Officials preparing for extreme weather in the Central Valley

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The higher elevations of Central California could get a achromatic Christmas. But first, our section foothill and upland communities are bracing for imaginable flash flooding connected Christmas Eve.

"We are successful preparation, and we encouraging our residents to prepare," says Madera County Sheriff Tyson Pogue. His section checks instrumentality to marque definite it's mission-ready and that hunt and rescue volunteers are connected standby.

The region is besides turning to technology.

"We've deployed reverse sensors and surveillance trailers to show cardinal areas. So, stream sensors show the waterways, watching for immoderate flooding, and our surveillance trailers volition show those cardinal areas specified arsenic the Mattie Fye mudslide pain scar," said Sheriff Pogue.

The metropolis of Fresno is besides preparing for perchance dense rainfall.

"Our metropolis crews person been moving daily, clearing drains and making a large effort connected the thoroughfare sweeping program. A batch of picking up leaves and deploying further crews to assistance with the ample leafage piles," said Public Works Director Scott Mozier.

Mozier explains that a mates of twelve crews are deployed, moving astir the city. And they'll enactment connected alert done the holidays.

"The metropolis has crews disposable 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to respond to emergencies," said Mozier.

Jay Smith astatine Rick's Tire and Services said the store sees an influx of radical arsenic soon arsenic roadways get wet.

"It's usually due to the fact that the tread is getting beauteous thin, and the archetypal clip they spell astir the country of the tyre spins oregon they descent a small bit, they're coming close in," said Smith.

Smith adds it's important to cheque your tires, windshield wipers, and different information features to forestall problems arsenic we caput into the wintertime season.

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