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Ahead Of Super Soaker, Officials Upping Water Releases Below Nimbus Dam
NIMBUS (CBS13) – The Bureau of Reclamation is getting ahead of this weekend’s storm by incrementally releasing 3,500 cubic feet of water per second to 15,000 cubic feet per second below the Nimbus Dam...
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Tips From Firefighters: How To Properly Fill And Place Sandbags
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Filling a sandbag seems like a no-brainer, but firefighters tell us there is a science to it. Here are some tips firefighters gave CBS13: First, fold the top of the sandbag down...
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Olivehurst Residents Brace For Flooding On The Yuba River
OLIVEHURST (CBS13) – This is not the night Jesus Cervantes counted on when he took daughter for a drive in the orchards in his truck. “I don’t think it was that deep. It’s just been drizzling all day,”...
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Driver Rescued, Cited After Getting Stuck In Flood Waters Near Rancho Murieta
RANCHO MURIETA (CBS13) – A driver was rescued then cited after he drove his pickup truck into a flooded area Sunday morning. The scene is on Scott Road at Deer Creek outside of Rancho Murieta. Recent...
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Cosumnes River Near Wilton Predicted To Flood Overnight, Residents Urged To...
WILTON (CBS13) – Authorities are alerting residents near Wilton to consider evacuating now due to rising flood waters. The National Weather Service is forecasting that the Cosumnes River will rise high...
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Placerville Declares Emergency After Storm Sends Wastewater Into Hangtown Creek
Follow CBS13 on Facebook | Instagram EL DORADO COUNTY (CBS13) — A state of emergency has been declared in Placerville after a wastewater treatment plant overflowed into a nearby creek during Tuesday’s...
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Cosumnes Fire Crews Rescue Woman From Flooding, Take Her To Father’s Funeral
SACRAMENTO COUNTY (CBS13) – Fire crews made sure a woman they rescued from flood waters wouldn’t be late for her father’s funeral. The Cosumnes Fire Department has been dealing with multiple rescues in...
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Hole Being Repaired On Snodgrass Slough Levee Caused By Beaver
SACRAMENTO COUNTY (CBS13) – Some communities are still dealing with flooding issues in the aftermath of this week’s storms. There’s concern about another possible levee failure at Snodgrass Slough in...
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Family Who Opened Home To Flood Victims Receives Outpouring Of Support After...
Follow CBS13 on Facebook | Instagram Follow Good Day on Facebook | Instagram WILTON (CBS13) – The aftermath of this week’s storm is being felt all across the valley. A family in Wilton is now...
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City Of Marysville Asking For Volunteers To Help Monitor Levees
MARYSVILLE (CBS13) – The city of Marysville bracing for another round of storms and hoping to avoid a disaster. Officials say they need volunteers to help check the levees for weak spots. There are...
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Flood Watches In Place Across Northern California As Rain Batters State
SACRAMENTO (CBS13/AP) – Flash flood watches are in place for parts of Northern California down through the Central Coast as heavy rains swamp roads and threaten to overtop rivers and creeks. The...
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Authorities Issue Evacuation Notice For Point Pleasant Area
SACRAMENTO COUNTY (CBS13) — Sacramento County Office Of Emergency Services officials have issued an evacuation notice for the Point Pleasant area of southern Sacramento county. According to an audio...
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Evacuation Orders Intact As Water Officials Analyze Oroville Dam Emergency...
IN BRIEF: Evacuation information: BUTTE COUNTY (530) 872-5951; YUBA AND SUTTER COUNTIES 866-916-3566 Butte County Sheriff: Work is underway to prevent further erosion of the spillway, which no longer...
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Despite Problems With Oroville Dam Spillway, Officials Say Flood Risk In...
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – The instability of the emergency spillway at the Oroville Dam is now drawing concerns about our flood system as a whole: Is it operating as designed? And with all this water in the...
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Thousands Evacuated As Floods Inundate Areas Of San Jose
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) – Rising floodwaters sent at least 14,000 residents fleeing inundated homes in San Jose and forced the shutdown of a major freeway Wednesday. U.S. 101 was closed in both...
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Gov. Brown Seeks $437 Million For Flood Control
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday proposed spending $437 million on flood control and emergency response in the waterlogged state. The Democratic governor asked state lawmakers to...
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California Faces $50B Price Tag For Flood Control Fixes
WASHINGTON (AP) – California faces an estimated $50 billion price tag for roads, dams and other infrastructure threatened by floods such as the one that severely damaged Oroville Dam last month, the...
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California Billionaire Donates $5M To San Jose Flood Relief
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) – A California billionaire has donated $5 million for flood relief efforts in San Jose. Kieu Hoang is a one-time refugee from Vietnam who built a fortune in medical products. He...
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Homes Evacuated After California River Swells From Snowmelt
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say 90 homes remain under mandatory evacuation orders following levee breaches along the Kings River in Central California. The Tulare County Sheriff’s Office posted...
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Crews Start Emergency Levee Repairs Downstream From Oroville Dam
YUBA CITY (AP) — Work crews have started emergency repairs to a damaged levee downstream of the Northern California dam that overflowed this winter. The $28.5 million repair project launched Thursday...
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