FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA
Live updates: Sacramento cleans up after California storm’s winds pull down trees, cut power [The Sacramento Bee]
Jan. 27 An extreme atmospheric river storm that reached Northern California on Tuesday evening brought extreme wind gusts overnight and is continuing to wreak havoc Wednesday morning in the Sacramento Valley and Sierra Nevada.
Here’s the latest on the storm and its effects on Sacramento and Northern California:
Sacramento begins cleaning up
Fierce, howling southerly winds knocked out power for tens of thousands in the valley, many of whom remain without power. The gusts toppled trees, and the mix of high winds with a half-inch and an inch of rain near the capital contributed to numerous traffic incidents on Sacramento-area highways. Downed power lines and trees also forced extended roadway closures, many of them overnight.