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California storms topple big trees in Sacramento

(10 Jan 2023) FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: 4414205 ASSOCIATED PRESS Sacramento, California - 9 January 2023 1. Various of crews removing fallen trees from street in front of state Capitol building HEADLINE: California storms topple big trees in state Capitol 2. Various of building destroyed by fallen trees ANNOTATION: Sacramento residents are cleaning up and surveying the damage caused by heavy rains and powerful winds that took down trees throughout the city. 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Tim Bonnington, Sacramento resident: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++ "Two nights ago, there were some pretty extreme winds through the area. As you can see, that pretty big tree got pushed over by the wind. This is one of like many. This is not the only one in the area. 4. Various of sidewalk upended by toppled tree 5. Car crushed by fallen tree 6. Niki Goffard stands in front of her home, which was damaged by fallen tree 7. SOUNDBITE (English) Niki Goffard, Sacramento resident whose home was crushed by fallen tree: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++ "Saturday night we were both sleeping, and the wind was getting really bad. And first branch hit our house. And then we got up and we're watching outside the window. And both of the trees here were blowing back and forth, really crazy. So we were debating on whether or not we wanted to stay in the house, and before we could make a decision, both trees fell, one on our house and one on our neighbor's house." 8. Various of Goddard's house and neighboring house damaged by fallen trees STORYLINE: Sacramento residents on Monday were cleaning up and surveying the damage caused by heavy rain and powerful winds that toppled giant trees throughout the state Capitol, crushing homes and vehicles. California was hit with more turbulent weather Sunday as thunderstorms, snow and damaging winds swept into the northern part the state, preceding another series of incoming storms and raising the potential for road flooding, rising rivers and mudslides on soils already saturated after days of rain. The National Weather Service warned of a "relentless parade of atmospheric rivers" — storms that are long plumes of moisture stretching out into the Pacific capable of dropping staggering amounts of rain and snow. In the state capital, more than 60,000 customers were still without electricity Sunday evening — down from more than 350,000 — after gusts of 60 mph (97 kph) knocked trees into power lines, according to the Sacramento Municipal Utility District. Gov. Gavin Newsom said 12 people lost their lives as a result of violent weather during the past 10 days, and he warned that this week's storms could be even more dangerous. He urged people to stay home. The weather service's Sacramento office said the region should brace for the latest atmospheric river to roar ashore late Sunday and early Monday. "Widespread power outages, downed trees and difficult driving conditions will be possible," the office said on Twitter. The state Department of Transportation warned motorists to stay off mountain roads after closing a stretch of U.S. 395 in Mono County, along the Eastern Sierra, due to heavy snow, ice and whiteout conditions. The wet weather comes after days of rain in California from Pacific storms that last week knocked out power to thousands, flooded streets, battered the coastline and caused at least six deaths. The storms won't be enough to officially end California's ongoing drought — but they have helped. =========================================================== Clients are reminded: Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...