Wind, Rain Drench Valley For The Second Time In A Week

RIO LINDA (CBS13) — Storm sandbag prep is simply a indispensable connected Lisa Smith’s to-do database arsenic she prepared for the 2nd circular of rainfall successful a week.

“Stack the sandbags up moisture doesn’t travel in,” explained Smith.

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Smith hopes her postulation of sandbags volition assistance support the h2o retired from her South Sacramento location that’s prone to flooding.

“Without these sandbags with the h2o consistently coming down, the h2o is coming down successful nether the doorway,” she said.

Flooded streets adjacent Rio Linda and Elverta were inactive stagnant from Monday’s tempest that closed down Sorento Road. On Wednesday, a pistillate had to beryllium rescued by occurrence crews aft her car stalled retired successful the water.

At the aforesaid time, whipping winds shook shoppers heading to the store.

“I was driving location from enactment and connected the freeway, I could consciousness my car shingle due to the fact that of the wind. Even getting retired of the car, you effort to unfastened up the doorway and it’s tough,” explained Rio Linda nonmigratory Pavel Artyusheyskiy.

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We wanted to cognize however Monday’s downpour drenching the vale impacts aboriginal storms. We asked UC Davis biology adept Jay Lund.

“It surely makes section flooding overmuch much likely,” said Lund. “You volition often spot immoderate trees autumn down due to the fact that the saturated soils weaken the operation of the ungraded astir the roots and marque it easier for the trees to autumn over.”

Sacramento County is preparing for each situations aft dozens of reports of flooded streets and fallen trees earlier this week.

“Whenever a tempest comes in, we are acrophobic of what they volition bring,” said Sacramento County Public Information Manager Matt Robinson. “We are conscionable holding our enactment and seeing what comes.”

With much rainfall expected overnight into Thursday, Smith hopes her preps volition wage off.

“I had h2o harm connected the partition of the house, the carpet, we got it remodeled. This time, the extremity is to person these sandbags enactment and they are working,” she said.

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Unlike Monday’s storm, nary large flooding oregon downed trees were reported.

Velena Jones