EL NINO NOT DONE WITH SANTA CLARITA VALLEY JUST YET.Byline: Stacy Brown Daily News Staff Writer Rain pelted 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. again Saturday, causing occasional traffic jams on the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley and Golden State freeways but no serious crashes, officials said. To date, El Nino conditions have dropped more than 45 inches of rain on the Santa Clarita Valley, and more showers are expected today. Mahtad Davi, who was attending a 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, Central Park groundbreaking ceremony in Saugus on Saturday, said he has had enough. ``All of this rain has got to go,'' Davi said. ``I'm tired of it, and I'm sure I'm not alone in how I feel.'' The Federal Emergency Management Agency The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is the federal agency responsible for coordinating emergency planning, preparedness, risk reduction, response, and recovery. The agency works closely with state and local governments by funding emergency programs and providing technical said El Nino's presence was less costly than most had initially thought it would be. In California, the storms have caused damage exceeding $500 million, a figure that is small in comparison to those from winter storms in 1995 and 1997, each of which produced $1.8 billion in damage. El Nino is a phenomenon of the tropical Pacific in which the westward-blowing trade winds weaken, allowing a pool of warm water normally situated off Australia to slosh eastward toward South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . It adds moisture and energy to the atmosphere that fuel worldwide climate disturbances. As of late March, satellite images showed the pool of warm water was dwindling dwin·dle v. dwin·dled, dwin·dling, dwin·dles v.intr. To become gradually less until little remains. v.tr. To cause to dwindle. See Synonyms at decrease. . Residents in the Santa Clarita Valley whose homes were damaged during the recent storms can apply for assistance from Los Angeles County. Officials said homeowners who have had 40 percent uninsured losses may be eligible for relief. For more information regarding storm damage assistance, call (805) 286-4077. |
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