2023 — Jan 1-14, CA winter weather, storms, heavy rain, levees breech, trees down, CA– 19

–22 LA Times. “Tracking the deaths from California’s winter storms: At least 22 killed.” 1-18-2023.
–19 Blanchard tally based on County breakouts below.

–1 El Dorado County, Jan. 3, American River South Fork. Drowning; Bruce Gordon, 33.
–2 Mendocino County
–1 Jan 7. Storm repair vehicle in traffic collision; Edgar Castillo, 37.
–1 Jan 9, Fort Bragg. Tree falls onto home on North Hwy. 1; Susan Stever, 68.
–5 Sacramento County.
–3 Jan 1. Levees breached along Cosumnes and Mokelumne rivers.
–1 Mei Keng Lam, 57, from San Leandro, CA
–1 Katherine Martinez, 61, from Orland, CA
–1 Stephen Sampson, 45, from McAlester, OK.
–2 Jan 7. Tree branches fall on tents of homeless people.
–1 Rebekah Rohde, 40.
–1 Steven Sorensen, 61.
–2 San Bernadino County
–1 Jan 1. Christine Flores, 65, loses control of vehicle on Arrowbear Drive, wrecks.
–1 Jan 6. Drowning. Body of Rodrigo Lucero Bonola, 41, found in drainage overflow.
–1 San Francisco. Jan 14. Elderly woman found dead next to a large fallen tree branch.
–1 San Luis Obispo County, Avila Beach. Woman drove vehicle on closed road into floodwater.
–1 San Mateo County, Jan 4. Marta Rivera-Morales, 70, tried to drive through flooded roadway.
–1 Santa Clara County, Jan 1. San Jose, Upper Penitencia Creek. Man found face-down.
–1 Solano County, Jan 4. Car hydroplanes into utility pole; Marmsha Nash, 19.
–2 Sonoma County.
–1 Jan 4. Tree falls on family trailer killing Aeon Tocchini, 2.
–1 Jan 11, Forestville. Drowning. Daphne Fontino, 43, found in submerged car.
–2 Tulare County, Jan 10. Lightning hits tree, which fell into northbound Highway 99 lanes.

Narrative Information

Jan 18, LA Times: “The series of winter storms that has battered California has proved dangerous and deadly, causing at least 22 storm-related deaths across the state…. Gov. Gavin Newsom said last week that the storms had claimed ‘more lives than wildfires in the past two years combined.’

“….There have been five confirmed deaths in Sacramento, two each in Sonoma, Tulare, San Bernardino, Mariposa and Mendocino, and one each in El Dorado, Solano, Santa Cruz, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara and San Luis Obispo….” (Los Angeles Times. “Tracking the deaths from California’s winter storms: At least 22 killed.” 1-18-2023.)

Source

Los Angeles Times. “Tracking the deaths from California’s winter storms: At least 22 killed.” 1-18-2023. Accessed 3-8-2023 at: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-01-10/tracking-the-deaths-from-californias-winter-storms