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Pacific storm dumps heavy rains, unleashes flooding in 2 California coastal cities
PORT HUENEME, Calif. (AP) — A Pacific storm pounded parts of Southern California on Thursday with heavy rain and street flooding, adding to hassles as holiday travel got underway.
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PORT HUENEME, Calif. (AP) — A Pacific storm pounded parts of Southern California on Thursday with heavy rain and street flooding, adding to hassles as holiday travel got underway.
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PORT HUENEME, Calif. (AP) — A Pacific storm pounded parts of Southern California on Thursday with heavy rain and street flooding, adding to hassles as holiday travel got underway.
The early morning downpours targeted coastal Ventura County, just to the northwest of Los Angeles County, swamping areas in the cities of Oxnard and Port Hueneme.
Rainfall rates exceeded 3 inches (7.6 centimeters) an hour as flash-flooding occurred, the National Weather Service said.
People walk their dogs during a break between rain showers near the Golden Gate Bridge and Fort Point in San Francisco, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
The city of Port Hueneme issued evacuation orders for residences on four streets and warned of potential evacuations on four other streets. An evacuation center was set up at a college gymnasium.
The city of Oxnard said in a social media post that many streets and intersections were heavily impacted. “Please stay off the city streets for the next several hours until the water recedes,” the post said.
The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for Oxnard and the city of Ventura at 1:28 a.m. due to a high-intensity thunderstorm, but no tornado activity was immediately observed, the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office said in a social media post.
The storm swept through Northern California earlier in the week as the center of the low-pressure system slowly moved south off the coast. Forecasters described it as a “cutoff low,” a storm that is cut off from the general west-to-east flow and can linger for days, increasing the amount of rainfall.
The system was producing hit-and-miss bands of precipitation rather than generalized widespread rainfall. Forecasters said the low would wobble slightly away from the coast on Thursday, drawing moisture away and allowing some sunshine, but will return.
In this photo provided by Mammoth Lakes Tourism, people walk in the snow in Mammoth Lakes, Calif., Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. A foot of snow has fallen at the resort and all base areas are open. Forecasters are warning of potential flooding from excessive rainfall as a slow-moving Pacific storm blows into California. (Samantha Lindberg/Mammoth Lakes Tourism via AP)
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The San Diego-area weather office warned that rather than fizzling, the storm was gathering energy and its main core would move through that region overnight through Friday morning.
Meanwhile, Californians were gearing up for holiday travel and finishing preparations for Christmas. The Automobile Club of Southern California predicted 9.5 million people in the region would travel during the year-end holiday period.
The Northeast was hit with an unexpectedly strong storm earlier this week, and some parts of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont were still digging out from rain and wind damage. Parts of Maine along the Androscoggin and Kennebec rivers were hit especially hard.
Flood waters were receding throughout northern New England, though some localized areas were still in the flood stage, said Jon Palmer, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. Flood warnings were also still in effect in parts of Maine and New Hampshire, he said.
At least one person was still missing in Maine, where at least three people died as a result of the storm. The storm cut power to 400,000 customers in Maine, and restoration was still underway Thursday morning.
A man walks his dogs near Steamer Lane as storm clouds approach in Santa Cruz, Calif., Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)Southbound lanes on U.S. Highway 101 in South San Francisco, Calif., flood during a storm Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. The storm, which was likely to be more powerful than one that blew in earlier this week, was expected to finally jumpstart a laggard rainy season just a year after California was inundated by a flurry of atmospheric rivers that refilled reservoirs that had been emptied by a prolonged drought. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group via AP)People walk their dogs during a break between rain showers near the Golden Gate Bridge and Fort Point in San Francisco, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)In this photo provided by Mammoth Lakes Tourism, people walk in the snow in Mammoth Lakes, Calif., Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. A foot of snow has fallen at the resort and all base areas are open. Forecasters are warning of potential flooding from excessive rainfall as a slow-moving Pacific storm blows into California. (Samantha Lindberg/Mammoth Lakes Tourism via AP)A man walks his dogs near Steamer Lane as storm clouds approach in Santa Cruz, Calif., Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)Southbound lanes on U.S. Highway 101 in South San Francisco, Calif., flood during a storm Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. The storm, which was likely to be more powerful than one that blew in earlier this week, was expected to finally jumpstart a laggard rainy season just a year after California was inundated by a flurry of atmospheric rivers that refilled reservoirs that had been emptied by a prolonged drought. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group via AP)People walk their dogs during a break between rain showers near the Golden Gate Bridge and Fort Point in San Francisco, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)In this photo provided by Mammoth Lakes Tourism, people walk in the snow in Mammoth Lakes, Calif., Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. A foot of snow has fallen at the resort and all base areas are open. Forecasters are warning of potential flooding from excessive rainfall as a slow-moving Pacific storm blows into California. (Samantha Lindberg/Mammoth Lakes Tourism via AP)In this photo provided by Mammoth Lakes Tourism, people walk in the snow in Mammoth Lakes, Calif., Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. A foot of snow has fallen at the resort and all base areas are open. Forecasters are warning of potential flooding from excessive rainfall as a slow-moving Pacific storm blows into California. (Samantha Lindberg/Mammoth Lakes Tourism via AP)A man walks his dogs near Steamer Lane as storm clouds approach in Santa Cruz, Calif., Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)Southbound lanes on U.S. Highway 101 in South San Francisco, Calif., flood during a storm Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. The storm, which was likely to be more powerful than one that blew in earlier this week, was expected to finally jumpstart a laggard rainy season just a year after California was inundated by a flurry of atmospheric rivers that refilled reservoirs that had been emptied by a prolonged drought. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group via AP)People walk their dogs during a break between rain showers near the Golden Gate Bridge and Fort Point in San Francisco, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)In this photo provided by Mammoth Lakes Tourism, people walk in the snow in Mammoth Lakes, Calif., Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. A foot of snow has fallen at the resort and all base areas are open. Forecasters are warning of potential flooding from excessive rainfall as a slow-moving Pacific storm blows into California. (Samantha Lindberg/Mammoth Lakes Tourism via AP)A man walks his dogs near Steamer Lane as storm clouds approach in Santa Cruz, Calif., Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)Southbound lanes on U.S. Highway 101 in South San Francisco, Calif., flood during a storm Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. The storm, which was likely to be more powerful than one that blew in earlier this week, was expected to finally jumpstart a laggard rainy season just a year after California was inundated by a flurry of atmospheric rivers that refilled reservoirs that had been emptied by a prolonged drought. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group via AP)People walk their dogs during a break between rain showers near the Golden Gate Bridge and Fort Point in San Francisco, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)In this photo provided by Mammoth Lakes Tourism, people walk in the snow in Mammoth Lakes, Calif., Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. A foot of snow has fallen at the resort and all base areas are open. Forecasters are warning of potential flooding from excessive rainfall as a slow-moving Pacific storm blows into California. (Samantha Lindberg/Mammoth Lakes Tourism via AP)A man walks his dogs near Steamer Lane as storm clouds approach in Santa Cruz, Calif., Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)Southbound lanes on U.S. Highway 101 in South San Francisco, Calif., flood during a storm Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. The storm, which was likely to be more powerful than one that blew in earlier this week, was expected to finally jumpstart a laggard rainy season just a year after California was inundated by a flurry of atmospheric rivers that refilled reservoirs that had been emptied by a prolonged drought. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group via AP)People walk their dogs during a break between rain showers near the Golden Gate Bridge and Fort Point in San Francisco, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)In this photo provided by Mammoth Lakes Tourism, people walk in the snow in Mammoth Lakes, Calif., Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. A foot of snow has fallen at the resort and all base areas are open. Forecasters are warning of potential flooding from excessive rainfall as a slow-moving Pacific storm blows into California. (Samantha Lindberg/Mammoth Lakes Tourism via AP)A man walks his dogs near Steamer Lane as storm clouds approach in Santa Cruz, Calif., Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)People walk their dogs during a break between rain showers near the Golden Gate Bridge and Fort Point in San Francisco, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)People walk their dogs during a break between rain showers near the Golden Gate Bridge and Fort Point in San Francisco, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)In this photo provided by Mammoth Lakes Tourism, people walk in the snow in Mammoth Lakes, Calif., Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. A foot of snow has fallen at the resort and all base areas are open. Forecasters are warning of potential flooding from excessive rainfall as a slow-moving Pacific storm blows into California. (Samantha Lindberg/Mammoth Lakes Tourism via AP)A man walks his dogs near Steamer Lane as storm clouds approach in Santa Cruz, Calif., Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)Southbound lanes on U.S. Highway 101 in South San Francisco, Calif., flood during a storm Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. The storm, which was likely to be more powerful than one that blew in earlier this week, was expected to finally jumpstart a laggard rainy season just a year after California was inundated by a flurry of atmospheric rivers that refilled reservoirs that had been emptied by a prolonged drought. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group via AP)
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BRANDON — Canada Packers has strengthened its business and laid the foundation for future growth during its first year as an independent company, its president says.
The Brandon-based pork producer, separated from Maple Leaf Foods in October 2025, established its own leadership, strategy, systems, culture and identity while continuing operations across its hog production farms and regional hog barns in southern and eastern Manitoba.
The company’s first year was focused on building a successful standalone business while continuing to serve customers, communities and shareholders, president Dennis Organ said.
“Market conditions over the past year have been more challenging than we anticipated when we became a separate entity,” he said in an email. “Despite that, we continued to execute against our priorities, including increasing processing volumes, maintaining disciplined operations and strengthening the business.”
Carla K. Johnson, The Associated Press5 minute readFriday, Feb. 28, 2020
The global spread of infection from the new virus reached a critical stage this week with the number of new cases reported in the rest of the world surpassing the number of new cases in China, where the emergency began.
Reflecting how tourism and business travel unite the planet, Antarctica is the only continent with no reported cases of the illness COVID-19. Troubling outbreaks in South Korea, Japan, Italy and Iran have seeded cases elsewhere as travellers bring the virus home with them.
With the world at a tipping point, there was hopeful new evidence from China showing that containment is possible. And as more mild cases are counted, experts said, the death rate may be more like seasonal flu than like previous new coronavirus outbreaks.
My very first lesson does not start when I walk into that lecture hall, oh no — it starts long before. It begins when I walk to my car, check the estimated arrival time to the University of Manitoba and hope that Winnipeg traffic agrees with it.
A drive that appears completely manageable changes almost immediately when I’m greeted by a tsunami of orange pylons and a line of cars that appears to go on forever. Traffic moves by the inch, lanes magically disappear and the detour I took yesterday now has a detour of its own. These factors make me do a calculation that I have become all too familiar with. How late can I arrive and still find parking, run to my class across campus and get to class with enough time left to make it worth it?
I have grown used to people saying, “Why not just leave earlier?” I do. But when I’m already leaving for my 8:30 a.m. class at 7 a.m., there’s only so much I can do. This drive that some would think is relaxing is one that feels like an assignment that I didn’t know I had to complete and is due at 8:30 a.m.
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Other than those in another rain cloud, it’s hard to find the silver linings attached to this year’s soggy harvest.
A showery September continued to cause delays and more deterioration in both quality and yield. Plus, the costs of mitigating post-harvest losses to spoilage are rising as the delays push further into fall. It takes more heat and time to artificially dry down grain as temperatures cool.
Crops harvested in August before the weather turned warm and damp came off with good quality and average yields. But farmers in some areas, such as southwest Manitoba, had only started when the rains came. Now they are plagued with standing water and sprouting swaths of grain that might not even make feed quality.
Suffice to say crop insurance adjusters are going to be busy this fall.
A Winnipeg Transit driver is recovering in hospital after a passenger stabbed him in the leg with a syringe while riding the bus early Wednesday, the Amalgamated Transit Union says.
The union said the incident occurred shortly before 1 a.m. while the operator was stopped in the northbound lanes of Isabel Street, near William Avenue. A female passenger reached around the driver’s safety shield and stabbed the driver twice before getting off the bus.
The driver was taken to the Seven Oaks Hospital in stable condition, where he is undergoing treatment and further testing, union president James Van Gerwin said in an interview.
“We spoke to the member. He is doing OK, but he is still in the hospital and he is scared — as anybody would be,” Van Gerwin said.
MONTREAL — Clinching top spot in the East isn’t the only reason why Tyson Philpot is itching to beat the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
“Obviously, my brother (Jalen) plays for the (Calgary) Stampeders, so I’d love to help push the Stampeders above them and help him get in the playoffs,” said the star receiver for the Montreal Alouettes after Friday’s walkthrough.
While the Als are sitting comfortably at 11-3, the Bombers (7-7) are trying to fend off Calgary (7-8) while also keeping pace with B.C. and Saskatchewan, who both entered the week at 8-6.
But there’s another reason that applies to everyone on the Als: they want revenge for the embarrassing 44-28 loss they suffered in Winnipeg in Week 13.
