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Storm leaves flooding, fallen tree damage across Modesto area. Here’s what’s ahead

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A break on New Year’s Day from wild weather across the Modesto region is allowing flooding on roadways to subside and residents and cleanup crews to remove fallen trees and repair damage.

Flooding remained a danger in some places, though. Residents who went out to East La Loma Park to enjoy the sunny Sunday were asked to leave midafternoon because Dry Creek was flooding, police reported.

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Motorist missing in south Sacramento County after floodwaters overwhelm roadways

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Rescue crews are searching for a motorist who was reported missing in floodwaters in south Sacramento County.

Dan Quiggle, deputy fire chief for operations for Cosumnes Community Service District Fire Department, said Cosumnes and Wilton fire crews were searching for a missing motorist who was reported washed off Dillard Road near Highway 99 overnight.

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These locations in the Sacramento area have sandbags available ahead of the weekend storm

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(KTXL) — With a flood watch being issued for much of California’s Central Valley and the Great Lake Tahoe Area due to the potential for local flooding, here are the locations where residents can receive sandbags.

AMADOR COUNTY:

Airport parking lot near General Services Administration Building in Martell

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Stanislaus County pounded by wind, heavy rain. How long will flood advisory be in effect?

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The latest storm to spread across Northern California brought wind gusts Saturday morning to Modesto, followed by drenching rain in the afternoon and localized street flooding.

Winds gusting at 30 to 35 mph knocked down tree limbs across the city and other parts of Stanislaus County.

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As temps drop, warming centers open

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With more rain projected this weekend and overnight temperatures expected to dip into the low 30s next week, the county has opened designated warming zones across the county.

In Turlock, warming zones are open at the Roger K. Fall Transit Center, 1418 N. Golden State Blvd; the Turlock Public Library, 550 N. Minaret Ave.; and the Turlock Gospel Mission, 437 S. Broadway.

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Rain, speed a dangerous combination on Modesto area roads, resulting in several crashes

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Mother Nature made good on meteorologists’ predictions, dropping nearly three-quarters of an inch of rain in Modesto as of early afternoon Tuesday. Combined with what fell Monday, the area has received 0.69 inches, with more to come.

The wet roads, combined with speeding and other behavior unsafe given the conditions, contributed to several collisions on Election Day.

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Modesto, Turlock districts keep producing power in heat wave but face record temps, demand

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The Modesto and Turlock irrigation districts, which provide electricity to nearly all of the homes, businesses, schools and other consumers in Stanislaus County, continue to power through the prolonged heat wave.

Spokeswomen for both districts in Tuesday emails thanked their customers for conserving and urged them to keep at it, especially from 4 to 9 p.m. The two districts have about 230,000 customers.

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Record-breaking heat wave continues to bake Modesto as people seek ways to stay cool

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At least 67 people used cooling centers in Stanislaus County over the Labor Day holiday weekend heat wave, according to the county Office of Emergency Services.

That number is only for people who stayed at one of the eight county branch libraries that served as cooling centers and does not include people who used cooling centers at a few other locations, such as the Patterson City Hall lobby, Ceres Community Center and Oakdale’s Gladys L. Lemmons Senior Center.

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Energy emergency alert level upgraded by Cal ISO | Tracking California power outages amid heat wave

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CALIFORNIA, USA — Update: 6:40 p.m.

The California agency managing the state's energy grid recently upgraded its energy emergency alert from level 1 to level 2.

"(Independent System Operator) requests emergency energy from all resources and activated emergency demand response program. Consumers urged to conserve energy," the description says.

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The coming California megastorm. When will it hit?

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California, where earthquakes, droughts and wildfires have shaped life for generations, also faces the growing threat of another kind of calamity, one whose fury would be felt across the entire state.

This one will come from the sky.

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