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How To Recover After A Disaster

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Natural disasters, such as floods, earthquakes, fires, storms, and hurricanes, always strike unnoticed. Unfortunately, these disasters cause unplanned relocations, which can stress individuals and the community. Recovering from any disaster is gradual and occurs in stages that can take several days, weeks, months, or years depending on the extent of the damage. Nonetheless, affected families and businesses should initiate the ...

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Santa Clarita Flood Insurance Rate Maps To Be Updated By 2020 

A photo of a car in a flooded parking lot.

Officials in northern Los Angeles County, including Santa Clarita, are set to update the Flood Insurance Rate Maps for 2020, officials said Wednesday.  Flood risk changes over time due to new building and development, weather patterns, levee classifications and more. New maps provide up-to-date flood risk information and tools that can be used to enhance local mitigation plans, and help ...

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Rain, Gusty Winds Expected For Santa Clarita Throughout The Week

Another two inches of rain with strong gusty winds are forecasted for Santa Clarita, but are expected to clear by the weekend, officials said. Rain is predicted to start falling Tuesday, with chances of scattered showers lasting through Friday, according to Lisa Phillips with the National Weather Service. “The bulk of the rain should come in by around 4 p.m., ...

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El Niño Watch For Southern California Could Bring Floods And Mudslides

An El Niño Watch is in effect for Southern California, which means rainfall, potentially higher than usual, could cause mudslides and floods for Santa Clarita in the near future. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. Higher than normal sea temperatures in the South Pacific could bring more moisture into Southern California. This ...

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Santa Clarita Weather: Humidity, Possible Mountain Thunderstorms In Forecasts

While Santa Clarita weather is expected to stay relatively cool over the next several days, with temperatures in the 90s, mountain ranges to the north have a 20 percent chance of thunderstorms, according to the National Weather Service. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. “Throughout the weekend, Santa Clarita will see some ...

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Storm Slams Acton, Floods Roads With Strong Rain, Winds

The aftermath of a storm that dumped more than an inch of rain on Acton in less than an hour Picture courtesy of Stefanie Harbeson

Acton, especially the area surrounding Crown Valley Road, is still recovering from a flash flood that dumped a lot of rain in a short time Thursday. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. (Photos courtesy of Stefanie Harbeson) The flash flood watch was expected to be in effect until at least 10 p.m. ...

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Sand Canyon Evacuation Orders Lifted Monday, Flood Watch Still In Effect

Residents in the Sand Fire burn areas are able to start returning home Monday morning after evacuation order lifted. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. Starting at 10 a.m. Monday. Sand Canyon residents with a valid ID will be allowed back into the evacuated areas. While many roads have been reopened Public ...

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Tips On How Santa Clarita Residents Can Prepare For El Nino

Bridge to Home, Santa Clarita’s only homeless shelter, is preparing to open the shelter early and stay open approximately 30 days longer in anticipation of an El Nino winter.

Santa Clarita residents should prepare for the anticipated El Nino, which can bring very strong weather, such as floods and mudslides. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. It has been called by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory “too big to fail,” and will likely give Southern California above average rainfall this winter. In an ...

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Santa Clarita Offers Seven Week Emergency Response Training Course

The City of Santa Clarita is offering a seven-week emergency response program to teach SCV residents how to survive disasters such as earthquakes, fires, floods, hazardous incidents, and other life-threatening situations.   Taught by Los Angeles County Firefighters, Community Emergency Response Training (CERT) program will teach participants will to treat life-threatening injuries through the “Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment” method ...

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