really emphasize and increase awareness. they re touring danger zones, bracing for el nino. what we can do a better job at, we can all prepare and take care of each other to minimize losses and damages. here s the latest national weather service el nino warning. it continues to reflect warming across the tropical, central and eastern pacific ocean. based on water now 2.4 degrees celsius, the measurement of this el nino is just behind the de stating 1997, 1998 e el nino event. that season, 38 inches of rape, twice the normal average cascaded on to los angeles. now crews are digging out 3300 miles of storm drains. a road supervisor warns when the rains come, stay away from slide zones, especially places stripped of vegetation by recent
single storm drain is completely clear. and they got an ominous look at what el nino could do when a storm went through here just about two weeks ago. a thunderstorm bounded northern los angeles county. cars becatrapped when mud gushe downhill sides. l.a. called in heavy equipment to clear roads,s. in a way, they re fighting water with water to clear huge milk shakes of muck in storm drains. really, our charge this year is to really emphasize and to increase that awareness. the public works director, like her counterparts throughout california is touring danger zones, bracing for el nio. we know that these natural disasters and extreme events are going to happen. it s just what we can do a better job at. and we all can prepare and take care of each other to minimize losses and damages. here s the latest national weather service el nino warp popping. october sea surface temperature continues to reflect warming across the tropical, central and eastern pacific