Fresno County preps for widespread rain and mountain snow

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Much of California is bracing for rounds of bedewed upwind this vacation week.

Parts of Central California could spot respective inches of rainfall and aggregate feet of upland snowfall overnight Tuesday done Friday.

Fresno County leaders accidental they're acceptable for what's to come.

"We're going to person unit members disposable 24 hours a day," Fresno County supervisors, District 5, Nathan Magsig said.

The region says nationalist works crews are already staging for the storms.

"They're making definite culverts and different areas on roadways are clear, due to the fact that really, that's what's 1 of the biggest issues erstwhile we're getting a batch of rainfall coming astatine 1 time," Fresno County Office of Emergency Services EMS Director, Dan Lynch explained.

Burn scars are besides a interest for the region arsenic debris flows and mud slides are possible.

"Our nationalist works crews person equipment. They person chainsaws, and they're prepared to marque definite that our roadways stay harmless and passable," Magsig said.

The county's exigency services squad says they're prepared for the worst.

"We bash person rescue teams from the Sheriff's office, Fresno County Fire Protection District and the EMS services to respond with rescue successful lawsuit there's immoderate catastrophic benignant of event. We truly don't expect that astatine all," Lynch stated.

In Clovis, residents are loading up sandbags to hole for dense rain.

Some traveling done Prather are stopping successful astatine ACE Hardware for exigency supplies similar flashlights, batteries and tyre chains.

"They travel to america archetypal due to the fact that we usually person them successful stock, and they alert retired of here. You person to person them. They're not going to fto you up the elevation if you don't person them," co-owner of ACE Hardware, Pat Sikora said.

ACE expects Christmas Eve to beryllium engaged arsenic galore anticipation to spot a achromatic Christmas.

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