Rain-soaked California to see more rounds of stormy weather

By JANIE HAR and SOPHIE AUSTIN
Associated Press/Report for America

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — State and federal officials are pleading with Californians to stay alert through several more rounds of stormy weather through the weekend and into next week. FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell visited Califronia on Friday to tour damage. She and others at a Friday press briefing asked residents to heed traffic warnings. Flood warnings are in effect for the Salinas River in Monterey County where thousands of acres of farmland could be inundated. California has been drenched by atmospheric river storms since late December, putting a dent in the state’s long drought but also causing flooding, power outages and at least 19 deaths.