16 killed in California winter storms and floods
Parts of Ventura and Santa Barbara, 400mm water bomb per hour
230,000 household power outages… Avalanche damage from floods in week three
Flood warnings issued for 34 million Californians
Flood warning in the northern Sacramento Valley and San Francisco Bay Area
[앵커]
At least 16 people have died as a winter storm with heavy rain and high winds hit California for the third straight week.
An emergency evacuation order has been issued for tens of thousands of residents, but landslide concerns are growing as land in California has become vulnerable from drought and wildfires.
This was reported by journalist Kim Seon-hee.
[기자]
A car parked in front of a house is helplessly submerged in the swollen water.
Two vehicles crashed into pits as roads weakened by heavy rain collapsed.
A winter storm with heavy rain and high winds hits California, USA, killing many people.
In areas of Ventura and Santa Barbara counties north of Los Angeles, water bombs measuring more than 400 mm were dropped.
Streets in downtown and Beverly Hills were also flooded and power was cut to hundreds of thousands of California homes.
The water crisis that started in late December last year continued for three weeks and the damages grew like a snowball.
[에이프릴 허그 / 주민 : 집에 돌아와서 피해 상황을 보고 충격을 받았습니다. 정말 끔찍했어요.]
As major California rivers rise to dangerous levels, disaster response authorities have issued flood warnings for more than tens of millions of residents.
Flood warnings have been issued for the northern Sacramento Valley, Monterey Bay, and the entire San Francisco Bay area.
Tens of thousands of people living in landslide-prone areas have been ordered to evacuate.
Concerns are growing that torrential rains will add to the damage at a time when droughts and wildfires in recent years have left California’s soil vulnerable.
[베리 파커 / 벤투라 카운티 소방 책임자 : 이번 폭풍은 이전과 확실히 달랐습니다. 더 강해졌고 땅의 지반이 약해지며 더 많은 홍수가 발생해 훨씬 많은 인명 구조가 진행됐습니다.]
Experts attribute the storm to the so-called “atmospheric river” phenomenon.
A large amount of water vapor moves in a narrow and long band like a river and produces heavy rains.
Meteorologists estimated property damage from the storm at about 1.2 trillion won.
Through the 19th, more than 170 mm of rain is falling in many areas of California, and even greater damage is expected in the northern part of the country with a huge cyclone.
This is YTN Kim Seon-hee.
YTN Kim Seon-hee ([email protected])
※ “Your report becomes news”
[카카오톡] Search YTN and add a channel
[전화] 02-398-8585
[메일] [email protected]
[저작권자(c) YTN 무단전재 및 재배포 금지]
