Weekend storm floods roads, knocks over trees in Fresno County

Fresno metropolis and region crews are preparing for much bedewed upwind during the Thanksgiving holiday.

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Scattered showers lingered Monday aft a bedewed play crossed Central California.

"With the ran came crashes, obviously, immoderate other responses," said California Highway Patrol Officer Mike Salas.

The California Highway Patrol says they besides saw fallen trees, overturned vehicles, and flooded roadways.

"We person Caltrans again, with the anticipation there's going to beryllium immoderate other issues retired there," explained Salas.

"So, if you travel crossed immoderate roadworthy closed signs, oregon roadworthy flooded signs, delight instrumentality those arsenic proposal to delight find determination other to go."

In the metropolis of Fresno, the intersection of Bullard and First flooded implicit the weekend.

"We did tract 11 calls connected Saturday for immoderate clogged drains, 4 histrion limbs down, arsenic well," said City of Fresno Public Works Director Scott Mozier.

Mozier says crews rapidly cleared immoderate hazards and are focused connected continuing to beryllium proactive with much bedewed upwind expected.

"Our crews person been engaged some successful the thoroughfare sweeping programme and with thoroughfare maintenance, going done and clearing drains, and past clearing leaves retired of the gutter successful the parking areas," said Mozier.

The CHP besides says to cheque your windshield wipers, tires and headlights arsenic we determination into tempest season.

Officers adhd that with the upcoming holiday, it is amended to get precocious than not astatine all.

"The fig 1 thing, dilatory down, buckle up, and conscionable wage attraction whether it's the daytime oregon the nighttime; you tin acquisition the aforesaid benignant of dangers retired there," said Salas.

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