Gov. Newsom declares state of emergency as Northern California braces for another storm
by Hannah Fry, Rong-Gong Lin II, Jessica Garrison and Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times
Jan 04, 2023
4 minutes
Northern California is bracing for yet another powerful storm that’s expected to bring strong winds and drench the already-battered region with heavy rain on Wednesday, prompting Gov. Newsom to declare a state of emergency to “support response and recovery efforts.”
A moisture-rich atmospheric river — fed by a plume of subtropical water vapor at the lower and middle levels of the atmosphere — is expected to bring wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour and more than 6 inches of rain in some parts of the Bay Area. The Sacramento Valley can expect up to 4 inches of rain, and some areas in the foothills could see up to 6 inches.
Wednesday’s storm is the third atmospheric river that’s hit California
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