COUNTY GETS A GOOD SOAKING.Byline: Daily News The first fall rains Monday contributed to dozens of minor vehicle crashes on Ventura County highways and sent streams of water through arroyos, but no serious injuries or flooding were reported. Rain began falling across much of the county between 6 and 7 a.m. and continued heavy at times throughout the day. Rainfall totals by late afternoon ranged from 1.14 inches in Ojai to 0.20 inch at Silver Strand Beach Silverstrand Beach is an isolated beach neighborhood located in the city of Oxnard, California. It is bounded on the south/southwest by the Pacific Ocean and the waters of the Channel Islands Harbor; on the east by the United States Navy Base at Port Hueneme and on the north by in Oxnard, said Robin Jester, an engineer with the Ventura County Flood Control District. In the east county, Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. registered 0.71 inch by late afternoon, with Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. totaling 0.28 inch and Moorpark 0.20 inch, Jester said. The California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. responded to 34 vehicle collisions on state highways between 6 a.m. and 2 p.m. The busiest period was during heavy rainfall that occurred in the late morning hours, said Dave Cockrill, CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan spokesman. Jester said the rains were the first of the rainfall year that began Oct. 1 and will continue through September. ``We're supposed to have an intermittent chance for rainstorms until sometime Sunday,'' she said. Lingering lin·ger v. lin·gered, lin·ger·ing, lin·gers v.intr. 1. To be slow in leaving, especially out of reluctance; tarry. See Synonyms at stay1. 2. moisture behind a Pacific storm front continued to bring showers to the county throughout the afternoon. There was locally heavy rain, mainly over south-facing slopes and canyons, and snow levels were expected to drop to 6,000 feet by today, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the National Weather Service forecast. A second storm was expected to hit the region this afternoon. The storm could produce heavy mountain snows, strong winds and high surf on the coast, as well as heavy rain, according to the Weather Service forecast. CAPTION(S): Photo: Scott Rubenstein, 7, left, plays with the umbrella of his sis ter, Maggie, 9, while their baby sitter, Judy Vasquez holds her daughters while waiting for a bus Monday morning. Tina Gerson/Daily News |
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