Nevada County prepares for heavy rain after back-to-back snowstorms

NEVADA COUNTY — Nevada County is now preparing for heavy rain after back-to-back snowstorms. 1000’s of individuals remained with out energy Monday evening after being at the hours of darkness for almost every week.

CBS13’s climate staff is anticipating greater than 5 inches of rain in Nevada County by way of Sunday. Nevada County emergency crews are working across the clock clearing roads and storm drains of snow and ice.

“I have been dwelling there for over 40 years and we’ve not had snow like this since 1989,” resident Linda Kelleher mentioned.

Kelleher is among the many 6,500 individuals who have been with out energy for six days. PG&E introduced Monday that it has 44 crews working across the clock to revive energy to clients. That is after greater than 15,000 folks misplaced energy final week.

As crews work tirelessly, they’re now sharing some excellent news.

“We’ve restored mainline circuits throughout a lot of the county and we’re now working to faucet these circuits. So you are going to see restoration strikes happen hour-by-hour over the subsequent couple of days,” mentioned Brandon Sanders, a spokesperson for PG&E.

Restoration means Kelleher can return to a heat home. Nonetheless, she worries for individuals who reside downstream. This comes as emergency officers worry the mixture of hotter rain – and a near-historic snowpack – might result in flooding.

“It should be an issue down within the valley and I do not envy what is going on to be taking place there,” Kelleher mentioned.

Regardless of greater than 5 inches of rain on high of the snowpack, emergency officers aren’t anticipating any widespread flooding in Nevada County.

As a precaution, they’ve 4 sandbag places scattered all through the county. Yow will discover them on the Nevada County Warehouse on the nook of Freeway 49 and East Broad Road in Nevada Metropolis, Penn Valley Fireplace Safety District situated at 10513 Spenceville Highway in Penn Valley, North San Juan Group Corridor situated at 10057 Reservoir Road in North San Juan and Higgins Fireplace Station 21 situated at 10106 Combie Highway.