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Sadly, its not over yet. theres always too much of a good thing is never a good thing. >> especially after so much drought. >> they needed rain. now they are getting too much. lets get the forecast with meteorologist derek van dam. >> good morning, boris and ana. we focus attention across the northern and central portions of the state. the national weather service using strong language today where residents need to prepare to evacuate within 15 minutes or less due to the potential of flooding ac...

Turn around, dont drown. never cross flooded roadways. its the best advice. this is the storm system that continues to bring the flooding rains to california. while the rainfall totals are impressive, we have seen some of the mountainous regions upwards of 10 inches of rainfall with some impressive totals for los angeles. they did not set a record, but they are just shy of that. still a significant population density under a flash flood watch. we also have the potential for heavy snowfall. its a...

The oroville lake, it all rushes down from the mountains. farther up to the north, more snowfall. we actually have some winter weather advisories stretching that direction, so its something were paying very close attention to. oroville, california, the oroville lake, the dam, at least a small chance of rain for the rest of the day today, but that really begins to build for us on sunday, monday and tuesday. so so its a nice little stretch where we can talk about this really beginning to pile up. ...

Today, but thats not the big system were talking about. theres an develop shore flow where -- onshore flow where were looking getting into sunday and monday. heres our future radar can. wouldnt be surprised if a couple folks seeing some light rain today, but that next really big system, here it is on our future radar. really through the overnight hours tonight into early sunday morning, and you start to see some very heavy rainfall. at times really piling up against the sierra nevadas, the casca...

We have derek van dam with the latest. >> this will produce big time rains and snowfall for the mountains region. not good news for the threatened lake oroville dam. evacuations continue across the region. look at the flood watch areas, including los angeles. we could experience 5 to 10 inches of rainfall across the south facing mountain slopes. it is not only heavy rain and strong gusty winds to bring down trees and topple power lines. gusting in excess of 50 miles per hour. the central u.s. lo...

Anywhere you see that shading of green, flash flood watches in place. that includes los angeles. rain is not the only concern. high winds in excess of 60 miles per hour, perhaps. you can see the shades of red indicating the high wind warnings in effect. that is all thanks to a series of storm systems that continue to line up our atmospheric river of moisture that will produce significant rain and high elevations of snowfall. not good news for the already threatened lake oroville spillway. rememb...

California is bracing for yet another storm amid concerns that additional rainfall could intensify problems at the oroville dam. for more, lets head to our fox weather center and meteorologist adam klotz. >> yes, the system youre talking about is just now beginning to run up onto the west coast. this is one that is going to be lingering so the heaviest rain is still beginning to make its way in that right now stretching from northern california up to portions of northern washington. let me put y...

Theyre allowing a lot of water to be expelled out of the main spillway and reducing the levels. theres a storm system on the horizon. a second storm comes in friday, through much of the weekend. and that could bring in not only heavy rainfall, high-elevation snowfall. you put this together, the water level is poised to rise again. thats why officials are trying to quickly bring the levels back down to a manageable state across this region. >> pedram, thanks very much. you are watching cnn news...

Reservoir, as well. theres the damage occurring there to the left of the screen. its a earthen dam. if that fails, its a disaster scenario. and the projections are such, if they have done the calculations, within one hour, 10 feet to 100 feet of water the oroville, 100 photoof water. seven hours later,en the-feet-high waters, would reach marriesville or yuba city. why the people in the communities have been evacuated. and storms come in one after another. wednesday into thursday. minimal rainfal...

In maine thats the bulls eye. were going to get a foot of snowfall throughout the day today and blizzard-like conditions. and winds houling at 40 and 50 miles per hour. in areas around boston. >> the wind is already picking up here in new york as well. thank you for all of that. were following breaking news now where nearly 200,000 people face evacuation orders near the dam and its because you saw on your screen there theres the damage right there. its a big hole and an emergency spill way thats...