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San Francisco battered by strong winds as California hit with another powerful atmospheric river
One other highly effective storm slams into the Golden State with hurricane-force wind gusts, heavy rain and mountain snow throughout a area that has seen storm after storm since December.
Rain falling on saturated floor is inflicting flash flooding and landslides. Sturdy winds are blowing over timber not anchored in that soggy soil resulting in energy outages and automotive and residential injury.
Practically 178,000 prospects have been with out energy as of early Wednesday in keeping with Poweroutage, with a majority within the San Francisco space.
“Persevering with to look at robust gusts of fifty to 55 mph, domestically as much as 65 mph over the East Bay as the middle of the robust floor low approaches the Golden Gate Bridge,” the Nationwide Climate Service Bay Space mentioned Tuesday night.
Within the Monetary District, winds have been seen blown from high-rise buildings. The San Francisco Hearth Division instructed KTVU that nobody was injured by the falling glass.
Whereas the regular rain is really fizzling out from north to south, showers and thunderstorms will take over into Wednesday. Meaning flash flooding with lots of rain and snow in a brief time period and extra damaging winds.
The rain began pushing into California Monday evening and poured via Tuesday. Showers and potential thunderstorms take over and slowly push south via the state Wednesday.
Whereas these rains fall, heavy mountain snow falls within the greater elevations within the Los Angeles space, in addition to within the Sierra Nevada, which has already seen greater than 50 ft of snow this season.
That has led to quite a few points, together with properties which have collapsed to the burden of the snow and compelled officers to shut roads.
Sturdy wind gusts as excessive as 60 mph are nonetheless potential within the mountains and foothills. Fortunately, the menace for gales will taper off via the night.
Evacuations proceed as rivers rise however rain tapers off
Most Flood Watches and Warnings will expire via the night. However, Coastal Flood Advisories proceed throughout Central and Southern California via at the very least Wednesday afternoon.
The NWS prolonged Flood Advisories to Nevada and Arizona because the storm is on the transfer.
A number of communities are nonetheless below evacuation orders because the rivers will proceed to rise regardless that the rains are really fizzling out.
Intervals of heavy rain are nonetheless anticipated because the storm strikes inland. Coastal ranges and mountains may see as much as 3.5 inches extra in a fast bathe. Elevations above 5,000 ft may see snowfall charges.
Valleys and coastal areas may see an additional .5 to 1.5 inches really fizzling out Wednesday afternoon.
How a lot snow is anticipated to fall within the West?
Heavy snow will probably be falling within the greater elevations of the Sierra Nevada in Central California, in addition to within the mountains close to Los Angeles and Southern California.
Winter Storm Warnings are in impact for the southern peaks of the Sierra Nevada and better elevations of the Los Angeles space, whereas Winter Climate Advisories are posted for the northern areas of the Sierra.
Journey stays tough via the mountains and passes. The Grapevine, I-5, may see a dusting to a couple inches. The Northern Sierra are taking a look at one other 1 to 4 ft within the greater elevations. Decrease elevations may see a further 3 to 10 inches.
Southern California mountains can anticipate as much as 2 to five ft of snow above 6,000 ft. Decrease elevations may see 2 to 10 extra inches.
Rain, snowpack serving to with California’s drought
In keeping with the most recent U.S. Drought Monitor replace launched on March 14, solely 36% of California remained in drought. That’s now the bottom drought protection within the Golden State in practically three years, since April 2020.
Relentless atmospheric river storms have been slamming the West, together with California. In December, 98% of the Golden State was experiencing drought circumstances. However as storm after storm introduced rain and snow to the area, circumstances have drastically improved.
The rain has additionally been extremely useful for the state’s reservoirs, which have been working dry till the onslaught of storms that began in December.
A welcome dry break within the offing for California
As soon as California weathers this present storm, the state ought to lastly get an honest break from wet forecasts.
Drier climate looms for the remainder of the week as soon as the storm exits Wednesday with the subsequent probability of great rain holding off till at the very least the center of subsequent week.
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What California city has the best weather for you? Take our quiz
California has plenty of options when it comes to finding a place with your preferred weather. If you like cool weather, some cities spend nearly the entire year below 70 degrees. If you hate the rain, there are locations that average just a few inches per year.
The Chronicle gathered data about temperature, precipitation, air quality and extreme weather for 61 places across California, including the 20 most populous cities with data available. In total, 53 of the state’s 58 counties are represented in the analysis.
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California woman dies from Fresno County's first human case of rabies in more than 30 years
A California woman died of rabies after allegedly being bitten by a bat in her classroom, according to Fresno County health officials.
The woman, later identified as Leah Seneng, 60, marks the first human case of rabies in Fresno County since 1992.
“In general, rabies is a disease that affects the brain, and it is very rare. But when it develops, it can cause very serious consequences,” said Dr. Trnidad Solis, Fresno County Health Department’s deputy health officer. “It’s transmitted through saliva; it is not airborne.”
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Seneng, who was an art teacher at Bryant Middle School in Dos Palos, was bitten by the bat when she was attempting to rescue it in her classroom, local outlet ABC30 reported.
She first came into contact with the bat in October, but did not display symptoms until approximately a month later, according to Fresno County health officials. She was admitted to the hospital and died four days later.
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“The most frequent route of transmission is through the bite of an animal that has rabies. With rabies, unfortunately, there is no cure. So, when symptoms develop, there is no treatment, and often when it develops, it is often fatal. So we want the public to know that prevention is key to preventing rabies infection,” Solis said.
Fresno County officials do not believe there is a threat to public health at this time, but are working with the Merced County Health Department to identify any other possible exposures and administer vaccines.
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Seneng’s coworkers have set up a GoFundMe account to assist her family during this time.
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Another batch of raw milk from a trendy California brand just tested positive for bird flu
- Two batches of raw milk from a trendy California brand have tested positive for bird flu this week.
- Bird flu has been spreading rapidly among cattle in the US.
- Experts say drinking raw milk is dangerous, and can cause food poisoning.
Another batch of raw milk just tested positive for bird flu in California.
Last Sunday, Fresno-based Raw Farm voluntarily recalled a first batch of cream top whole raw milk with a “best by” date of November 27. By Wednesday, the California Department of Public Health announced that a second batch of Raw Farm cream top, with a “best by” date of December 7 had also tested positive for bird flu, based on retail sampling.
“We’re not making a big deal about it, because it’s not a big deal,” Kaleigh Stanziani, Raw Farm’s vice president of marketing, said in a short video posted on YouTube after the farm’s first voluntary recall was announced earlier this week.
She said there had only been an indication that there might be a “trace element of something possible,” emphasizing that there had been no reported illnesses of Raw Farms cows or positive tests from the cattle.
Raw Farm owner Mark McAfee later told the LA Times that the California Department of Food and Agriculture had requested that his company “hold delivery of further products” until Friday, after conducting thorough testing of two Raw Farms and one creamery on Wednesday. (McAfee could not immediately be reached for comment by Business Insider during the Thanksgiving holiday.)
Raw milk may be helping bird flu spread — but not in the way you might think
Scientists suspect that cross-contamination of raw milk between animals may be one reason the H5N1 virus is spreading rapidly among cows in the US — and could even contribute to the human spread of the virus. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cautions that dairy workers might be able to contract bird flu by infected raw milk splashed into their eyes.
There is no definitive evidence yet that humans can get bird flu from drinking contaminated raw milk. Instead, health authorities generally recommend avoiding raw milk because of other serious health risks, including food poisoning with bacteria like Salmonella, E.coli, or Listeria.
There are no known health benefits of drinking raw milk. Instead, all evidence suggests that pasteurized milk is just as nutritious, and is safer to consume.
Still, raw milk has become a trendy product among some influencers. Gwenyth Paltrow says she has it in her coffee in the morning.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Trump’s pick for Health and Human Services secretary, says he wants the US Food and Drug Administration to stop its “war” against raw milk.
Over the summer, “Carnivore MD” Paul Saladino released a raw milk smoothie in partnership with the elite Los Angeles health foods store Erewhon featuring unpasteurized (raw) kefir from Raw Farms, and powdered beef organs.
California has some of the loosest rules around raw milk in the country; it’s generally fine for California retailers like health foods stores and grocers to sell it, raw milk products just can’t be transported across state lines, per FDA rules.
Michael Payne, a researcher at the Western Institute of Food Safety and Security, told The Guardian that people consuming Dr. Paul’s $19 smoothie were “playing Russian roulette with their health,” and ignoring pasteurization, “the single most important food safety firewall in history.”
California dairy farms have been seeing an uptick in bird flu cases since August. The state has reported 29 confirmed human cases of bird flu, and all but one of those was sourced back to cows.
Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the first confirmed case of bird flu in a California child from Alameda County. The child had no known contact with infected farm animals, but may have been exposed to wild birds, the California health department said in a statement.
The child had mild symptoms and is recovering well after receiving antiviral drugs.
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