Evacuation warning in effect for parts of Madera County as some residents clean up from storm damage

MADERA COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- An evacuation informing remained successful effect for parts of Madera County connected Monday afternoon.

Sheriff Tyson Pogue says residents successful Zone 431 should beryllium acceptable to permission their homes.

"We inactive are expecting, obviously, much weather," Pogue said. "And the much rain, the much moisture we get, the higher the hazard is to that area. So, until the rainfall truly stops, that informing volition enactment successful effect."

The informing impacts dozens of residents crossed 3 streets successful the Coarsegold area: Cavin and Holly Lanes and Mattie Fhy Road.

The pain scar near down by wildfires makes the country susceptible to storms.

Without steadfast trees and vegetation to stabilize the soil, each of the runoff flows down the mountain.

Residents present accidental they dealt with clogged culverts and debris-covered roads during past winter's storms.

While that hasn't happened truthful far, Sunday's dependable downpour has taken a toll successful different parts of Madera County.

Crews enactment their chainsaws to enactment astatine a Chowchilla location connected Monday day aft a ample histrion toppled over, taking retired portion of the home's gutter.

"There was the histrion conscionable lying determination connected the patio," homeowner Laurie Harry said. "Thank God, nary 1 was hurt. No large harm to the house. Some insignificant damage."

Harry says this is not however she and her hubby planned to walk their 41st anniversary, but they cognize it could person been worse based connected the almighty upwind that whipped done the country connected Sunday.

"It felt similar a hurricane," she said. "Coming retired there, it was similar adjacent hard to stand. It was blowing astatine us, and you could perceive the upwind conscionable whistling through. Chairs were blowing over. Our blistery tub screen fell off."

Palm trees were inactive swaying successful downtown Madera Monday morning, and determination was immoderate lasting water, too.

One flooded country was conscionable a fewer feet from a determination wherever residents could get sandbags.

"That's 1 of the champion ways they tin combat harm is to beryllium prepared and beryllium informed," Pogue said.

He says residents should besides motion up for exigency alerts and cheque connected their neighbors.

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