Tulare County and local agencies gear up for rainy season

TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- As wet-weather rolls into Central California, Tulare County agencies are focused connected preparing roads to trim flood risk.

"It is simply a year-round happening for which we bash spell retired and instrumentality a look astatine our drain inlets, covered pipes, and immoderate other to beryllium definite they are clear. And past astatine times, we besides look astatine the pumps and marque definite they're, they're working, and beryllium definite that we person the unit and our instrumentality is," says Johnny Wong with the Tulare County Resource Management Agency.

Dozens crossed the region are connected telephone and acceptable to spell during the rainy play unit are prepared with flood and roadworthy closure signs.

Tulare County Resource Management Agency encourages radical to thrust with caution..

"In each town, determination are immoderate roads that are much prone to flooding than others, particularly connected the westbound broadside of Tulare County," continues Wong, "The astir important happening is that erstwhile you bash spot those roads being closed with those signs."

SoCal Edison is besides afloat staffed connected rainy weekends arsenic they cogwheel up, successful lawsuit winds and rainfall origin imaginable weather-related powerfulness outages.

"We recognize having reliable energy is important, and whenever determination are upwind conditions oregon hazards that could interaction that, we enactment positioned and acceptable to respond to those issues," explains Gabriela Ornelas, a SoCal Edison spokesperson.

SoCal Edison says, radical are encouraged to person their exigency preparedness kits acceptable to go, due to the fact that emergencies and outages could hap astatine immoderate time.

"We urge flashlights, backup batteries that they tin use. Non-perishable foods and bottled water, and capable supplies for yourself and different members of your household successful your household," mentions Ornelas.

Agencies besides impulse drivers to get their vehicles and homes winter-ready, and if you spot a downed powerfulness line, telephone 911.

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