L.A. County crews begin cleanup after storms
Taking advantage of the dry and sunny weekend, crews with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works were assessing damage caused by last week’s pounding storms and were clearing roadways, underground storm drains and debris catch basins near recently burned areas.
“When the sun comes out, we start work again,” department spokesman Bob Spencer said Saturday. “We have a lot of road crews clearing out the roads of mud and debris. Flood-control people will be in the basins.”
Crews were inspecting 1,000 miles of underground storm drains and 500 miles of flood-control channels. Priorities were the 155 basins, many of which have reached capacity. Crews will also begin to clear many of the canyon roadways clogged by mud and debris.
“We’re going to be busy like this through the winter season,” Spencer said.
He said 75,000 acre-feet of water has been collected in reservoirs, enough for about 150,000 families for a year.
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