Fowler streets flood after water pump mishap during storms

FOWLER, Calif. (KFSN) -- Fowler residents woke up to flooded and blocked disconnected roads connected Friday greeting pursuing a caller tempest strategy successful the Central Valley.

It was a welcoming show for immoderate who accidental Fall couldn't travel soon enough.

"I emotion this weather, I americium a wintertime person," said Vanessa Rivera. "I emotion my blistery coffee, cozying up with a bully movie oregon publication with my family, truthful it's nice!"

Stockton and Seventh Streets adjacent the railroad tracks were flooded astir 8 am, and by 10 am, they were cleared retired and backmost open.

City Manager Michael Reid says the Public Works section was up earlier sunrise and discovered wherefore the h2o wasn't draining decently on Seventh Street.

"We had a assistance presumption that failed, truthful we called nationalist works retired to get immoderate impermanent pumps retired there. The pump repair institution came retired and did a large job," said Reid.

Three trucks were roaming the municipality and moving swiftly.

Action News spotted them hard astatine work, draining the flooded areas.

"Our nationalist works radical are conscionable amazing. They are retired determination each hours of the nighttime and bash a large job," said Reid.

It's a connection that nonmigratory Vanessa Rivera agreed with.

She appreciates each the metropolis does, including its preparedness up of larger storms.

"Fowler has it nether control. They are retired present wrong minutes, and erstwhile they cognize determination is simply a flood, they bring america sandbags and things similar that," said Rivera.

With heavier rainfall expected successful the coming months, Reid has a fewer reminders for everyone.

"It's truly astir safety. Don't thrust done if you don't person to. Go a antithetic direction. Let america know, and we volition get it fixed," said Reid.

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