#storm-damage

#storm-damage

After up to 15 feet of snow fell on some areas of Yosemite National Park, the park has been closed with no estimated time of reopening, among the many closures of parks and forestlands across California following a series of powerful winter storms."Park crews are working to restore critical services so visitors can safely return," Yosemite park officials said.

Fiona and Ian are being retired from the rotating lists of Atlantic tropical cyclone names because of the death and destruction that storms with those names caused last year, the World Meteorological Organization said.Farrah will replace Fiona on the lists while Idris will replace Ian, the organization said in a statement on Wednesday.

Fort Myers, Florida CNN In the shadow of Lee McCall's crumbled home sits an old RV and two tents that are now housing her family.The house, located in St. James City, is still rotting after Hurricane Ian pounded Southwest Florida in September, flooding thousands of homes, including theirs.The small community outside Fort Myers is still marred by storm wreckage on most streets.

Restaurants "It makes you think about why you live here and why you rebuild."As he watched the rain beat down last Thursday night and pored over ominous tide schedules, Paul Fanizzi had a sinking feeling.By Friday morning, he knew something was wrong; his restaurant, located along the water in Provincetown, had flooded.

Southern California will get a break in the rain for part of Sunday, but a new storm is on the way.The region was hit by intense storms on Saturday.That storm set several new rainfall records for the date, including downtown L.A. (1.82 inches), LAX (1.53 inches) and Long Beach airport (1.72 inches).

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Friday declared a local state of emergency after storms pounded the city earlier this week, causing mudslides, flooding and road closures.The city is expecting another storm to move in by Saturday, raising not only the possibility of more damage from the rain, but hindering officials' ability to address the damage already caused.

At least two more storms are headed toward California over the next few days, bringing heavy rain to some parts and additional challenges to the already saturated and battered state.Forecasters across the state called Friday a short reprieve from the onslaught of downpours and high winds over the last week, which have flooded coastal and urban areas, triggered mudslides and downed trees and left at least five people dead.

Just two weeks after the closure of his influential Northern California restaurant Manresa, chef David Kinch is giving fans a first sense of what's next.According to the Mercury News, Kinch and his "business and bakery partners" will open three new restaurants as a part of a housing development being built in Los Gatos.