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To: Scrapps who wrote (12630)	2/10/1998 1:22:00 PM
From: Moonray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22053

3COM Weather Report: Clinton declares storm disaster in California SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 10 - President Clinton declared much of California a major disaster area Monday as the state's rain-weary residents prepared to get pummeled again by a fresh storm moving in from the Pacific. Clinton's announcement opened the door for federal aid to 27 California counties which have been hit with flooding, mudslides, evacuations and power outages caused by a string of El Nino-driven storms that began Feb. 2. "My administration is committed to ensuring a speedy recovery from this extraordinary natural disaster," Clinton said in a statement. Monday provided a brief respite of sunny skies across the West Coast, allowing relief officials to ready sandbags and other emergency measures before the next storm front was due to hit early Tuesday morning. In the Mexican border cities of Tijuana and Rosarito, where 13 people were killed by floods and mudslides on Sunday, police and military personnel were out on the streets on Monday trying to remove tons of mud left from floodwaters that overturned cars, inundated businesses and washed out homes in low-lying areas. Forecasters at the National Weather Service said Monday the new storm bearing down on northern California was not as powerful as the three which slammed the state this month. But they noted that with rivers, streams and reservoirs already full, even moderate rain could threaten more flooding. "This next one will not be what we've seen in the past, neither in rain or winds," said Michael Mercer of NWS. "But we will definitely be watching the smaller streams, and of course the Russian and Napa rivers." The San Francisco area has been hit with more than nine inches of rain so far this month, making it the third wettest February since 1848, when measurements began. With two more storm fronts expected to move into the area on Thursday and again on Saturday, many expected the season to go down in the record books. "This definitely has the potential for being the wettest February ever recorded," Mercer said. El Nino, the band of unusually warm water in the Pacific Ocean, is believed responsible for at least some of the bad weather, which has been held responsible for at least five deaths in California over the past week. As Californians assessed the damage, Clinton's declaration made federal funding available to individuals and local governments for disaster housing, grants, low-cost loans to cover uninsured property losses, and other measures. About 3,500 residents of Pajaro and San Gerardo in Monterey County south of San Francisco were allowed to return to their homes Monday after officials determined that the Pajaro River had receded back to safe levels. "But residents and business owners were being advised that they must remain ready to re-evacuate at short notice," said Alan Miyamoto of the Monterey Office of Emergency Services. Mexican officials reported seven deaths in Tijuana and six in Rosarito after Sunday's storm. "Most of them were children who drowned trying to cross bridges or when the current swept them away," said Fabiola Haros, a staff member of the Tijuana press office. She said more than 300 people were in shelters, most of them in Tijuana. More than a dozen trucks and heavy pieces of equipment were sent to Tijuana on Monday by San Diego Mayor Susan Golding to help in the cleanup effort. To the north, in Lake County about 110 miles north of San Francisco, Clear Lake overflowed on Sunday, causing a mandatory evacuation of 300 to 400 homes. Evacuations were also ordered in the little town of Rio Nido, a resort on the Russian River in Sonoma County, where six houses were destroyed by mudslides and a weakened hillside was threatening even more. California's Office of Emergency Services said more than 1,150 homes and 280 other buildings were damaged by the storms, but it was too early for a total damage estimate. The Amtrak rail service, which has suffered delays and cancellations throughout California since the storms began, planned to resume service around San Francisco and the Central Valley Tuesday, but coastal services would remain out, Amtrak spokesman Dominick Albano said. "We're taking it day by day," Albano said. o~~~ O