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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — As much as 15 inches of rain could fall in the next 16 days in drought-parched Northern California. It's because El Nino is lining up over the Pacific, but scientists say they're not sure how much drought relief the rain will bring.
Doug Carlson, with the California Department of Water Resources, says four years of drought have left California with a water deficit that is too large for one El Nino year to totally overcome.
In Los Angeles County, showers could create flash-flooding, along with mud and debris flows, especially in wildfire burn areas. And the National Weather Service says 2 feet of snow is expected in the highest points of the Sierra Nevada.
Come April 1 — when the snowpack is typically at its deepest — water managers will be better able to gauge the situation.
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068-a-06-(Kitty Turny, resident, in interview Monday)-"things that count"-Resident Kitty Turny says she's keeping things in perspective as she prepares for possible mudslides or flooding near her home. COURTESY: KNBC TV((mandatory on-air credit)) (5 Jan 2016)
<<CUT *068 (01/05/16)££ 00:06 "things that count"
066-a-08-(Randall Wright, spokesman, Los Angeles County Fire Department, in interview Monday)-"clear and clean"-Los Angeles County Fire Department spokesman Randall Wright says sandbagging will help to divert water away from homes. COURTESY: KNBC TV ((mandatory on-air credit)) (5 Jan 2016)
<<CUT *066 (01/05/16)££ 00:08 "clear and clean"
067-a-04-(Patricia Turny, resident, in interview Monday)-"for the worst"-Resident Patricia Turny says she's concentrating on placing sandbags around her home. COURTESY: KNBC TV((mandatory on-air credit)) (5 Jan 2016)
<<CUT *067 (01/05/16)££ 00:04 "for the worst"
065-a-05-(Charmane Johnson, resident, in interview Monday)-"you have flooding"-California resident Charmane Johnson says she's worried about mudslides near her home because the hills have not recovered from wildfires in 2013. COURTESY: KNBC TV ((mandatory on-air credit)) (5 Jan 2016)
<<CUT *065 (01/05/16)££ 00:05 "you have flooding"
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