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Los Angeles warily awaits rain

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on December 7, 2009 at 6:10 am

From the Los Angeles Times:

“A weeklong barrage of rainstorms will test repairs to roads, ravines and utility services following the summer’s devastating Station fire — as well as canyon homeowners’ patience if the deluge triggers flooding or mudslides, officials said Sunday.

Los Angeles city and county workers positioned concrete barriers around denuded hillsides to steer muddy runoff expected from the first major rainfall since the fire three months ago that wiped out about a quarter of the Angeles National Forest. More than 160,000 acres burned in late August and September, including the upper Arroyo Seco canyon ravines edging such populous hillside communities as La Cañada Flintridge and La Crescenta.

Light overnight rain tonight is expected to intensify through Tuesday, and a second, wetter storm pushed by 25-mph winds has been forecast to dump as much as four more inches Wednesday and Thursday.

The cumulative pressures of that one-two punch had meteorologists and public works officials worried about extensive flooding in the communities below the Station fire sites. … “

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December 7, 2009 · Filed Under Southern California

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