City and County officials prepare for heavy winter weather

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- With dense rainfall expected successful the Central Valley done the weekend, Fresno City workers were engaged clearing leaves by the truckload.

The Central Valley is bracing for the year's biggest spell of wintertime weather, and Fresno is putting measures successful spot to support residents safe.

"Checking pumps, clearing drains, making definite that everything is acceptable to go," said Public Works Director Scott Mozier.

Mozier volition person teams connected telephone 24/7, and their absorption is connected keeping debris retired of the roadways.

The precocious wintertime has allowed trees to support leaves that the tempest could crook into slick hazards for drivers and clog drains.

"If the rainfall gets much intense, we whitethorn spot the tempest sound down much of the leaves, which means a large accent for america is connected the thoroughfare sweeping program," Mozier said.

That programme was retired successful afloat unit Thursday.

Crews adjacent Sierra and West cleared the roads of immoderate and each debris, with the extremity of minimizing localized flooding.

In the mountains, concerns are rising implicit pain scars near by a summertime that saw respective fires.

But Fresno County District 5 Supervisor Nathan Magsig says crews person been moving astir the timepiece to support immoderate areas near susceptible by the blaze.

"If we bash person immoderate debris getting connected the roadway oregon mudslides happening, we've got instrumentality and crews that volition beryllium dispatched to wide those areas up," Magsig said.

For families disquieted astir protecting their property, Magsig is urging residents to not instrumentality matters into their ain hands, and is ensuring that assistance volition beryllium connected the way.

"If you bash find yourself successful an country wherever determination is flooding, bash not spell into that water. Do not adjacent bring your conveyance into that water. Please scope retired to our nationalist works department, oregon you tin ever interaction the non-emergency enactment and we volition dispatch crews to marque definite we support those roadways open," Magsig explained.

In the metropolis of Fresno, Mozier says cleanup crews volition beryllium sent retired arsenic soon arsenic the rainfall passes.

Anyone who spots immoderate hazards connected the roadworthy is encouraged to telephone 311 oregon study it done the Fres-Go App.