Authorities Warn: Don't Cause An Incident, Look From A Distance
NEVADA COUNTY (CBS13) - The storm that rolled through over the weekend is making for some dramatic scenes in nature, but authorities are warning people to look from a distance so they don't become part of a dramatic rescue.
The Nevada County Fire JOA tweeted a cautionary photo early Monday afternoon of a man perched precariously below a bridge on the Yuba River. It appears the man is trying to take a photo.
Don't cause an incident, look from a distance! #YubaRiver #CAwx #NevadaCounty #CAflood #storms approx flow is 20k CFS! pic.twitter.com/2ZTlKsKuwe
— NCCFIRE (@NCCFIRE) January 9, 2017
As officials note, the water gushing around him is flowing 20,000 cubic feet per second.
Rescue crews have been busy pulling people out of dangerous situations during and after the storms. A man was rescued from rising waters in Sacramento earlier Monday morning, while a 12-year-old girl had to be pulled from a car that crashed into a stream off Highway 49 on Sunday.