Heavy Rains Worsen Floods Across Northern California
Flooding worsened as Stanislaus River rose while Marysville Yuba City area repopulated after refugees return. Dikes held in Santa Cruz while rail lines remained blocked north from San Francisco to Eureka. Rescue crews evacuated hundreds as helicopters saved a paralyzed woman on a mattress.
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Marysville
Feather River
Yuba City
Stockton
San Joaquin Channel
Isteton
Walnut Grove
Humboldt
del Norte
Coast Guard
Yuba
Civil Defense
Val Peterson
Reno
Nevada
Russell
Sierra
San Francisco
Eureka
U. S
Sierra Nevada
Lawtonville
Santa Cruz
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph
Santa Cruz Faces Huge Flood Clean-Up After Destruction
City Manager Robert N. Klein ordered full mobilization of resources to rehabilitation after the worst flood in local history. Seven bodies found. fourteen missing and 44 unaccounted for. Christmas services canceled. water must be boiled. beach area littered with debris as volunteers search wreckage.
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Santa Cruz
Robert N. Klein
Klein
San Lorenzo
Farms Suffer Flood Damage Near Fresno
The Fresno Irrigation District reports farmers south and west of Fresno faced major flood damage with thousands of acres flooded. Canals overflowed and defences failed in multiple locations, threatening populated areas northeast and southeast of the city.
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Fresno U
Fresno Irrigation District
Wresno
Vatican City
Carla Galeazzo-Lisi
Fius XII
Carl Gronlund
Riccardo Galeazzo-Lisi
Creek Canal
Fancher Creck
First Phone Call From Eureka After Floods Reach Humboldt
The first phone call since mid last week came from Eureka to the outside, via a radiotelephone relay, with new rains falling but not expected to cause more flooding. More than 400 homes were destroyed. over 1,000 people remain homeless. Some residents return to standing houses as crews work on a mopup and limited U.S. 101 north to Crescent City remains emergency-only.
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San Francisco
Eureka
Humboldt
del Norte
California
Associatedress
Bill Chambers
Chambers
Big Klamath
Eel Rivers
U. S. 101
Crescent City
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Stanislaus
San Joaquin
Fuba City
Feather
Sacramento
Here
San Lorenzo River
Fresno
Worthmore Millinery
W. First ST. Aii
Pope
American Avenue
Long Beach
Rexmere
Bigelow
Garfield
Castellano
Frank Bros
Paes
End Ste Ss Ae
Atlantic Ave
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