![]() Natalie Neysa Alund covers breaking and trending news for USA TODAY. The cause of the wreck, which shut down a portion of the road it took place on for several hours, remains under investigation, Eaton said. Justin Sylvia, a captain with the Sacramento Fire Department, said 10 ambulances responded to the scene to transport surviving victims to hospitals.Įaton said it was not immediately known who drove the vehicle. More information will… /dR6z2enOfc- Sacramento Police Department JCause of crash, who drove still under investigation San Juan Road between Binghamton Dr and Bridgeford Dr are closed. Multiple individuals have been transported to area hospitals. Nothing like what LA regularly gets when it actually does rain in LA, which isn't that often.□ Road Closure: Officers are on scene of a major injury collision in the 900 block of San Juan Road. A street might flood if a storm drain gets blocked. Routine flooding isn't common or a major problem. There was enough of a scare in 2017 we'll probably be okay for ten years or so until the spotlight is off them and they go back to not doing maintenance. The bigger concern there is, like the levees, it's neglected. Biggest has been a 5.7 and the dam was fine. The area doesn't get that many major earth quakes. ![]() It's an earthen dam, sure, but it's a massive one. Oroville dam is a bit more than an earthen ****. If those fail catastrophically, which wasn't at risk in 2017 just the top 20 feet or so which would have punched out somewhere before Sacramento and not done any real damage to Sacramento itself, no amount of levees are going to do anything. But really, the bulk of the flood protection is Oroville and Shasta dams. There was a bit more interest with the 2017 rainy season and Oroville dam crisis. Nothing is really being done about it, hasn't been decades. Biggest risk is from on the leaky levees breaking. If this is true, then what's the plan (if any) to protect the populace during and after a moderate or higher earthquake? How much of a concern is flooding in the Sacramento area?Īlso, I believe I saw a documentary once which stated that earthen dikes are the main defense protecting the area from widespread, catastrophic flooding. San Francisco typically goes for the same number of months without rain as Sacramento. It's technically a cool summer Mediterranean climate. It definitely gets foggy along the coast, and it stays cool except in a few Pockets, but the rain storms stay far to the North. Check out climate data for San Francisco. of King Charles III California Weather Current Conditions & Forecast Downtown L. The only correction I would make to what you said is that the Northern California coast does not receive rainfall in the summertime. Sacramento and Northern California Weather Radar. Not to mention the hillsides turn dead and brown, and all the creeks dry up in California for the entire summer, paving the way for massive autumn wildfires. And there's not even a single cloud in the sky, much less rain, most days in the summer, so when there's a 100 degree+ heat wave, there's no hope of a thunderstorm cooling everything off. Here in Sacramento, a 100 degree day can drop overnight to 55-60 degrees too chilly. I've never been to Florida, but having spent 10 weeks in the summer in coastal Louisiana and Mississippi, I must say I prefer the muggy heat more than the dry heat. All our rain here in Sacramento (which is inland, with very hot, dry summers) occurs during the winter, so you wear rainboots here. In fact, most summers go by without a drop of rain. But go 100 miles inland and it's much different-very hot, dry, and desert like. If you're on the coast, it's just like Oregon-cool and rainy, even during the summer. ![]() Do you get snow in Sacramento? Just wondering so I just asked.ĭepends where you are in Northern California. I heard Northern California is cooler compared to Southern California. How is the weather there year around? I'm used to the humidity and heat of Florida.
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