Crews work to prevent flooding as storm passes through Merced County

MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Fallen leaves enactment the streets successful Merced arsenic rainfall and upwind has swept done Central California.

Public works crews cleaned up the leaves and cleared retired gutters during a interruption successful the tempest Tuesday.

They nonstop america notices to heap up your leaves truthful acold from the curb truthful they tin conscionable expanse them up," Merced nonmigratory Cecilia Vargas explained.

Vargas is doing her portion to assistance retired crews, and she's gladsome to spot them successful her neighborhood.

"They're cutting down the trees that request to beryllium chopped down and they're doing a large job," Vargas said.

This effort to forestall tempest harm comes astir 2 years aft destructive flooding connected Cooper Avenue successful Merced.

Businesses were filled with much than 2 feet of water, forcing owners to usage tractors, kayaks and adjacent boats to get to their belongings.

Stephanie and Neil McLeod person lived successful the country for implicit 30 years.

They accidental fortunately, they lone experienced immoderate flooding erstwhile a fewer years back.

"There was a large puddle but it didn't get much than halfway up the sidewalk," Neil explained.

The mates credits the metropolis for preventing that from happening again.

Crews from a fig of agencies person shored up levees, cleared retired debris that tin clog channels - and adjacent lined canals with integrative to forestall the banks from washing out.

Still, arsenic we caput into the wintertime months, the Merced County sheriffs bureau wants you to beryllium prepared.

"With the upwind changing, we're hoping radical instrumentality the other steps slowing down, staying safe, get to the destination and fto the different radical astir you get to the destination arsenic well," Michael Domingue with the Merced County Sheriff's Office said.

The City of Merced has launched a Weather Readiness Hub, wherever you tin way downed trees, find sandbag locations, and enactment connected apical of the latest accusation related to the storm.

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