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"content": "\u003cp>Between vast almond orchards and dairy pastures in the heart of California’s farm country sits a property being redesigned to look like it did 150 years ago, before levees restricted the flow of rivers that weave across the landscape.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 2,100 acres at the confluence of the Tuolumne and San Joaquin rivers in the state’s Central Valley are being reverted to a floodplain. That means when heavy rains cause the rivers to go over their banks, water will run onto the land, allowing traditional ecosystems to flourish and lowering flood risk downstream.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Dos Rios Ranch Preserve is California’s largest single floodplain restoration project, part of the nation’s broadest effort to rethink how rivers flow as climate change alters the environment. The land it covers used to be a farm, but the owners sold it to the nonprofit River Partners to use for restoring wildlife habitat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state wants to fund and prioritize similar projects that lower risks to homes and property while providing other benefits, like boosting habitats, improving water quality and potentially recharging depleted groundwater supplies. With the notching or removal of levees, swelling rivers can flow onto land that no longer needs to be kept dry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s giving new life ecologically but in a way that’s consistent with, complementary to, the human systems that have developed over the 150 years since the Gold Rush,” said Julie Rentner, president of River Partners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Central Valley covers about 20,000 square miles and is an agricultural powerhouse — more than 250 crops are grown there. The region constitutes about 1% of U.S. farmland but produces 25% of the nation’s food while accounting for one-fifth of all groundwater pumping in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A flood in the 1860s demonstrated the potential for disaster: Up to 6,000 square miles of the valley were submerged. As the state’s population rapidly expanded and farming boomed through the 20th century, the government engineered vast systems to move water around to supply people and farms, and erected levees to protect cities and crops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of those levees cut off rivers from their natural floodplains. As climate change causes temperatures to warm, mountain snow that typically trickles into the state’s watershed may fill rivers much faster, increasing the flows beyond what levees can take.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11911592\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/GettyImages-1237211786-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11911592\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/GettyImages-1237211786-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A white woman with black hair in a ponytail stands in the foreground, wearing a yellow-and-white striped shirt and dark, outdoor vest. Behind her is a slender river, meandering through a landscape of lush grasses and low brush.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/GettyImages-1237211786-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/GettyImages-1237211786-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/GettyImages-1237211786-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/GettyImages-1237211786-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/GettyImages-1237211786-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/GettyImages-1237211786-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">River Partners President Julie Rentner stands along the bank of the Tuolumne River near a restored floodplain and riparian habitat on the Dos Rios Ranch in September 2021 in Modesto. \u003ccite>(Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Floodplain restoration can help. For projects like Dos Rios, land that farmers no longer want to manage is being turned into space where rivers can breathe. Farther north, barriers on the Feather River have been altered to allow more water to flow into an existing wildlife area. In West Sacramento, 4 miles of levee along the Sacramento River is being set back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California officials began centralizing valley flood planning a decade ago. Though some of the worst and most notable floods in recent decades have occurred in places like Houston and New Orleans, parts of California are at serious risk that’s only expected to increase due to climate change. In 1997, major storms caused levees to break throughout the valley, including on the Tuolumne River, causing nearly $2 billion in damage and destroying more than 20,000 homes. Nine people died.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='small' citation='Barry Nelson, water consultant']‘One of the things that drives me crazy about California water is that decision-makers want to talk about floods in flood years and droughts in drought years. The weather whiplash we’re seeing this year is really teaching us we need to break out of that pattern.’[/pullquote]An update to the Central Valley Flood Protection Plan is set for release this week. It will detail ways to lower flood risk and protect the roughly 1.3 million people who live on floodplains, along with key infrastructure, agricultural lands and ecosystems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the last update five years ago, the state put a premium on floodplain restoration projects. Dos Rios is one of 17 identified by the state. Four have been completed since 2013, three are under construction, and 10 are proposed. They’ve cost $300 million so far, with money coming from bond funds and local and federal dollars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Dos Rios is an amazing example, but we need like 30 more of those,” said Jane Dolan, chair of the Central Valley Flood Protection Board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Floodplain restoration isn’t unique to California. Washington state launched a program in 2013 called Floodplains by Design, and \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/tn-state-wire-nd-state-wire-mo-state-wire-michael-brown-ar-state-wire-aa5812a166b36687af3a4d0fc2a292b8\">projects are popping up along the Mississippi River\u003c/a>. But experts say California stands out for its emphasis on projects that provide ecological support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s tremendous potential for this kind of work, and I’m quite impressed by how deliberate and thoughtful California is being in this space,” said Todd Bridges, head of the Army Corps of Engineers’ \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-technology-science-todd-bridges-floods-18d32b6cbe365cca92b6bd4b9384da83\">Engineering with Nature\u003c/a> program, which takes a similar approach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Biden administration set aside at least $1.75 billion in the infrastructure bill for multipurpose projects aimed at reducing flood risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11911590\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/feather-river.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11911590\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/feather-river-800x481.jpg\" alt=\"Brown river water flows past a brown soil embankment that has broken off and fallen into the river. Trees slip down the embankment and green grass is in the background.\" width=\"800\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/feather-river-800x481.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/feather-river-1020x613.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/feather-river-160x96.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/feather-river-1536x923.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/feather-river.jpg 1542w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rushing water from heavy rains tore apart this levee on the Feather River in 2017. \u003ccite>(Lauren Sommer/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Just as climate change is making California’s dry periods drier, it’s expected to make the wet periods wetter. The state experienced an \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/wildfires-floods-california-los-angeles-droughts-7fabc66dc0cfab55441e1bf25c6c08f9\">atmospheric river in October\u003c/a> and major rain and snowfall in December, followed by its \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/wildfires-floods-california-los-angeles-droughts-7fabc66dc0cfab55441e1bf25c6c08f9\">driest January through March\u003c/a> on record.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One of the things that drives me crazy about California water is that decision-makers want to talk about floods in flood years and droughts in drought years,” said Barry Nelson, a water consultant who worked on the Dos Rios project. “The weather whiplash we’re seeing this year is really teaching us we need to break out of that pattern.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the 1850s, 95% of the historical wetlands and river habitats in the Central Valley have been eliminated, according to state flood planners. It would be impossible to restore all of that in a state of 40 million people, where major cities like the capital, Sacramento, and Stockton have been built in floodplains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the valley’s vast open spaces offer opportunities, such as on farmland that’s no longer in use. The property that Dos Rios sits on was most recently a dairy, and the owners approached River Partners about selling the land for conservation in the mid-2000s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>River Partners has notched berms to allow river water to flow onto 1,000 acres. The nonprofit is going through government hurdles to breach a federal levee keeping the Tuolumne River at bay. Eventually Dos Rios could hold up to 10,000 acre-feet of flood water, keeping it from flowing toward cities like Stockton. An acre-foot is about 325,850 gallons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fourteen kinds of woody trees and shrubs are planted in a way that’s designed to attract native species. The riparian brush rabbit, chinook salmon, steelhead trout, the yellow warbler and the sandhill crane are among the species that call Dos Rios home. The habitat there also supports the Aleutian cackling goose, which once was listed as an endangered species.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates for such projects would like to see them built faster in California and beyond. Rentner, of River Partners, said that while there’s broad agreement on the value of restoring floodplains, concerns about the impact of land conversion on local tax bases and debates about how broadly to expand public access can slow things down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in the messy world of California water, floodplain restoration stands out, said Nelson, the water consultant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In this sort of ocean of disagreements about water policy, about all these other issues, flood management is this place where enormous change has happened in the last decade in a way that is incredibly broadly supported,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>An update to the Central Valley Flood Protection Plan is set for release this week. It will detail ways to lower flood risk and protect the roughly 1.3 million people who live on floodplains, along with key infrastructure, agricultural lands and ecosystems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the last update five years ago, the state put a premium on floodplain restoration projects. Dos Rios is one of 17 identified by the state. Four have been completed since 2013, three are under construction, and 10 are proposed. They’ve cost $300 million so far, with money coming from bond funds and local and federal dollars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Dos Rios is an amazing example, but we need like 30 more of those,” said Jane Dolan, chair of the Central Valley Flood Protection Board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Floodplain restoration isn’t unique to California. Washington state launched a program in 2013 called Floodplains by Design, and \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/tn-state-wire-nd-state-wire-mo-state-wire-michael-brown-ar-state-wire-aa5812a166b36687af3a4d0fc2a292b8\">projects are popping up along the Mississippi River\u003c/a>. But experts say California stands out for its emphasis on projects that provide ecological support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s tremendous potential for this kind of work, and I’m quite impressed by how deliberate and thoughtful California is being in this space,” said Todd Bridges, head of the Army Corps of Engineers’ \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-technology-science-todd-bridges-floods-18d32b6cbe365cca92b6bd4b9384da83\">Engineering with Nature\u003c/a> program, which takes a similar approach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Biden administration set aside at least $1.75 billion in the infrastructure bill for multipurpose projects aimed at reducing flood risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11911590\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/feather-river.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11911590\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/feather-river-800x481.jpg\" alt=\"Brown river water flows past a brown soil embankment that has broken off and fallen into the river. 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It would be impossible to restore all of that in a state of 40 million people, where major cities like the capital, Sacramento, and Stockton have been built in floodplains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the valley’s vast open spaces offer opportunities, such as on farmland that’s no longer in use. The property that Dos Rios sits on was most recently a dairy, and the owners approached River Partners about selling the land for conservation in the mid-2000s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>River Partners has notched berms to allow river water to flow onto 1,000 acres. The nonprofit is going through government hurdles to breach a federal levee keeping the Tuolumne River at bay. Eventually Dos Rios could hold up to 10,000 acre-feet of flood water, keeping it from flowing toward cities like Stockton. An acre-foot is about 325,850 gallons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fourteen kinds of woody trees and shrubs are planted in a way that’s designed to attract native species. The riparian brush rabbit, chinook salmon, steelhead trout, the yellow warbler and the sandhill crane are among the species that call Dos Rios home. The habitat there also supports the Aleutian cackling goose, which once was listed as an endangered species.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates for such projects would like to see them built faster in California and beyond. Rentner, of River Partners, said that while there’s broad agreement on the value of restoring floodplains, concerns about the impact of land conversion on local tax bases and debates about how broadly to expand public access can slow things down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in the messy world of California water, floodplain restoration stands out, said Nelson, the water consultant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Parts of southern San Mateo and northern Santa Cruz counties were under flash flood warnings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several roads in San Mateo County have been closed off due to flooding, including a mile-long stretch of Highway 92 near Half Moon Bay, between Highway 1 and Route 35, according to Caltrans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/CALFIRECZU/status/1470460558310711297\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Mateo, Marin and Santa Cruz counties all have been soaked with more than 5 inches of rain, with more than 9 inches on Mt. Tamalpais. 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The heavy rain could bring much-needed moisture to the broader region, which has been gripped by drought caused by climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/NWSSacramento/status/1469815255064735745\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most Western U.S. reservoirs that deliver water to states, cities, tribes, farmers and utilities rely on melted snow in the springtime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storm this week is typical for this time of year but notable because it’s the first big snow that's expected to significantly affect travel, with ice and snow on the roads, strong wind and limited visibility, Wanless said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Drivers on some mountainous passes on Sunday had to put chains on their tires and were warned of possible road closures in coming days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 30 miles away from South Lake Tahoe, Kirkwood Mountain Resort closed Monday, saying on social media that it was not safe to open with 17 inches (43 centimeters) of overnight snow and high winds. 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The scenic coastal route frequently experiences damage during wet weather.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearby Monterey County residents who live close to burn scars from last year’s Dolan Fire were warned to be prepared to evacuate if rains loosen hillsides and cause debris flows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Southern California, the San Bernardino County sheriff’s department issued evacuation warnings for several areas, citing the potential for flooding, and Los Angeles County fire officials urged residents to be aware of the potential for mudflows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forecasters said strong winds accompanying the storm could lead to power outages. Karly Hernandez, a spokesperson for PG&E, said crews and equipment are staged across the state to respond quickly if the power goes out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rain fell intermittently across California on Sunday. Andy Naja-Riese, chief executive of the Agricultural Institute of Marin, said farmers markets carried on as usual in San Rafael and San Francisco amid light wind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The markets are especially busy this time of year with farmers making jellies, jams and sauces for the holidays, he said. And, he said, rain is always needed in a parched state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In many ways, it really is a blessing,” Naja-Riese said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A second storm predicted to hit California midweek could deliver almost continuous snow, said Edan Weishahn of the weather service in Reno, which monitors an area straddling the Nevada state line. 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The National Weather Service’s Sacramento office warned of “potentially historic rain.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11893594\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11893594 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/Image-from-iOS-1-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Large tree branch fallen on red parked car on rain-soaked two-way street.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/Image-from-iOS-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/Image-from-iOS-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/Image-from-iOS-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/Image-from-iOS-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/Image-from-iOS-1.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Category 5 atmospheric river is expected to bring anywhere between 2 and 5 inches of rain to many parts of the San Francisco Bay Area. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>San Mateo County has issued an emergency evacuation order to the CZU Lightning Complex burn area. The evacuation was elevated Sunday morning from a warning to an immediate order due to increasing danger of power outages, debris flows and downed trees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The heaviest rains are expected later tonight … So if you think you gotta get out, you should get out now,” said David Cosgrave, a spokesperson for Cal Fire. 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He’s particularly worried about areas in the North Bay scarred by wildfires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jan Null with Golden Gate Weather Services said it’s been 19 years since we’ve had a storm this strong. “The classic storm that every meteorologist in the Bay Area should be able to tell you about was back on December 12 in 1995, and that had a perfect score of 10 on the Bay Area storm index,” said Null. “Today is probably going to be about a 9.5 that would tie it as the fifth-highest storm that we have seen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Null said this storm will effectively end the fire season in Northern California, but the state will still need more than 140% of normal rainfall for the entire season to end the drought. [aside tag=\"weather\" label=\"More Related Stories\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Emergency crews responded to flooded roads and downed trees at several locations, and urged residents to stay at home and use caution if they need to venture out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Water levels are on the rise in many of our creeks right now due to the storm,” the Santa Rosa Fire Department posted on social media. The department posted video of the rushing waters of a rain-swollen waterway at Flat Rock Park, at the confluence of Brush and Santa Rosa creeks. The waterbed was mostly dry just a week ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/SantaRosaFire/status/1452320221105201163\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Please stay away from the edges of these fast-moving waterways,” the department said on Twitter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Weather Service said the rains will continue into the evening and warned motorists to be aware of surroundings and to avoid driving on flooded roads.\u003cbr>\n\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://open.spotify.com/embed/episode/1OOuKKLi9sWcd1acJd2ZVA?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of around 2 p.m. Sunday, more than 130,000 Bay Area households were without power, according to Pacific Gas and Electric. 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This September, as part of a deal with the Santa Clara Valley Water District, about 200 victims settled their claims and received up to $5,000 in partial compensation for damage done to their homes and property.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lifelong San Jose resident Luis Rosas, who lives in a mobile home park along Oakland Road with his mother and brother, was one of those people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I didn’t think this day would come,” says Rosas, whose home has flooded three times since 1997. “This is the only time they’ve ever actually given us money for repairs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most who settled with the water agency are from low-income and immigrant communities, according to a community group that helped file the claims. All of them filed claims without a lawyer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While those who settled, like Rojas and his family, are moving on, other flood victims chose not to settle for the amount offered. They now feel stuck in a never-ending legal battle trying to recoup their losses. Many of those victims argue the city should have done more in the first place to prevent the flooding and that $5,000 won’t begin to cover the damage done to their properties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorney Amanda Hawes \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6562119-Coyote-Creek-Flood-Lawsuit.html\">filed a lawsuit\u003c/a> two years ago against the water district, \u003ca href=\"https://www.valleywater.org/\">Valley Water\u003c/a>, and the city of San Jose on behalf of about 150 victims. 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But the sandbags were no match for the amount of water flowing out of the creek.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The basement was totally full of water, about a foot and a half of water,” says Pedrizco. “[It] was enough to ruin our home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pedrizco lives in San Jose’s Olinder neighborhood, near Coyote Creek. She shares her single-family, one-bedroom home with six other family members. The house suffered severe flood damage, but they still live there — even though the foundation and walls have cracked in places and there’s mold in the basement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s the only place we can afford to live,” says Pedrizco. “So whether it is safe or not, we’re there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pedrizco estimates she’ll need at least $60,000 to fix the foundation and thousands more to fix the rest of the house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some flood victims, including some of those suing, received financial assistance from the city through Catholic Charities of Santa Clara or through individual donors. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Hawes alleges that both the water district and the city knew flooding along Coyote Creek was imminent days before it occurred and yet they didn’t do enough to prevent it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of clients have lost some degree of confidence in their representatives, in the agencies whose job is to protect the welfare of the community, protect the health of the community,” says Hawes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pedrizco, the San Jose homeowner, is part of the lawsuit. She remembers rushing to get sandbags that day, after her mother called her to say their neighborhood was flooding. But the sandbags were no match for the amount of water flowing out of the creek.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The basement was totally full of water, about a foot and a half of water,” says Pedrizco. “[It] was enough to ruin our home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pedrizco lives in San Jose’s Olinder neighborhood, near Coyote Creek. She shares her single-family, one-bedroom home with six other family members. The house suffered severe flood damage, but they still live there — even though the foundation and walls have cracked in places and there’s mold in the basement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s the only place we can afford to live,” says Pedrizco. “So whether it is safe or not, we’re there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pedrizco estimates she’ll need at least $60,000 to fix the foundation and thousands more to fix the rest of the house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some flood victims, including some of those suing, received financial assistance from the city through Catholic Charities of Santa Clara or through individual donors. But Pedrizco says she hasn’t seen a penny of help from the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I get really upset,” says Pedrizco. “The city has presented themselves somehow to say ‘Oh yeah, we help flood victims,’ but they haven’t.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the lawyer, Hawes, says the settlement with the other flood victims, even for smaller amounts, is a step in the right direction. “It’s a good sign that the water district is willing to start making some reparations for harm done,” says Hawes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11612797\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/CoyoteCreekFlood1Getty-e1503424526229.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11612797\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/CoyoteCreekFlood1Getty-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Ford Bronco rests in floodwaters on Feb. 22, 2017, in the Rock Springs neighborhood of San Jose. \u003ccite>(Noah Berger/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In addition to compensation for flood damages, Pedrizco and the others in the lawsuit say they want accountability from the city and the water district, and they want to know a similar situation will not happen again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Valley Water and San Jose declined to comment on the ongoing lawsuit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo has publicly apologized for the city’s emergency response. Since 2017, the city adopted a joint emergency action plan with the water district to improve flood response. Valley Water has repaired levees and is in the planning stages of a \u003ca href=\"https://www.valleywater.org/coyote-creek\">Coyote Creek flood protection project\u003c/a>. The water district began holding regular public meetings to discuss the project this month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Pedrizco says she feels like the city and the water district are dragging their feet to compensate those suing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They don’t have to create more obstacles for us. We already live in the flooded home,” says Pedrizco. “We are continually suffering.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A mediator was brought in this summer to help resolve the lawsuit from Pedrizco and the 150 other households. Hawes says if nothing comes from the mediation sessions, the case could go to trial in early 2021.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>An hour south of Charlotte, North Carolina, two forks in the road beyond suburbia, a freshly constructed house sits in a wind tunnel waiting to be set on fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Disaster preparedness\" tag=\"wildfire,flooding\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To the left of the house is a brick wall with a hole in the middle, made by a 2-by-4 propelled at 70 miles per hour.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In front of the house is a metal staircase five stories tall. At the top are the hail guns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 100 fans begin to turn, slowly at first and then faster. The ember generators flicker on. The fire is about to begin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The past two years have been particularly costly for insurance companies that are on the hook for billions of dollars in damage done by hurricanes, \u003ca href=\"http://www.insurance.ca.gov/0400-news/0100-press-releases/2019/release14-19.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wildfires\u003c/a>, floods and other disasters. As these disasters become more frequent and expensive, in part because of \u003ca href=\"https://nca2018.globalchange.gov/chapter/2/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">climate change\u003c/a>, insurers are investing more in this research facility that studies how to protect homes and businesses from destructive wind, water and embers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The facility in rural South Carolina is run by the \u003ca href=\"https://disastersafety.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety\u003c/a>, a nonprofit research organization funded by U.S. insurance companies. The concrete building the size of an airplane hangar can generate hurricane-force winds, realistic hail and wind-driven rain and embers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the only full-scale lab of its kind in the United States,” explains Roy Wright, the organization’s president and CEO.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11738575\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2048px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-2_custom-679de0a9b2252f3b630f0ccade69fc0fb620f347.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11738575\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-2_custom-679de0a9b2252f3b630f0ccade69fc0fb620f347.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1364\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-2_custom-679de0a9b2252f3b630f0ccade69fc0fb620f347.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-2_custom-679de0a9b2252f3b630f0ccade69fc0fb620f347-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-2_custom-679de0a9b2252f3b630f0ccade69fc0fb620f347-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-2_custom-679de0a9b2252f3b630f0ccade69fc0fb620f347-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-2_custom-679de0a9b2252f3b630f0ccade69fc0fb620f347-1200x799.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-2_custom-679de0a9b2252f3b630f0ccade69fc0fb620f347-1920x1279.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The research site in South Carolina has a wall of 105 fans that can generate wind gusts to blow embers. Fire engineers say most homes that burn during wildfires are ignited by embers, rather than a wall of flames. \u003ccite>(Ryan Kellman/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The facility was built in 2008, in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma, with millions of dollars from the insurance industry. Since then, and especially in recent years, industry support for the facility has only grown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve hit an inflection point where we’re seeing more events impact more Americans,” Wright says. “Our members have increased their investment and said, ‘We want more researchers here. We want to see more activity playing out here.’ We are collectively responding to this changing world that we’re in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, the annual budget is just shy of $15 million, and the facility regularly tests, among other things, the resilience of commonly used types of roofing, siding, garage doors, porches and even landscaping during disasters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11738595\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2043px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11738595\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2043\" height=\"2048\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85.jpg 2043w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-800x802.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-1020x1022.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-1197x1200.jpg 1197w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-1920x1925.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-550x550.jpg 550w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-470x470.jpg 470w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2043px) 100vw, 2043px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Top: Half of the test home has cedar siding and other common combustible building materials. The other half has common fire-resistant materials such as cement siding. Bottom left: Fire engineer Daniel Gorham (far right) monitors the test from a control room at the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety research facility. Bottom right: Roy Wright is the institute’s president and CEO. \u003ccite>(Ryan Kellman/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The most recent full-scale test was a wildfire simulation. Engineers designed and built a full-size duplex home. On one side, the house has cedar siding, vinyl gutters, single-pane windows and bark mulch around the foundation. On the other side, the house is designed to be fire resistant, with cement siding, metal gutters, double-pane windows and gravel around the foundation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve used construction materials and building practices that, we have found through our research, and others’ research, makes a building resistant to wildfire exposure,” explains fire engineer Daniel Gorham, who helped design and carry out the fire test. For example, a 5-foot zone around the fire-resistant side of the house is devoid of combustible material, including plants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11738591\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1300px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-3_custom-92e716d6a6de907697dc0a5a354a40e14897b8fb-s1300-c85.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11738591\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-3_custom-92e716d6a6de907697dc0a5a354a40e14897b8fb-s1300-c85.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1300\" height=\"1951\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-3_custom-92e716d6a6de907697dc0a5a354a40e14897b8fb-s1300-c85.jpg 1300w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-3_custom-92e716d6a6de907697dc0a5a354a40e14897b8fb-s1300-c85-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-3_custom-92e716d6a6de907697dc0a5a354a40e14897b8fb-s1300-c85-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-3_custom-92e716d6a6de907697dc0a5a354a40e14897b8fb-s1300-c85-1020x1531.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daniel Gorham is a fire engineer and former firefighter who helped design and carry out the embers test. \u003ccite>(Ryan Kellman/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That’s important, Gorham says, because the majority of homes that burn during wildfires \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/12/24/678853717/how-houses-themselves-become-fuel-for-wildfires\">aren’t ignited by a wall of flame\u003c/a>. Instead, embers can blow hundreds of yards or even miles, starting blazes far from the main wildfire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When embers land on gravel they eventually burn out. But when embers land on mulch, dry leaves, plants, deck furniture or other combustible materials, they can start new fire. And if the house has a wood deck or siding, it’s especially likely that the house itself will eventually burn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The full-scale test was designed to study both scenarios side by side by directing ember-laden wind at the duplex and seeing what happened. The difference was starkly clear: After a few minutes, one side of the house was engulfed in flame, while the other side was entirely unaffected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11738593\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 900px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/master-burn.gif\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11738593 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/master-burn.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"473\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A test house burns inside a research facility run by the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety in South Carolina. \u003ccite>(Credit: Ryan Kellman/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Local firefighters stepped in to put out the fire before the house burned to the ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The side by side couldn’t be more surreal,” Wright says. “One side fully engulfed and the other side’s getting just as many embers, just as much pummeling it, and it’s just going, ‘I can take it.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 2018 report by Headwaters Economics, a Montana-based group that studies land management, found it \u003ca href=\"https://headwaterseconomics.org/wildfire/homes-risk/building-costs-codes/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">costs about the same amount\u003c/a> to build a new fire-resistant house as it does to build a typical house with cedar siding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The test results on how different parts of the house performed will be incorporated into public reports meant to help homeowners, businesses and local officials who set building codes and plan for disasters. There are similar reports about protecting homes against the hail, wind and wind-driven rain that accompany hurricanes and tornadoes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More granular versions of the research findings are shared with the companies that fund it. Wright says companies can use that information to help set insurance rates or to educate local insurance agents who field questions directly from policyholders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11738592\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2048px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-4_custom-c7337322fa7d6501e77acfeed9975210b0cb4ff6-s2500-c85.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11738592\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-4_custom-c7337322fa7d6501e77acfeed9975210b0cb4ff6-s2500-c85.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1364\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-4_custom-c7337322fa7d6501e77acfeed9975210b0cb4ff6-s2500-c85.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-4_custom-c7337322fa7d6501e77acfeed9975210b0cb4ff6-s2500-c85-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-4_custom-c7337322fa7d6501e77acfeed9975210b0cb4ff6-s2500-c85-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-4_custom-c7337322fa7d6501e77acfeed9975210b0cb4ff6-s2500-c85-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-4_custom-c7337322fa7d6501e77acfeed9975210b0cb4ff6-s2500-c85-1200x799.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-4_custom-c7337322fa7d6501e77acfeed9975210b0cb4ff6-s2500-c85-1920x1279.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of a local fire department work with research facility staff to extinguish the burning test home. \u003ccite>(Credit: Ryan Kellman/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Of course, the real test of a building’s resilience is during an actual storm or fire, and in many parts of the country the majority of homes and businesses are not built to withstand severe weather. Building codes are established and enforced locally and vary widely, even across single states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s where sometimes the wheels fall off,” explains Thomas Welle, head of the Denver field office for the National Fire Protection Association, which develops building standards for new homes and businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sometimes, Welle says, “standards are adopted piecemeal instead of whole. And sometimes they’re not enforced.” For example, some counties require that builders create a perimeter without combustible materials around a newly built home, but then there are no follow-up inspections to enforce that rule.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Welle says those in the private sector, including realtors and the insurance industry, have a role to play, especially when it comes to incentivizing upgrades to existing buildings to make them more resilient.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although insurance companies are barred from working together to set prices, Welle explains, “they can agree on some kind of best practices to at least promote that kind of thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11738594\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2043px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11738594\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2043\" height=\"2048\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85.jpg 2043w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-800x802.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-1020x1022.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-1197x1200.jpg 1197w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-1920x1925.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-550x550.jpg 550w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-470x470.jpg 470w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2043px) 100vw, 2043px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The contrast between the resilience of the traditional building materials and that of the fire-resistant materials was stark. \u003ccite>(Ryan Kellman/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Roof resilience is an area of particular interest to insurance companies and to homeowners who live in hurricane-prone parts of the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Hurricane Michael came ashore in Florida last year, the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety studied which buildings were damaged and what the buildings that survived had in common.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They found the storm’s intense wind and rain mirrored lab results that suggested unfortified \u003ca href=\"https://vimeo.com/236989575\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">garage doors\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://vimeo.com/122671817\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unsealed plywood on the roof\u003c/a> could fail catastrophically during storms, leading the roof to rip off the house or water to flood in as shingles flew away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Similarly, wildfires in California last year offered insight about how to reduce risk in fire-prone areas. Many of the homes that burned in Southern California’s Woolsey Fire appear to have been ignited by embers landing on combustible material on or near the house. Simply changing the landscaping or porch setup could help such homes survive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Northern California, the deadly Camp Fire came with a different lesson: No one is invincible. Wright’s parents lost their home in the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are ways to prepare for disasters,” Wright says. “But there’s always this sense of hopefulness or invincibility that it’s not going to affect you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says helping his parents file insurance claims and figure out how to piece their day-to-day lives back together has underscored the importance of presenting actionable research that can help people become more resilient to severe weather.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our work here is not just about ‘What does the science look like to build the \u003cem>best\u003c/em> way?’ ” he explains. “The question is, ‘Is there a \u003cem>better\u003c/em> way that is affordable?’ Because if it’s not accessible to a homeowner or a business owner, it just becomes more noise in the system.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2019 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Step+1%3A+Build+A+House.+Step+2%3A+Set+It+On+Fire&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To the left of the house is a brick wall with a hole in the middle, made by a 2-by-4 propelled at 70 miles per hour.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In front of the house is a metal staircase five stories tall. At the top are the hail guns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 100 fans begin to turn, slowly at first and then faster. The ember generators flicker on. The fire is about to begin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The past two years have been particularly costly for insurance companies that are on the hook for billions of dollars in damage done by hurricanes, \u003ca href=\"http://www.insurance.ca.gov/0400-news/0100-press-releases/2019/release14-19.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wildfires\u003c/a>, floods and other disasters. As these disasters become more frequent and expensive, in part because of \u003ca href=\"https://nca2018.globalchange.gov/chapter/2/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">climate change\u003c/a>, insurers are investing more in this research facility that studies how to protect homes and businesses from destructive wind, water and embers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The facility in rural South Carolina is run by the \u003ca href=\"https://disastersafety.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety\u003c/a>, a nonprofit research organization funded by U.S. insurance companies. The concrete building the size of an airplane hangar can generate hurricane-force winds, realistic hail and wind-driven rain and embers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the only full-scale lab of its kind in the United States,” explains Roy Wright, the organization’s president and CEO.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11738575\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2048px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-2_custom-679de0a9b2252f3b630f0ccade69fc0fb620f347.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11738575\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-2_custom-679de0a9b2252f3b630f0ccade69fc0fb620f347.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1364\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-2_custom-679de0a9b2252f3b630f0ccade69fc0fb620f347.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-2_custom-679de0a9b2252f3b630f0ccade69fc0fb620f347-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-2_custom-679de0a9b2252f3b630f0ccade69fc0fb620f347-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-2_custom-679de0a9b2252f3b630f0ccade69fc0fb620f347-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-2_custom-679de0a9b2252f3b630f0ccade69fc0fb620f347-1200x799.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-2_custom-679de0a9b2252f3b630f0ccade69fc0fb620f347-1920x1279.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The research site in South Carolina has a wall of 105 fans that can generate wind gusts to blow embers. Fire engineers say most homes that burn during wildfires are ignited by embers, rather than a wall of flames. \u003ccite>(Ryan Kellman/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The facility was built in 2008, in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma, with millions of dollars from the insurance industry. Since then, and especially in recent years, industry support for the facility has only grown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve hit an inflection point where we’re seeing more events impact more Americans,” Wright says. “Our members have increased their investment and said, ‘We want more researchers here. We want to see more activity playing out here.’ We are collectively responding to this changing world that we’re in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, the annual budget is just shy of $15 million, and the facility regularly tests, among other things, the resilience of commonly used types of roofing, siding, garage doors, porches and even landscaping during disasters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11738595\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2043px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11738595\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2043\" height=\"2048\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85.jpg 2043w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-800x802.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-1020x1022.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-1197x1200.jpg 1197w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-1920x1925.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-550x550.jpg 550w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-470x470.jpg 470w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2043px) 100vw, 2043px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Top: Half of the test home has cedar siding and other common combustible building materials. The other half has common fire-resistant materials such as cement siding. Bottom left: Fire engineer Daniel Gorham (far right) monitors the test from a control room at the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety research facility. Bottom right: Roy Wright is the institute’s president and CEO. \u003ccite>(Ryan Kellman/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The most recent full-scale test was a wildfire simulation. Engineers designed and built a full-size duplex home. On one side, the house has cedar siding, vinyl gutters, single-pane windows and bark mulch around the foundation. On the other side, the house is designed to be fire resistant, with cement siding, metal gutters, double-pane windows and gravel around the foundation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve used construction materials and building practices that, we have found through our research, and others’ research, makes a building resistant to wildfire exposure,” explains fire engineer Daniel Gorham, who helped design and carry out the fire test. For example, a 5-foot zone around the fire-resistant side of the house is devoid of combustible material, including plants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11738591\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1300px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-3_custom-92e716d6a6de907697dc0a5a354a40e14897b8fb-s1300-c85.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11738591\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-3_custom-92e716d6a6de907697dc0a5a354a40e14897b8fb-s1300-c85.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1300\" height=\"1951\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-3_custom-92e716d6a6de907697dc0a5a354a40e14897b8fb-s1300-c85.jpg 1300w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-3_custom-92e716d6a6de907697dc0a5a354a40e14897b8fb-s1300-c85-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-3_custom-92e716d6a6de907697dc0a5a354a40e14897b8fb-s1300-c85-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-3_custom-92e716d6a6de907697dc0a5a354a40e14897b8fb-s1300-c85-1020x1531.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daniel Gorham is a fire engineer and former firefighter who helped design and carry out the embers test. \u003ccite>(Ryan Kellman/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That’s important, Gorham says, because the majority of homes that burn during wildfires \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/12/24/678853717/how-houses-themselves-become-fuel-for-wildfires\">aren’t ignited by a wall of flame\u003c/a>. Instead, embers can blow hundreds of yards or even miles, starting blazes far from the main wildfire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When embers land on gravel they eventually burn out. But when embers land on mulch, dry leaves, plants, deck furniture or other combustible materials, they can start new fire. And if the house has a wood deck or siding, it’s especially likely that the house itself will eventually burn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The full-scale test was designed to study both scenarios side by side by directing ember-laden wind at the duplex and seeing what happened. The difference was starkly clear: After a few minutes, one side of the house was engulfed in flame, while the other side was entirely unaffected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11738593\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 900px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/master-burn.gif\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11738593 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/master-burn.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"473\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A test house burns inside a research facility run by the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety in South Carolina. \u003ccite>(Credit: Ryan Kellman/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Local firefighters stepped in to put out the fire before the house burned to the ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The side by side couldn’t be more surreal,” Wright says. “One side fully engulfed and the other side’s getting just as many embers, just as much pummeling it, and it’s just going, ‘I can take it.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 2018 report by Headwaters Economics, a Montana-based group that studies land management, found it \u003ca href=\"https://headwaterseconomics.org/wildfire/homes-risk/building-costs-codes/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">costs about the same amount\u003c/a> to build a new fire-resistant house as it does to build a typical house with cedar siding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The test results on how different parts of the house performed will be incorporated into public reports meant to help homeowners, businesses and local officials who set building codes and plan for disasters. There are similar reports about protecting homes against the hail, wind and wind-driven rain that accompany hurricanes and tornadoes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More granular versions of the research findings are shared with the companies that fund it. Wright says companies can use that information to help set insurance rates or to educate local insurance agents who field questions directly from policyholders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11738592\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2048px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-4_custom-c7337322fa7d6501e77acfeed9975210b0cb4ff6-s2500-c85.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11738592\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-4_custom-c7337322fa7d6501e77acfeed9975210b0cb4ff6-s2500-c85.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1364\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-4_custom-c7337322fa7d6501e77acfeed9975210b0cb4ff6-s2500-c85.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-4_custom-c7337322fa7d6501e77acfeed9975210b0cb4ff6-s2500-c85-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-4_custom-c7337322fa7d6501e77acfeed9975210b0cb4ff6-s2500-c85-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-4_custom-c7337322fa7d6501e77acfeed9975210b0cb4ff6-s2500-c85-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-4_custom-c7337322fa7d6501e77acfeed9975210b0cb4ff6-s2500-c85-1200x799.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-4_custom-c7337322fa7d6501e77acfeed9975210b0cb4ff6-s2500-c85-1920x1279.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of a local fire department work with research facility staff to extinguish the burning test home. \u003ccite>(Credit: Ryan Kellman/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Of course, the real test of a building’s resilience is during an actual storm or fire, and in many parts of the country the majority of homes and businesses are not built to withstand severe weather. Building codes are established and enforced locally and vary widely, even across single states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s where sometimes the wheels fall off,” explains Thomas Welle, head of the Denver field office for the National Fire Protection Association, which develops building standards for new homes and businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sometimes, Welle says, “standards are adopted piecemeal instead of whole. And sometimes they’re not enforced.” For example, some counties require that builders create a perimeter without combustible materials around a newly built home, but then there are no follow-up inspections to enforce that rule.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Welle says those in the private sector, including realtors and the insurance industry, have a role to play, especially when it comes to incentivizing upgrades to existing buildings to make them more resilient.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although insurance companies are barred from working together to set prices, Welle explains, “they can agree on some kind of best practices to at least promote that kind of thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11738594\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2043px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11738594\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2043\" height=\"2048\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85.jpg 2043w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-800x802.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-1020x1022.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-1197x1200.jpg 1197w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-1920x1925.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-550x550.jpg 550w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-470x470.jpg 470w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2043px) 100vw, 2043px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The contrast between the resilience of the traditional building materials and that of the fire-resistant materials was stark. \u003ccite>(Ryan Kellman/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Roof resilience is an area of particular interest to insurance companies and to homeowners who live in hurricane-prone parts of the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Hurricane Michael came ashore in Florida last year, the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety studied which buildings were damaged and what the buildings that survived had in common.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They found the storm’s intense wind and rain mirrored lab results that suggested unfortified \u003ca href=\"https://vimeo.com/236989575\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">garage doors\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://vimeo.com/122671817\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unsealed plywood on the roof\u003c/a> could fail catastrophically during storms, leading the roof to rip off the house or water to flood in as shingles flew away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Similarly, wildfires in California last year offered insight about how to reduce risk in fire-prone areas. Many of the homes that burned in Southern California’s Woolsey Fire appear to have been ignited by embers landing on combustible material on or near the house. Simply changing the landscaping or porch setup could help such homes survive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Northern California, the deadly Camp Fire came with a different lesson: No one is invincible. Wright’s parents lost their home in the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are ways to prepare for disasters,” Wright says. “But there’s always this sense of hopefulness or invincibility that it’s not going to affect you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says helping his parents file insurance claims and figure out how to piece their day-to-day lives back together has underscored the importance of presenting actionable research that can help people become more resilient to severe weather.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our work here is not just about ‘What does the science look like to build the \u003cem>best\u003c/em> way?’ ” he explains. “The question is, ‘Is there a \u003cem>better\u003c/em> way that is affordable?’ Because if it’s not accessible to a homeowner or a business owner, it just becomes more noise in the system.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2019 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Step+1%3A+Build+A+House.+Step+2%3A+Set+It+On+Fire&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 1:50 p.m. Friday:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Authorities have reopened the roads into Guerneville and Monte Rio and the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office said \u003ca href=\"http://nixle.us/ASLFL\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in a statement\u003c/a> it has lifted evacuation orders for about 3,500 people. Residents of the two towns are now starting to return home and work crews are beginning to clean up after the flooding from the Russian River. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the Sheriff's Office is urging residents to be careful because crews are still in the processing of clearing the roads of debris. Although the roads have been reopened to the general public as well, officials also requested that only those with businesses in the area enter right now. \"If you do not have legitimate business in the flood areas, please do not go out there,\" said the statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The river broke its banks Wednesday and reached a high of nearly 46 feet that night — the highest in more than 20 years — filling the stores and homes in downtown Guerneville with muddy water. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sonomanews.com/news/9339686-181/russian-river-residents-will-need?sba=AAS\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Press Democrat\u003c/a> spoke with Sonoma County Sheriff’s Sgt. Spencer Crum:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Among the organizations making inspections in the flooded areas along the Russian River include PG&E, the Sonoma County Department of Health Services and the county’s road maintenance team, Crum said. Each group will be on the look out of hazards caused by the atmospheric river that began on Monday, which include downed power lines and blocked roadways, he said.\u003cbr>\n\u003cbr>\nEmployees from Permit Sonoma will also enter the communities along the Russian River, when the roads become passable, to check flood-affected buildings, Sonoma County Supervisor Lynda Hopkins said.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday declared a state of emergency in Sonoma County, which Supervisor Hopkins welcomed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That was a critical step in allowing us to access additional resources that will help us to fund hopefully some of the major repairs,\" Hopkins said. \"Unfortunately, in addition to the direct impacts to the flooding, we've had a number of road slides and anticipate extensive road damage to our rural road network.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hopkins expected to survey the area Friday morning and help put together preliminary damage estimates to present to the state on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Guerneville School District, Monte Rio School District, Montgomery School District and West Sonoma County Union High School District all remained closed Friday due to flooding, according to the Sonoma County Office of Education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 8:30 a.m. Thursday:\u003c/strong> The Russian River crested late Wednesday and has begun the long, slow process of receding. Residents, businesses and Sonoma County officials are bracing for the first view of what the flood left behind -- and for the big cleanup to come.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to data from \u003ca href=\"http://cdec.water.ca.gov/dynamicapp/QueryF?s=GVB&d=27-Feb-2019+23:22&span=25hours\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a U.S. Geological Survey gauge\u003c/a> at Guerneville Bridge, the river hit 45.38 feet at 9 p.m. Wednesday and fluctuated within an inch or two of that level until midnight. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By 8 a.m. Thursday, the river had fallen to about 44 feet. It's expected to fall below flood stage about midnight Thursday. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside hero=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Russian-River-flooding-3.jpg\" label=\"Bay Area Storms\" link1=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11729368/photos-rains-bring-floods-to-north-bay-communites,Photos: Deluge Triggers Flooding on Russian, Napa Rivers\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sonoma County emergency officials are asking those who remained in the flood zone to continue to shelter in place. Those who left homes along the river before the area was cut off will be allowed to return Friday or Saturday, officials said. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both those who left and those who stayed face a big job: Assessing damage to communities along the river inundated by the flood and to roads and other infrastructure that took a beating from the prolonged intense rain earlier this week. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Images from \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/kentphotos\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kent Porter\u003c/a>, a photographer for the Santa Rosa Press Democrat who has been in Guerneville during the flooding, give some idea of the task facing the river towns. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/kentphotos/status/1101004731239944192\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, communities across the county are still dealing with the effects of this week's storm, which dumped more than 21 inches of rain in the hills of western Sonoma County and huge amounts in the valleys as well:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Although water has retreated from many flooded roads, dozens of other remain closed, with some suffering major damage. See the county's \u003ca href=\"http://roadconditions.sonoma-county.org/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">road closure list\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>More than a dozen school districts, many in the heart of the Russian River flood zone, canceled classes again Thursday. See \u003ca href=\"https://www.scoe.org/storm-update.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">county school closure list\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>PG&E reports about 3,100 customers in western Sonoma County communities were without power early Thursday.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED's Danielle Venton contributed to this update.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 2:55 p.m. Wednesday:\u003c/strong> The worst of the storm is over. But the worst of its impacts, with communities along the lower reaches of the Russian River cut off by still-rising floodwaters, may still be ahead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storm system that had been pumping a nonstop river of moisture into the North Bay moved south and east of the Bay Area early Wednesday, leaving showery weather behind across the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Sonoma County, however, the Russian River continues to rise to a level predicted to be the highest since flooding on New Year's Day 1997.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Russian River at Guerneville is on track to reach a crest of 45.6 feet Wednesday night-- 13.6 feet over flood stage and a level high enough to prompt mandatory evacuation orders for an estimated 4,000 residents along the waterway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Daylight Wednesday morning showed a wide area of Sonoma County inundated by water rising in both the Russian River and creeks draining into it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much of Guerneville was awash:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/kentphotos/status/1100779726346510337\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Rosa Press Democrat photographer Kent Porter, who stayed in Guerneville overnight, captured one rescue early Wednesday as the river rose:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/kentphotos/status/1100790459046158338\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like Guerneville, the town of Monte Rio, a couple of miles downstream, was also cut off by flooded roads:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/sonomasheriff/status/1100844549243432961\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other major storm impacts:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Sonoma County says dozens of roads have been closed by flooding. See \u003ca href=\"http://roadconditions.sonoma-county.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">list\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://sonomamap.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=20e120cba30b4e39a343b858475eb8f2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interactive map\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>PG&E reports about 4,400 North Bay customers without power -- and about 6,000 in all throughout the Bay Area in the wake of the storm.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>More than 20 Sonoma County school districts, mostly along the Russian River, canceled classes Wednesday. See \u003ca href=\"https://www.scoe.org/storm-update.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">full list\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 9:20 p.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> With the Russian River rising rapidly past flood stage, Sonoma County officials ordered mandatory evacuations for residents and businesses on a long stretch of the waterway from just below Cloverdale, through the Healdsburg and Guerneville areas, and all the way to the coastal community of Jenner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside hero=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/goes17-190212b.jpg\" label=\"Bay Area Storms\" link1=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11729094/keeping-tabs-on-the-storm-a-brief-list-of-our-go-to-weather-information-sites,Keeping Tabs on the Storm: A Brief List of Our Go-To Weather Information Sites\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The notice was issued as a rich stream of atmospheric moisture remained nearly stationary, pointing a steady stream of heavy precipitation into the North Bay counties. The deluge, which has continued with only brief breaks since early Monday, is expected to continue into early Wednesday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If you live in an evacuation area, we want you to leave now,\" Sonoma County Sheriff Mark Essick said at \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/sonoma.sheriff/videos/1313693102106662/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a 5:30 p.m. media briefing\u003c/a>. \"Please don't wait until 10 o'clock tomorrow night\" — when the river is expected to crest 14 feet above flood stage at Guerneville — \"please evacuate now.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The warning affects 25 communities in all, listed \u003ca href=\"https://socoemergency.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county has set up evacuation centers at the Sebastopol Center for the Arts and at the Sonoma County fairgrounds in Santa Rosa. Free shuttle buses began running from the Guerneville Veterans Memorial Building to the centers Tuesday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sheriff said 25 extra deputies and two boats were being deployed to the lower Russian River area to help people leave an area where many roads were already inundated by Tuesday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Misti Harris said that despite Essick's plea, compliance with the evacuation order was \"a mixed bag\" Tuesday evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're getting mixed results from the public,\" Harris said. \"Some people are flat-out refusing to leave.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The evacuation order was issued as the National Weather Service forecast the worst flooding along the river in a generation — exceeding a storm crest of 45 feet reached in 1997 but below catastrophic surges seen during February onslaughts in 1986 and 1995.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The service's California-Nevada River Forecast Center \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnrfc.noaa.gov/graphicalRVF.php?id=GUEC1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">predicted\u003c/a> the Russian River would exceed flood stage at Guerneville at 6 p.m. Tuesday and crest at 46.1 feet late Wednesday night before receding below flood level on Thursday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The flooding — which has closed \u003ca href=\"http://roadconditions.sonoma-county.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dozens of roads\u003c/a> across Sonoma County — is the result of the storm stalling and unleashing nearly nonstop downpours north of the Golden Gate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That pummeling is expected to continue past midnight Tuesday before the storm shifts to the south and east. The National Weather Service's Weather Prediction Center, in College Park, Maryland, issued an advisory late Tuesday forecasting heavy rain across the entire region before the system passes. The center said rain rates as high as three-quarters of an inch per hour may occur in the Santa Cruz Mountains early Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at UCLA, pointed to one factor above all for the soaking the North Bay has gotten from the second atmospheric river to come ashore in the North Bay this month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What's interesting about this one is that it's not an extreme atmospheric river from an intensity perspective,\" Swain said. \"It's certainly wet, but if we had only a few hours of this in any one place it really wouldn't be any problem at all. But the main issue is that it's an atmospheric river of moderate intensity that's lasting for many, many hours in the same place, and the accumulation of water over that period is really quite substantial.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rainiest locations in the Russian River watershed have received more than a foot of rain since the storm's onset early Monday, with the rain gauge at Venado, west of Healdsburg, recording a total of 16.16 inches through 7 p.m. Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Similarly impressive amounts have been recorded throughout the area. Warm Springs Dam, on Dry Creek northwest of Healdsburg, has reported 7.94 inches during the storm. Santa Rosa has received 5.73 inches; Mount Veeder, west of the city of Napa, has recorded 10.12 inches; and Yountville, on the floor of the Napa Valley, has gotten 6.69 inches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The heavy rainfall started rapid rises on the Napa River, which is forecast to reach flood stage at St. Helena and the city of Napa, though not to the potentially disastrous levels forecast for the Russian.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The river forecast center said the Napa would crest late tonight \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnrfc.noaa.gov/graphicalRVF.php?id=SHEC1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">at St. Helena\u003c/a> at about 3 feet above flood stage. In the city of Napa, the river is expected \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnrfc.noaa.gov/graphicalRVF.php?id=APCC1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to reach its peak\u003c/a> about dawn Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rising water led to some road closures across the Napa Valley on Tuesday, but even with the river exceeding flood levels, major damage is not anticipated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have seen these river levels in Napa before and we generally know what to expect,\" said Rick Thomasser, flood control operations manager for Napa County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rainiest locations in the Russian River watershed have received more than a foot of rain since the storm's onset early Monday, with the rain gauge at Venado, west of Healdsburg, recording a total of 15.36 inches through 6 p.m. Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nine school districts in Sonoma County have canceled classes Wednesday due to the high water: Alexander Valley Union School District, Forestville Union School, Guerneville School District, Geyserville Unified School District, Harmony Union School District, Monte Rio School District, Montgomery Elementary School District, Oak Grove Union School District and El Molino High School and West County Charter Middle School, both in West Sonoma County Union High School District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12:40 p.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> The deluge that has targeted Sonoma, Napa and Marin counties for more than a full day is now threatening to trigger a disaster along the lower reaches of the Russian River in western Sonoma County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sustained downpours have led to a sharp rise on the river, which is expected to begin inundating low-lying areas around Guerneville by early Tuesday evening. The river is \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnrfc.noaa.gov/graphicalRVF.php?id=GUEC1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">forecast to crest\u003c/a> at 45.9 feet — nearly 14 feet above flood stage — late Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnrfc.noaa.gov/graphicalRVF.php?id=GUEC1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">that outlook\u003c/a> from the California-Nevada River Forecast Center is accurate — and it's driven by the expectation of continued heavy rain north of the Golden Gate — much of Guerneville and the nearby communities of Rio Nido and Monte Rio will flood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/sonomasheriff/status/1100466091539628032\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sonoma County emergency officials issued an evacuation warning late Tuesday morning recommending those living near the river to evacuate. The county Sheriff's Office advised those who don't leave that they will be isolated as River Road — the main route into and out of the area — is expected to be flooded and impassable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county set up sandbag stations at the Forestville Fire Station, the Guerneville Safeway and at Main Street and Fir Road in Monte Rio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storm flooded roads across the North Bay — with Sonoma County reporting \u003ca href=\"http://roadconditions.sonoma-county.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more than two dozen closures\u003c/a> since midmorning Monday (see \u003ca href=\"http://sonomamap.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=20e120cba30b4e39a343b858475eb8f2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">closure map\u003c/a>).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/BrendanNWeber/status/1100431198130597889\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People in the West Marin communities of Point Reyes Station and Inverness were advised to stay off the roads until floodwaters recede from local highways. The Bolinas-Stinson Union School District canceled classes at its two schools due to roads closed by flooding and downed trees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"More Storm Coverage\" hero=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2019/01/ARstormcurrent-800x376.gif\" link1=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1935067/rivers-in-the-sky-what-you-need-to-know-about-atmospheric-river-storms,Rivers in the Sky: What You Need to Know About Atmospheric River Storms\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The deluge was causing problems for sewer systems in the North Bay. One area of concern is the Sonoma Valley County Sanitation District, which experienced \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11720294/sonoma-spills-spewed-nearly-3-million-gallons-of-sewage-into-creeks-and-bay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sewage overflow problems\u003c/a> after heavy rains in January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Our crews were out all night responding to issues from the rain,\" said Ann DuBay of the Sonoma County Water Agency, which runs the sanitation district. \"It’s unbelievable how much water we're seeing.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district reported late Tuesday morning it was contending with four ongoing wastewater overflows, with a total of about 159,000 gallons of sewage and stormwater released.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Marin, the Ross Valley Sanitation District said it had contingency plans in place as the storm challenged its system's capacity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This evening’s cloudbursts could push our ability to keep the wastewater in the sewers, and our crews are showing signs of fatigue,\" said Steve Moore, the district's general manager.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Napa River is also expected to flood late Tuesday into Wednesday — though not to the disastrous extent predicted for the Russian River. Moderate flooding is forecast for areas along the river from St. Helena to the city of Napa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The forecast flooding on the North Bay rivers is the result of an \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1935067/rivers-in-the-sky-what-you-need-to-know-about-atmospheric-river-storms\">atmospheric river\u003c/a>-fed storm that has remained focused on a narrow area of the North Bay counties since early Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That rich flow of moisture-laden air, coupled with a slow-moving cold front draped across the coast just to the north, has resulted in spectacular rainfall totals in the Russian River drainage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The heaviest rainfall total in the current storm: 11.03 inches, recorded through 10 a.m. Tuesday at the northern Sonoma County rain gauge in Venado, west of Healdsburg.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other notable totals include Mount Veeder, west of Napa, 7.83; Olema, 5.47; Kentfield, 4.93; Mount Tamalpais, 4.68; and Santa Rosa, 3.97.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More modest amounts fell to the south, including Richmond, 1.50; Vollmer Peak (Berkeley Hills), 1.32; San Francisco, .40; and Oakland, .34. Most Peninsula and East Bay locations have gotten just a few hundredths of an inch of rain from the storm. A rain gauge near Boulder Creek in the Santa Cruz Mountains — a dependably soggy spot — has gotten a scant .63 of an inch since the storm began. San Jose International Airport had recorded zero rainfall as of 10 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gusty winds accompanying the storm have led to power outages around the region, with PG&E saying early Tuesday it was working to restore electricity to about 12,000 customers. The biggest outage, by far, was for a stretch of the San Mateo County coast outside the heavy rain zone, where the lights were out for about 9,400 customers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forecasters and weather models suggest that will change by Wednesday morning as the approaching cold front finally moves through the region and rainfall — heavy at times — is more evenly distributed. Showery weather is expected to continue into Thursday before a brief break on Friday. More rain is expected over the weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 5:50 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> Rain has returned to the Bay Area — or part of it anyway, as our latest atmospheric river-fed storm pours most of its abundant supply of moisture on the North Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The heaviest rainfall total in the current storm: 4.08 inches, recorded through 5 p.m. at the northern Sonoma County rain gauge in Venado, west of Healdsburg. Rainfall amounts fall off dramatically to the south, and include Mount Veeder, west of the Napa Valley, 1.50; Santa Rosa, 1.08; San Rafael (Marin Civic Center), .91; Mount Tamalpais, .78; Vollmer Peak (Berkeley Hills), .29; Richmond, .18; San Francisco, .11; and Oakland, .05.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Virtually no rain had been recorded by midafternoon Monday in bayside and valley locations south of a line from Daly City to Livermore, except for a few hundredths of an inch recorded at several stations in the Santa Cruz Mountains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Weather Service says that through late Monday, heavy rainfall will be confined almost exclusively to the North Bay before moving slowly south early Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The copious rainfall in Sonoma, Marin and Napa counties is forecast to cause a new round of flooding on the lower reaches of the Russian River. The normally sluggish stream is expected to reach flood stage at Guerneville before dawn Wednesday and to crest Wednesday evening at about 6.5 feet above flood stage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Napa River, too, is expected to overflow early Wednesday, reaching 2 feet above flood stage and inundating areas adjacent to the river on the northern and southern ends of the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Original post (last updated 8:40 a.m. Monday):\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet another winter storm fed by an \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1935067/rivers-in-the-sky-what-you-need-to-know-about-atmospheric-river-storms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">atmospheric river\u003c/a> is expected to bring 9 inches of rain or more to the wettest locations of the North Bay, triggering another round of flooding on the lower reaches of the Russian River.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sierra Nevada, which has already received an epic snowfall this season, could see another 10 feet at the highest elevations and 5 to 7 feet at pass levels by Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the storm crawling south along the coast, the National Weather Service issued flood watches for most of the Bay Area. Those include \u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=mtr&wwa=flash%20flood%20watch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a flash flood watch\u003c/a> for the central Bay Area and South Bay through late Tuesday night and \u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=mtr&wwa=flood%20watch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a flood watch\u003c/a> for Sonoma, Napa and Marin counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/NWSBayArea/status/1099648930965569542\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The next few days are going to be rather hectic up in the North Bay,\" said National Weather Service meteorologist Steve Anderson. He says the rain will start in the North Bay Monday morning, with heavy rains showing up by the evening commute and continuing overnight into Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Nevada River Forecast Center \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnrfc.noaa.gov/graphicalRVF.php?id=GUEC1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">says\u003c/a> the Russian River will go above flood levels at Guerneville on Wednesday morning, before hitting its peak about 5 feet above flood stage late Wednesday evening. The Napa River on the north side of the city of Napa is predicted to top flood levels by just \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnrfc.noaa.gov/graphicalRVF.php?id=APCC1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">over a foot\u003c/a> before dawn on Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both rivers flooded during storms \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11725582/a-double-barreled-storm-gets-ready-to-blast-bay-area-northern-california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">earlier this month\u003c/a>, leading to school closures. With the soil already saturated from those earlier storms, this week's deluge could also flood creeks and smaller rivers throughout the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials in Napa and Marin counties say they are monitoring the storm. A Marin spokesman said the county will consider increasing staff for both public works and fire departments around midday on Monday based on updated forecast information. The county will also be monitoring the levees around Highway 37 — which breached during the last wave of storms — and the levels of Corte Madera Creek.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11728623\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11728623\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/GettyImages-1129696417-800x541.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"541\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An aerial view of a levee that was breached during a storm on Feb. 14, 2019, in Novato, California. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Anderson said the rest of the Bay Area will also likely see some heavy rains, with 2 to 3 inches forecast for the central Bay Area and up to an inch in the South Bay. He said winds will also surge during the storm, starting Monday night and peaking on Tuesday between 30 and 40 mph.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We expect more trees to come down during those winds,\" Anderson said. A PG&E spokeswoman said the storm \"could cause trees and other debris to bring down power lines, damage equipment and interrupt electric service.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Storm to Add Even More Snow to State's Snowpack\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11728633\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11728633\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Snowpack-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Snowpack-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Snowpack-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Snowpack-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Snowpack-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Snowpack.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Satellite view of the Sierra Nevada and western Nevada from Yosemite National Park, at lower left, to Walker Lake, at the top of the images toward the right. The 'before' image was taken Feb. 16, 2018; the 'after' image on Feb. 11, 2019. \u003ccite>(Planet)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The storm is also expected to bring several inches of rain to the Sacramento Valley and 5 to 7 feet of snow to pass levels in the Sierra Nevada, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Cory Mueller.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's going to be a pretty impactful storm system,\" Mueller said. \"We're also going to see some flooding concerns.\" He said both creeks and rivers are expected to rise with the potential for street flooding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like the Bay Area, heavy precipitation is expected to start Monday night and continue through Wednesday morning, \"but snow will continue in the mountains, and mountain travel will continue to be quite terrible into Thursday,\" Mueller said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mueller said snow is expected starting at 5,500 feet, and rain at lower elevations could melt some of the snow that fell there during earlier storms. The additional snow at high elevations should add onto a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1938157/before-and-after-check-out-californias-monster-snow-year-by-satellite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">snowpack\u003c/a> that is currently 127 percent of average in the northern Sierra and 152 percent in the central Sierra, according to Mueller.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The main takeaway is our snowpack is well above average,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED's Ted Goldberg and Marisol Medina contributed to this post.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 1:50 p.m. Friday:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Authorities have reopened the roads into Guerneville and Monte Rio and the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office said \u003ca href=\"http://nixle.us/ASLFL\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in a statement\u003c/a> it has lifted evacuation orders for about 3,500 people. Residents of the two towns are now starting to return home and work crews are beginning to clean up after the flooding from the Russian River. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the Sheriff's Office is urging residents to be careful because crews are still in the processing of clearing the roads of debris. Although the roads have been reopened to the general public as well, officials also requested that only those with businesses in the area enter right now. \"If you do not have legitimate business in the flood areas, please do not go out there,\" said the statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The river broke its banks Wednesday and reached a high of nearly 46 feet that night — the highest in more than 20 years — filling the stores and homes in downtown Guerneville with muddy water. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sonomanews.com/news/9339686-181/russian-river-residents-will-need?sba=AAS\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Press Democrat\u003c/a> spoke with Sonoma County Sheriff’s Sgt. Spencer Crum:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Among the organizations making inspections in the flooded areas along the Russian River include PG&E, the Sonoma County Department of Health Services and the county’s road maintenance team, Crum said. Each group will be on the look out of hazards caused by the atmospheric river that began on Monday, which include downed power lines and blocked roadways, he said.\u003cbr>\n\u003cbr>\nEmployees from Permit Sonoma will also enter the communities along the Russian River, when the roads become passable, to check flood-affected buildings, Sonoma County Supervisor Lynda Hopkins said.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday declared a state of emergency in Sonoma County, which Supervisor Hopkins welcomed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That was a critical step in allowing us to access additional resources that will help us to fund hopefully some of the major repairs,\" Hopkins said. \"Unfortunately, in addition to the direct impacts to the flooding, we've had a number of road slides and anticipate extensive road damage to our rural road network.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hopkins expected to survey the area Friday morning and help put together preliminary damage estimates to present to the state on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Guerneville School District, Monte Rio School District, Montgomery School District and West Sonoma County Union High School District all remained closed Friday due to flooding, according to the Sonoma County Office of Education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 8:30 a.m. Thursday:\u003c/strong> The Russian River crested late Wednesday and has begun the long, slow process of receding. Residents, businesses and Sonoma County officials are bracing for the first view of what the flood left behind -- and for the big cleanup to come.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to data from \u003ca href=\"http://cdec.water.ca.gov/dynamicapp/QueryF?s=GVB&d=27-Feb-2019+23:22&span=25hours\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a U.S. Geological Survey gauge\u003c/a> at Guerneville Bridge, the river hit 45.38 feet at 9 p.m. Wednesday and fluctuated within an inch or two of that level until midnight. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By 8 a.m. Thursday, the river had fallen to about 44 feet. It's expected to fall below flood stage about midnight Thursday. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sonoma County emergency officials are asking those who remained in the flood zone to continue to shelter in place. Those who left homes along the river before the area was cut off will be allowed to return Friday or Saturday, officials said. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both those who left and those who stayed face a big job: Assessing damage to communities along the river inundated by the flood and to roads and other infrastructure that took a beating from the prolonged intense rain earlier this week. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Images from \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/kentphotos\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kent Porter\u003c/a>, a photographer for the Santa Rosa Press Democrat who has been in Guerneville during the flooding, give some idea of the task facing the river towns. \u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, communities across the county are still dealing with the effects of this week's storm, which dumped more than 21 inches of rain in the hills of western Sonoma County and huge amounts in the valleys as well:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Although water has retreated from many flooded roads, dozens of other remain closed, with some suffering major damage. See the county's \u003ca href=\"http://roadconditions.sonoma-county.org/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">road closure list\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>More than a dozen school districts, many in the heart of the Russian River flood zone, canceled classes again Thursday. See \u003ca href=\"https://www.scoe.org/storm-update.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">county school closure list\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>PG&E reports about 3,100 customers in western Sonoma County communities were without power early Thursday.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED's Danielle Venton contributed to this update.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 2:55 p.m. Wednesday:\u003c/strong> The worst of the storm is over. But the worst of its impacts, with communities along the lower reaches of the Russian River cut off by still-rising floodwaters, may still be ahead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storm system that had been pumping a nonstop river of moisture into the North Bay moved south and east of the Bay Area early Wednesday, leaving showery weather behind across the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Sonoma County, however, the Russian River continues to rise to a level predicted to be the highest since flooding on New Year's Day 1997.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Russian River at Guerneville is on track to reach a crest of 45.6 feet Wednesday night-- 13.6 feet over flood stage and a level high enough to prompt mandatory evacuation orders for an estimated 4,000 residents along the waterway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Daylight Wednesday morning showed a wide area of Sonoma County inundated by water rising in both the Russian River and creeks draining into it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much of Guerneville was awash:\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Other major storm impacts:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Sonoma County says dozens of roads have been closed by flooding. See \u003ca href=\"http://roadconditions.sonoma-county.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">list\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://sonomamap.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=20e120cba30b4e39a343b858475eb8f2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interactive map\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>PG&E reports about 4,400 North Bay customers without power -- and about 6,000 in all throughout the Bay Area in the wake of the storm.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>More than 20 Sonoma County school districts, mostly along the Russian River, canceled classes Wednesday. See \u003ca href=\"https://www.scoe.org/storm-update.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">full list\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 9:20 p.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> With the Russian River rising rapidly past flood stage, Sonoma County officials ordered mandatory evacuations for residents and businesses on a long stretch of the waterway from just below Cloverdale, through the Healdsburg and Guerneville areas, and all the way to the coastal community of Jenner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The notice was issued as a rich stream of atmospheric moisture remained nearly stationary, pointing a steady stream of heavy precipitation into the North Bay counties. The deluge, which has continued with only brief breaks since early Monday, is expected to continue into early Wednesday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If you live in an evacuation area, we want you to leave now,\" Sonoma County Sheriff Mark Essick said at \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/sonoma.sheriff/videos/1313693102106662/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a 5:30 p.m. media briefing\u003c/a>. \"Please don't wait until 10 o'clock tomorrow night\" — when the river is expected to crest 14 feet above flood stage at Guerneville — \"please evacuate now.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The warning affects 25 communities in all, listed \u003ca href=\"https://socoemergency.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county has set up evacuation centers at the Sebastopol Center for the Arts and at the Sonoma County fairgrounds in Santa Rosa. Free shuttle buses began running from the Guerneville Veterans Memorial Building to the centers Tuesday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sheriff said 25 extra deputies and two boats were being deployed to the lower Russian River area to help people leave an area where many roads were already inundated by Tuesday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Misti Harris said that despite Essick's plea, compliance with the evacuation order was \"a mixed bag\" Tuesday evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're getting mixed results from the public,\" Harris said. \"Some people are flat-out refusing to leave.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The evacuation order was issued as the National Weather Service forecast the worst flooding along the river in a generation — exceeding a storm crest of 45 feet reached in 1997 but below catastrophic surges seen during February onslaughts in 1986 and 1995.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The service's California-Nevada River Forecast Center \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnrfc.noaa.gov/graphicalRVF.php?id=GUEC1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">predicted\u003c/a> the Russian River would exceed flood stage at Guerneville at 6 p.m. Tuesday and crest at 46.1 feet late Wednesday night before receding below flood level on Thursday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The flooding — which has closed \u003ca href=\"http://roadconditions.sonoma-county.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dozens of roads\u003c/a> across Sonoma County — is the result of the storm stalling and unleashing nearly nonstop downpours north of the Golden Gate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That pummeling is expected to continue past midnight Tuesday before the storm shifts to the south and east. The National Weather Service's Weather Prediction Center, in College Park, Maryland, issued an advisory late Tuesday forecasting heavy rain across the entire region before the system passes. The center said rain rates as high as three-quarters of an inch per hour may occur in the Santa Cruz Mountains early Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at UCLA, pointed to one factor above all for the soaking the North Bay has gotten from the second atmospheric river to come ashore in the North Bay this month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What's interesting about this one is that it's not an extreme atmospheric river from an intensity perspective,\" Swain said. \"It's certainly wet, but if we had only a few hours of this in any one place it really wouldn't be any problem at all. But the main issue is that it's an atmospheric river of moderate intensity that's lasting for many, many hours in the same place, and the accumulation of water over that period is really quite substantial.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rainiest locations in the Russian River watershed have received more than a foot of rain since the storm's onset early Monday, with the rain gauge at Venado, west of Healdsburg, recording a total of 16.16 inches through 7 p.m. Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Similarly impressive amounts have been recorded throughout the area. Warm Springs Dam, on Dry Creek northwest of Healdsburg, has reported 7.94 inches during the storm. Santa Rosa has received 5.73 inches; Mount Veeder, west of the city of Napa, has recorded 10.12 inches; and Yountville, on the floor of the Napa Valley, has gotten 6.69 inches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The heavy rainfall started rapid rises on the Napa River, which is forecast to reach flood stage at St. Helena and the city of Napa, though not to the potentially disastrous levels forecast for the Russian.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The river forecast center said the Napa would crest late tonight \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnrfc.noaa.gov/graphicalRVF.php?id=SHEC1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">at St. Helena\u003c/a> at about 3 feet above flood stage. In the city of Napa, the river is expected \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnrfc.noaa.gov/graphicalRVF.php?id=APCC1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to reach its peak\u003c/a> about dawn Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rising water led to some road closures across the Napa Valley on Tuesday, but even with the river exceeding flood levels, major damage is not anticipated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have seen these river levels in Napa before and we generally know what to expect,\" said Rick Thomasser, flood control operations manager for Napa County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rainiest locations in the Russian River watershed have received more than a foot of rain since the storm's onset early Monday, with the rain gauge at Venado, west of Healdsburg, recording a total of 15.36 inches through 6 p.m. Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nine school districts in Sonoma County have canceled classes Wednesday due to the high water: Alexander Valley Union School District, Forestville Union School, Guerneville School District, Geyserville Unified School District, Harmony Union School District, Monte Rio School District, Montgomery Elementary School District, Oak Grove Union School District and El Molino High School and West County Charter Middle School, both in West Sonoma County Union High School District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12:40 p.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> The deluge that has targeted Sonoma, Napa and Marin counties for more than a full day is now threatening to trigger a disaster along the lower reaches of the Russian River in western Sonoma County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sustained downpours have led to a sharp rise on the river, which is expected to begin inundating low-lying areas around Guerneville by early Tuesday evening. The river is \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnrfc.noaa.gov/graphicalRVF.php?id=GUEC1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">forecast to crest\u003c/a> at 45.9 feet — nearly 14 feet above flood stage — late Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnrfc.noaa.gov/graphicalRVF.php?id=GUEC1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">that outlook\u003c/a> from the California-Nevada River Forecast Center is accurate — and it's driven by the expectation of continued heavy rain north of the Golden Gate — much of Guerneville and the nearby communities of Rio Nido and Monte Rio will flood.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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The county will also be monitoring the levees around Highway 37 — which breached during the last wave of storms — and the levels of Corte Madera Creek.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11728623\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11728623\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/GettyImages-1129696417-800x541.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"541\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An aerial view of a levee that was breached during a storm on Feb. 14, 2019, in Novato, California. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Anderson said the rest of the Bay Area will also likely see some heavy rains, with 2 to 3 inches forecast for the central Bay Area and up to an inch in the South Bay. He said winds will also surge during the storm, starting Monday night and peaking on Tuesday between 30 and 40 mph.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We expect more trees to come down during those winds,\" Anderson said. A PG&E spokeswoman said the storm \"could cause trees and other debris to bring down power lines, damage equipment and interrupt electric service.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Storm to Add Even More Snow to State's Snowpack\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11728633\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11728633\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Snowpack-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Snowpack-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Snowpack-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Snowpack-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Snowpack-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Snowpack.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Satellite view of the Sierra Nevada and western Nevada from Yosemite National Park, at lower left, to Walker Lake, at the top of the images toward the right. 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