CREWS SANDBAG AS RAIN FALLS AGAIN SWIFT-WATER RESCUE TEAM READY TO HELP.Byline: Amy Raisin Darvish Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - As the rain returned Friday morning, fire crews were sent to shore up a Val Verde Val Verde may mean:
small sacks containing sand used to support an anesthetized animal in dorsal recumbency and prevent it from rolling sideways during anesthesia or surgery. while a swift-water rescue team was deployed to a Newhall fire station as a precaution, authorities said. Three fire crews were dispatched at 10 a.m. Friday to Sheridan Drive in Val Verde, the site of some mudslides and earth movement during heavy rains last month. The crews - more than 30 people in all - worked for more than four hours placing sandbags in the areas considered most vulnerable to more rain. ``It's an area where there was some sliding in the past, so they wanted to be proactive anticipating the rain starting to fall,'' Inspector Ron Haralson of the Los Angeles County Fire Department Not to be confused with Los Angeles Fire Department. The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD), serves unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County, as well as 58 cities and towns that choose to have the county provide fire and EMS services, including the City of La said. This latest storm, expected to last through the weekend and drop as much as 1.5 inches of rain, will be a blip on the radar compared to the storms that hammered the area in recent weeks, 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. Bonnie bon·ny also bon·nie adj. bon·ni·er, bon·ni·est Scots 1. Physically attractive or appealing; pretty. 2. Excellent. Bartling of the National Weather Service. About 47 inches of rain have fallen in Santa Clarita since Oct. 1. Light rain is possible today with a 30 percent chance of continued showers into Sunday, Bartling said, noting the possibility that several storms may roll in from the coast late Monday or early Tuesday. ``We're not looking at any huge amounts of rain like we had before,'' Bartling said Friday afternoon. ``It shouldn't be too wet of a week, but there is the possibility of several storms coming in'' early next week. Paying close attention to the weather forecast, the county Fire Department on Friday dispatched swift-water rescue teams to specific fire stations across the county, including Station 73 in Newhall. The deployment was activated from 8 p.m. Friday until 8 a.m. today. Officials will base any decisions to extend those deployments on developing weather conditions. ``We dispatch these water rescue teams as a precaution when it rains,'' Haralson said. ``A swift-water rescue team will work out of Station 73 during this 12-hour period. We'll see what happens after that.'' Emergency crews consider the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. an area of concern during storms because the Santa Clara River Santa Clara River may refer to:
Amy Raisin Darvish, (661) 257-5254 amy.raisin(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Members of the L.A. County Camp 11 hand crew add sandbags and clear the area at the end of Sheridan Street in Val Verde. The area was hit hard by flooding during rains earlier this year. (2) A member of the L.A. County Camp 11 hand crew hauls sandbags at the end of Sheridan Street in Val Verde in preparation for more rain, which could hit the area again next week. David Crane/Staff Photographer |
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