but you can see how wide and angry the russian river is right now. if you look at the opposite bank you can see the river feet away from the doorstep of homes there, a stressful time for people who live along the russian river. since last week california has been slammed by a series of storms, widespread flooding, downed trees and mudslides. claimed the lives of at least 14 people, death toll higher than from wildfires. trees have toppled over lines and utility crews are working amid the storms to try to get the lights back on. here along the russian river, the water will continue to stay high, though it should start to now recede, though it will go up over the next few days as more rain comes into the area. guys. sandra: max, keep us posted live from there in sonoma county. thank you. for continuing coverage, you can tune into fox weather by
and william, just in the last 20 seconds as i was leading in here, we saw some extraordinary pictures of mudslides and flooding. you know, john, it is a massive storm, really, from the oregon border to mexico, right. we are seeing rain, in fact here in l.a. we have received more rain in the last two weeks than we do in a typical year. it s about 15 inches. a lot of it ending up here in the l.a. river. a month ago it was bone dry and now it s flowing with about 30,000 cubic feet, think of a milk carton, and 32 others are near flood stage. high winds are also a problem. lax had to stop traffic because of the high winds. homeowners around the state are checking their roofs, their windows, their doors, for seeping water.
amazing job and bringing all you do every day, thank you, bill. great to see you. john: he really has been doing a terrific job. he s basically been living down there, hopefully he has a little piece of property along the rio grande, puts his feet up at the end of the day. sandra: i think he was telling me he does not know what his apartment looks like. john: some nice areas along the river there, maybe bill will spend some time with his feet up. a fox weather alert, we are tracking a severe storm system ripping through california. forecasters call it an atmospheric river, essentially a river s worth of moisture carried in the sky aloft by winds and causing dangerous mudslides and flash floods across the state. 90% of california s population, 34 million people under a flood watch, 10% of the entire u.s. population. we have team coverage on the ground in the golden state. max gordon in northern california. first william is in los angeles
dam in 40 years. new reservoirs are caught up in litigation and regulation, and so most of this water, about a good 80% of it up and down the state is flowing into the ocean. and that should or could be captured through ground water or other aquifers or reservoirs, the state is 30 years behind where it wants to be. back to you. john: they need the water but hanging on to it is an issue. the l.a. river looks different than any adventure or action movie i ve seen in it typically. try to stay dry. sandra. sandra: we are going to head about 400 miles north to sonoma county, we find max gordon live there. what does it look like where you are, max? it continues to rain on and off in the coastal hills north of the bay area, but a sigh of relief for those along the russian river. it crested early this morning just inches below flood stage,
boston coming across the border in just a little over three months. and i thought griff s report was important showing the drone video of the delegation of senators in eagle pass, going to the spot they know the migrants cross, we have the drone every day, they watch them come across and opportunity to talk to them. president biden during his visit to el paso did not see any migrants, did not go in any areas where he would find any migrants, talk to any migrants. went to a port of entry and people are not crossing there illegally, you can see they are walking through the river and he did not go down there to see any of that. sandra: just remarkable. this is happening as not just people are pouring over the borders but fentanyl is pouring over our southern borders and we have interviewed many parents who have lost their children to this crisis here on the program, it s devastating. and all this is happening at the border as el chapo s son is arrested in this major fentanyl