(FOX40.COM) — Sacramento County Board of Supervisors recently declared a State of Emergency after damages from an atmospheric river storm reportedly exceeded over $12M in damages.
“The declaration was brought forth because the storm caused disruption to the power supplying infrastructure resulting in widespread power loss to over 200,000 utility customers,” said Sacramento County spokesperson, Matt Robinson.
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The storm happened Feb. 4 and critical facilities, communities and public spaces, individual residencies, and business were among those impacted by power outages. The declaration was made on Wednesday.
Robinson said that in addition to the damage done through the lack of electricity, the county is dealing with “destruction and debris from over 300 destroyed trees, and over 100 toppled transmission line poles.”
Over 200,000 Sacramento residents without power amid atmospheric river storm