Calif. Storm Damage Tops $100M
Damaging Rain Lets Up In North Part Of State After Drenching Parade
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Play CBS Video Video Rain On Roses The rain throughout California has been unrelenting, even through the Parade of Roses. Sandra Hughes reports that estimated storm damage has reached $100 million.
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Video Rose Bowl Parade Is All Wet The Tournament of Roses Parade put on a sunny face, despite the stormy skies and constant rain. It was the first time the weather has fouled the parade since 1955. Jennifer Davis of KCBS/KCAL reports.
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Video Rain Drenches Southern Calif. Rain has descended upon southern California and almost four inches of rain is expected. As Sandra Hughes reports, heavy downpour has also spoiled the Rose Bowl parade for the first time in 51 years.
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Tom Lara, right, and Kevin Fitzpatrick walk by cars destroyed by a large mudslide Jan. 2, 2006, in in Fairfax, Calif. Northern Californians focused Monday on cleaning up a mess of mud and debris. (AP)
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A mini-van sits in high water near a freeway entrance in Mill Valley, Calif., Jan. 1, 2006. (AP)
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A rowboat is the way out for this family fleeing floods in downtown Guerneville, Calif., Sunday, Jan. 1, 2006, near the Russian River. (AP Photo/Sacramento Bee)
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Chris Hoppy tries to move his car at night from the Russian River flood waters along River Road in Guerneville, Calif., Sunday, Jan. 1, 2006. (AP)
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Streets are covered by water in the town of Guerneville, Calif, Sunday Jan.1, 2006 as water from the Russian River continued to flow above flood stage. (AP)
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High water and wind-whipped waves threatened several levees, including at least two in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, where water washing over the top of a levee at Collinsville forced 40 people from about 15 homes, Don Strickland of the Department of Water Resources said.
In Novato, crews worked to repair a levee breach that flooded about a dozen homes.
The Rose Parade went off on schedule, but a clear poncho covered the white gown of Rose Queen Camille Clark and soggy wind bent spectators' umbrellas and snapped rain slickers. The crowds were thin.
"We came all this way, rain or shine, we can't go back now," said Ted Pettyjohn, 43, of Houston.
Hundreds of plastic ponchos for musicians and parade volunteers were ordered, horses were fitted with skid-resistant shoes, and float-builders rolled out sheets of plastic to protect orchids and other delicate flowers. The glue that holds decorations to the floats is waterproof and the floats are designed to withstand 50 mph winds.
Up to 6 inches of rain was forecast in the Southern California mountains, but authorities said there were no immediate reports of flooding or mudslides in areas where last summer's wildfires stripped vegetation from the hills.
Flooding and mudslides were reported throughout Santa Cruz County along the Central Coast.
Saturday's storm dumped 4 to 5 inches on much of Northern California, with Napa County getting up to 9 inches in less than 24 hours, according to the National Weather Service. Three inches more fell Sunday on Sonoma County.
Highway workers reopened Interstate 80 through the Sierra Nevada, where a landslide blocked the major east-west route on Sunday.
Elsewhere in the Sierra, however, heavy snow fell Monday and several avalanches closed U.S. 395, the main north-south route along the eastern side of the mountain range.
Mammoth Mountain reported 3 feet of new snow overnight, with several more feet expected during the day, and the ski resort was closed.
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