Los Angeles: The White House announced that US President Joe Biden will visit to California flood-affected regions on Thursday as the nation’s most populous state works to recover from a deadly and devastating series of storms.
On Monday, the White House announced that Biden will visit California storm-affected towns to review recovery efforts and assess what extra federal support is needed.
In three weeks of harsh weather that has claimed 20 lives, nine successive storms have moved in from the Pacific Ocean, battering California and other western states.
Over the weekend, Biden declared a significant disaster in California, allowing the federal government to speed up assistance, including assistance with temporary housing and repairs.
As another another storm hits California, Biden declares a “disaster”
According to an executive order signed on Monday by California Governor Gavin Newsom, the storms have forced tens of thousands of residents to leave their homes.
Estimates of damage from the storms have already surpassed $1 billion.
Even though Tuesday was expected to have sporadic bright spells, the relief workers in California who are working nonstop to clean landslides, shovel mud from roadways, and remove fallen trees wouldn’t get much of a break.
According to PowerOutage.us, the state’s estimated 15,300 residences were still without power early Tuesday.
Northern California cities reported amazing amounts of rain that had collected, which caused them to be submerged.
According to a report from the National Weather Service (NWS) for the Bay Area. San Francisco has received more than 18 inches (45 cm) of rain since December 26. It is a huge amount of rain that is causing landslides, road closures and flooding.
Since January 14, 1862, this 22-day stretch has been the wettest, according to a tweet from the NWS headquarters.
The NWS office in Sacramento tweeted that Modesto received more than an inch of rain on Monday, breaking a record set there in 1950, while Stockton reported 1.2 inches of rain, breaking a record there in 1973. The Central Valley is a productive region that produces 40% of the fruits consumed in the US.
“Persistent Winter Storms Impacting Rockies, Plains and New Storm Approaching Pacific Northwest”
Persistent winter storms are currently affecting the Rocky Mountain and Great Plains states, bypassing the state mostly.
The National Weather Service (NWS) forecasts heavy snowfall in mountainous areas of Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. The snowfall is expected to continue through Tuesday. It will then spread east into the Central Plains on Wednesday.
While respite is coming to California. A new storm system is approaching off the coast of Washington state to the north. This new storm system is predicted to reach the Pacific Northwest by Tuesday night and move inland by Wednesday.
The NWS forecast stated that a fresh storm system would reach the Pacific Northwest. It is expected to reach by Tuesday night. It will then move inland by Wednesday.
Heavy rainfall is expected to hit the coastal ranges and the foothills of the Cascades. It is a result of the approaching storm system. It was stated by the National Weather Service forecast.