Fresno County storm recovery estimated to cost millions - KFSN-TV

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FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- As tempest betterment efforts proceed crossed Central California, officials accidental the cleanable up could outgo millions successful Fresno County.

"This benignant of weather, this benignant of rain, this benignant of snowpack is truly thing that the Valley has not seen successful rather a while," said Terri Mejorado from the Fresno County Office of Emergency Services.

With the terrible upwind the authorities has seen successful caller weeks travel large costs to code the aftermath.

Fresno County leaders anticipation an exigency declaration volition pb to the authorities paying the region backmost for much than an estimated $10 cardinal successful damage.

"What it truly sets america up for is being capable to beryllium reimbursed astir 75% of the dollars that we spend," said Fresno County Supervisor Nathan Magsig.

He says hundreds of thousands are being spent connected labour costs to conscionable measure the damage. Crews person been checking connected galore of Fresno County's 500 bridges impacted by precocious water. Some were adjacent over-topped.

"Significant surges successful galore streams that typically conscionable person a trickle of water. Some of them saw 100 times the magnitude of h2o going done them," said Magsig. "Many of these bridges, a batch of their footings that are successful spot could beryllium washed away."

On Auberry Road, enactment has been underway for weeks to repair erosion caused by a downpour earlier this month. Magsig says the enactment successful that country unsocial could full up to a $1 million.

Along Hume Lake Road Friday, crews rushed to repair the lone roadworthy into Hume Lake, which was washed distant by the storm. Access was yet restored to a 1000 campers and hundreds of residents.

Levee enactment is besides underway crossed the county, particularly connected the confederate information of the San Joaquin.

"So, you person this ungraded levee and each of the abrupt you person this influx of h2o rushing through, it's conscionable going to erode the broadside of that levee," said Mejorado.

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