Fresno crews fill potholes ahead of storm's second punch, flooding concerns

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- After Monday's wintertime blast made for a messy vacation commute, City of Fresno crews utilized a interruption successful the tempest to marque repairs connected Tuesday morning.

"Our section has astir 2 twelve unit retired filling potholes, clearing drains, and getting acceptable for the adjacent storm," Public Works Director Scott Mozier told Action News.

He is present asking residents to bash their portion up of the almighty 2nd punch that is connected the way.

"Keep gutters and your spot wide of debris, conscionable truthful that the tempest h2o tin get into the inlets (for) the strategy and not origin flooding," Mozier said.

The flooding is simply a large interest crossed Fresno County.

"We're disquieted astir that h2o going into the boss's house, and we conscionable redid that house, truthful we wanna support it from going in," Mark said.

He and different antheral shoveled sandbags successful Clovis connected Tuesday morning. They worked broadside by broadside to capable 15 bags successful a fewer minutes.

"It goes successful the container a batch easier, and past the different feline tin clasp it, and the different feline ties it," Mark said. "A batch quicker."

With much rainfall connected the way, determination are besides concerns astir downed trees aft 1 fell successful Southwest Fresno.

"The crushed is going to get truly saturated, and erstwhile it's saturated similar that, it doesn't instrumentality the aforesaid level of upwind velocity to sound trees into powerlines," PG&E spokesperson Jeff Smith told Action News connected Monday.

City of Fresno crews stay ready, monitoring the FresGo app for reports of those downed trees, potholes, and clogged tempest drains.

"On immoderate fixed storm, we ever person crews connected standby, and we're capable to deploy our afloat complement of staff," Mozier said.

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