WA utility crews prepare for more rain after strong weekend storm

Public utility crews are preparing for the next round of heavy rain as cleanup continues from Saturday. Tens of thousands of people lost power that night. Fox 13's Taylor Winkle has more on how to prepare for the next forecasted atmospheric river. we are out here in Renton, we wanted to check out the Cedar River because if you remember the historic flooding we saw here in Washington last December, this is one of the rivers that swelled so much that it caused flooding here in downtown Renton damaging some buildings, Noah reporting that the river is in good shape today we'll keep watching it over the next 24 to 48 hours As the next round of atmospheric river rain moves in ahead of the next round of heavy rain, something you can do to help out at home is adopt a storm drain. Washington has a statewide program. Nearly 6,000 drains have been adopted so far, and the one in front of your home or business could be next, especially if it looks like this. So check that out, wa.adoptadrain.com .org now here in our state when storm drain maintenance falls out of county and city jurisdiction, it might be on you depending on where you live. Aside from drains, emergency crews want you to check on your batteries, your blankets, your food supply, and just be aware of what's around you. I think that our community sees these storms every year. So we do know how to be prepared. It's just when we are prepared. So getting that stuff together, making sure you have a communication plan, making sure that if you're going to utilize a generator, that's where we tend to see a lot of issues, making sure you're not backfeeding the generator, you're putting it somewhere safe outside your home that's not going to experience a window or a door or somewhere where it could potentially put in some CO poisoning into your home. This was one of the first wind advisories of this season, so a lot of stale sort of tree materials came down. Will be monitoring what happens in the next day or two with the next round. For now, reporting in Renton, I'm Taylor Winkle, Fox 13 News.