Storm leaves damage, creates road hazards throughout the Central Valley

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Rain poured down successful Merced connected Friday nighttime earlier the tempest made its mode down the Central Valley to Fresno aboriginal Saturday morning.

The California Highway Patrol says officers person responded to calls regarding debris falling connected vehicles and roadways since the tempest reached Fresno County.

The bedewed upwind besides raises the hazard of spinouts and crashes.

"This is our truly archetypal large storm. So again, getting each that oil, debris connected the roadways that's making the roadways a small much slippery for our commuters," Mike Salas with the California Highway Patrol says.

The CHP has accrued the fig of officers patrolling up of the vacation with much drivers expected to beryllium connected the road. Authorities are urging everyone to beryllium alert of their surroundings.

This afternoon, drivers traveling done Bullard and First successful northeast Fresno had to dilatory down due to the fact that the sidewalk and 1 of the lanes were wholly covered successful water.

It's thing Fresno nonmigratory Grace Klassen is watching retired for.

"Definitely taking my clip connected the roads. It seems similar immoderate of these drains are blocked and creating ample puddles,"Klassen said.

We caught up with Mayor Jerry Dyer astatine the One Table Fresno assemblage repast and overgarment giveaway Saturday morning.

The lawsuit was moved indoors due to the fact that of the bedewed weather.

Dyer says metropolis crews person been keeping an oculus retired for immoderate different imaginable issues caused by this circular of showers arsenic they hole for much successful the coming days.

"We conscionable privation to marque definite neighborhoods are kept harmless passim Fresno careless however overmuch rainfall we person this weekend,"Mayor Dyer says.

Officials accidental it's important to debar driving done lasting h2o due to the fact that you ne'er cognize what could beryllium underneath.

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