It s like a bomb went off : Yosemite-area towns destroyed after powerful winds
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A photo shows a fallen tree on a building in Wawona, Yosemite National Park, after a Jan. 18-19 wind event.Miles Menetrey
Mariposa County, most famously a gateway into Yosemite National Park, is on the verge of being declared a disaster area after a powerful windstorm left behind a path of destruction with homes split in two by fallen trees and roads covered in fallen power lines and debris.
The county board of supervisors voted in favor of a proclamation Friday, 5-0, declaring a local emergency and requesting state and federal funds to assist with the recovery effort. Now it s in California Gov. Newsom s hands to ratify the declaration.