Biden to tour California hurricane damage, see recovery work

Biden has already approved the state’s major disaster declaration, freeing up additional federal resources for recovery efforts.

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is set to tour damage and get information on recovery efforts following devastating storms that have hit California in recent weeks, killing at least 20 people and wreaking havoc in 41 of the state’s 58 counties.

The President, accompanied by FEMA Administrator Dina Criswell, Governor Gavin Newsom, and other state and local officials, will visit the hurricane-hit Capitola Pier in Santa Cruz County Thursday, where he will meet with business owners and affected residents.

Biden will also meet with first responders and make remarks about state recovery support at nearby Seacliff State Park.

“More than 500 FEMA and other federal employees are already deployed to California to support response and recovery operations and are working side by side with the state to ensure that all needs are truly met on the ground,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jeanne said Wednesday. Pierre. .

Biden has already approved the state’s major disaster declaration, freeing up additional federal resources for recovery efforts. Hours before the visit, he raised the level of available federal aid even higher.

The entire state of California averaged 11.47 inches of rain and snow from December 26 to January 17, according to the National Weather Service’s Weather Prediction Center. the highest elevations of the Sierra Nevada.

California receives most of its rain and snow in winter from a weather phenomenon known as “atmospheric rivers” – long, narrow bands of water vapor that form over the ocean and flow across the sky.

California has been hit by nine atmospheric rivers since late December. The storms have subsided in recent days, although forecasters predicted some rain by the end of this week, followed by a dry period.

Associated Press contributors Seth Borenstein of Washington and Adam Beam of Sacramento, California contributed to this report.

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