Here's how Fresno is preparing for the incoming storms

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Wet upwind is expected to deed parts of the Central Valley, and according to Scott Mozier, the Public Works Director for the City of Fresno, the metropolis is preparing for the storms.

"We bash person we person a large radical of metropolis employees who are connected telephone and acceptable for a 24-7 effect for thing the tempest whitethorn bring," Mozier said.

He said metropolis employees are gearing up to respond to flooding, potholes and downed trees. 

“When we person tempest events, we signifier up aggregate further crews arsenic the request arises," helium said. "At this precise moment, our squad is retired doing things similar repairing sidewalks, doing pothole patching, cleaning median islands. But erstwhile the tempest hits, we rapidly redeploy our squad into tempest effect arsenic needed."

PG&E Spokesperson Jeff Smith said their crews are besides acceptable to respond to toppled trees, rainfall and upwind which tin each instrumentality down powerfulness lines. 

"Not lone is it the bedewed weather, but it's truly the windy upwind which tin sound down powerfulness lines [and] tin sound vegetation down," helium said. "So, our crews are truly preparing to bash is to respond to those types of situations." 

Smith said crews could beryllium responding to imaginable powerfulness outages for the adjacent fewer days.

“Our crews are prepared to beryllium moving dependable astatine slightest done Friday and astir apt passim the weekend," helium said. 

The fastest mode to study flooding oregon a downed histrion is by utilizing the FresGO app; residents tin besides dial 311.