Residents in California's vast Central Valley region are bracing for another round of powerful storms
this week after flooding from a New Year's Eve deluge killed one person and forced the evacuation of people in low-lying areas — including more than 1,000 inmates at a county jail."dumped up to 5 inches of rain in the Sacramento Valley and up to a foot of snow in the mountains on Saturday, according to Eric Kurth, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.
Then another storm is forecasted to hit the area this weekend, with forecasters anticipating up to 2 inches of rain in the valley and snow of up to 2 feet in the mountains. In Southern California, several people were rescued after floodwaters inundated cars in San Bernardino and Orange counties. No major injuries were reported. The rain stopped just in time for the annual, but Monday night's smaller storm could impact the Rose Bowl college football game between Utah and Penn State.
State highway workers spent the holiday weekend clearing heavy snow that was stopping traffic on major highways through the Sierra Nevada.
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