MUNICIPAL TRUCK DRIVING THROUGH FLOODWATERS VARIOUS OF VEHICLES DRIVING THROUGH FLOODWATERS POST WITH BUG ON IT ATOP FLOODWATERS BUILDING SURROUNDED BY FLOODWATERS PIECE OF WOOD FLOATING IN FLOODWATERS CALTRANS (TRANSPORTATION D
- Embargoed: 8th November 2021 15:22
- Keywords: California California floodwaters California storm California weather Pineapple Express bomb weather weather bomb
- Location: SAN RAFAEL, MILL VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
- City: SAN RAFAEL, MILL VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
- Country: USA
- Topics: Disaster/Accidents,Floods,United States
- Reuters ID: LVA001F0NRB5Z
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Floodwaters began receding in parts of Northern California on Monday (October 25) after a powerful storm drenched the wildfire-scarred region on Sunday.
Up to 10 inches (25 cm) of rain were expected to wash over the West Coast, said meteorologist Marc Chenard of the Weather Prediction Center at the National Weather Service.
The storm was described as a "bomb cyclone," an intense weather event when the barometric pressure drops quickly.
Cars were seen driving through flooded intersections in San Rafael before sunrise while in nearby Mill Valley, birds were seen resting on a partially flooded athletic field. A nearby sign warned drivers of a flooded roadway.
The storm follows the busiest wildfire season in California history and heightens threats of flash flooding.
Much of the region is in severe, extreme or exceptional drought, as classified by the U.S. Drought Monitor.
Multiple mudslides were already reported in some of the 570,000 acres (230,670 hectares) blackened by the Dixie Fire in the Sierra Nevada mountains northeast of San Francisco, the second-largest wildfire recorded in state history, he said.
The area of Central California where the 2020 Creek Fire ripped through was placed under evacuation warning status, the Fresno County Sheriff's Office tweeted.
Emergency services issued flood warnings for areas including Marin County, just north of San Francisco, and portions of the Napa River.
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