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ByMatthewDaly TheAssociatedPress WASHINGTON California faces an estimated $50 billion price tag for roads, dams and other infrastruc- ture threatened by floods such as the one that se- verely damaged Oroville Dam last month, the state's natural resources secre- tary said Wednesday. Nearly 200,000 people living near the country's tallest dam were evacuated three weeks ago amid fears of a catastrophic flood af- ter heavy rains tore away a chunk of concrete from the main spillway, leaving it severely damaged. Swollen rivers, trou- bled levees and crumbling roads are causing havoc statewide as California copes with what is likely its wettest year ever, Cal- ifornia Natural Resources Secretary John Laird said. Severe winter storms have brought torrential rain and significant snow after five years of drought. Damage to California's highways is estimated at nearly $600 million. More than 14,000 people in San Jose were forced to evacu- ate last month and floods shut down a portion of a major freeway. In the Yosemite Valley, only one of three main routes into the national park's major attraction is open because of damage or fear the roads could give out from cracks and seep- ing water, rangers said. On central California's rain- soaked coast, a bridge in Big Sur has crumbled be- yond repair, blocking pas- sage on the north-south Highway 1 through the tourist destination for up to a year. Gov. Jerry Brown has redirected $50 million for emergency flood response and asked state lawmak- ers to speed up $387 mil- lion in spending from a 2014 voter-approved wa- ter bond. Laird called the proposals "an important start," but said they fall far short of the amount needed to address flood projects statewide. Fixing Oroville Dam alone could cost up to $200 million. Laird told the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee that he has asked the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and other federal agencies to expand inspection and re- view of all federally-owned dams in California, with particular attention paid to secondary structures such as spillways. He also has asked the Corps to update federal operating manuals for key California reservoirs and is seeking hundreds of mil- lions of dollars authorized under a new water-proj- ects law for rehabilitation of "high hazard dams" in the state. Dam improvements are part of a $10 billion law approved by Congress late last year to authorize wa- ter projects across the country, including more than two dozen projects in California. Sen. Kamala Harris, D- Calif., said nearly half of California's 1,400 dams are designated as "high hazard potential" by state officials. The state has invested about $11 billion in flood control management over the past decade, Harris said, yet more action is needed to protect nearly 7 million people and $580 billion worth of assets — buildings, farmland, and crops — that are at risk. The committee also heard from officials in Wy- oming and Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where recent floods caused millions of dollars in damage. The panel's chairman, Sen. John Barrasso, R- Wyo., said winter "ice jams" on partially fro- zen rivers, combined with rapid snowmelt, cause fre- quent floods that harm small towns from Wyo- ming to the Dakotas and upstate New York. President Donald Trump has made improving the nation's infrastructure a priority, and Barrasso said he was optimistic Congress would approve funding to modernize dams and le- vees across the country. "Infrastructure is criti- cal to our nation's prosper- ity," Barrasso said. "It's a driver of our nation's econ- omy and it impacts every community." ROADS, INFRASTRUCTURE Official:Calif.faces$50Bpricetagforfloodcontrol Washington 53/35 New York 48/31 Miami 83/69 Atlanta 59/ 40 Detroit 38/22 Houston 68/45 Chicago 37/20 Minneapolis 30/14 Kansas City 52/25 El Paso 68/41 Denver 50/25 Billings 41/29 Los Angeles 80/52 San Francisco 62/45 Seattle 49/44 AIRQUALITYFORECAST Whatitmeans:0-50:Good; 51-100:Moderate; 101-150:Unhealthyforsensitivepeople; 151+:Unhealthyforall. Source: Airnow.gov City Today'sairquality City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W CALIFORNIA CITIES National and world forecast s-sunny,pc-partly cloudy,c-cloudy,sh-showers,t-thunderstorms,r-rain,sf-snow flurries,sn-snow,i-ice City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Summary National Extremes World Extremes North and South America Asia, Australia Africa CarsonCity Hawthorne Reno Herlong Lovelock Sacramento Yuba City Napa Ukiah Chico Corning Lakeview Alturas Susanville Redding Red Bluff Laytonville Fort Bragg Point Arena Eureka Redway Mount Shasta Yreka Crescent City Ashland Shown is today's weather. Temperatures are today's highs and tonight's lows. Shown are today's noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. ALMANAC Precipitation Temperatures ALLERGY REPORT Pollenlevels Source: National Allergy Bureau TODAY'S UV INDEX (The higher the number, the faster skin damage will occur.) Extreme Very high High Moderate Low SUN SETTINGS, MOON PHASES Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Hoursofsunlight River Levels SacramentoRiver Flood 7a.m. 24-hr Stage yest. chg. Lake Levels Elevation Yesterday Storage (acre-feet) Percent Capacity Q: A: FRIDAY 64° 46° SATURDAY 59° 43° Mostly cloudy , aft ernoon rain Partly sunny SUNDAY 55° 36° Cool with periods of ra in MONDAY 57° 40° Cloudy , a lit tle ra in; co ol TODAY 68° 39° Partly sunny. Mainly clear and chilly tonight. High ....................................................................... 68° Low ........................................................................ 34° Normal high ......................................................... 63° Normal low ........................................................... 42° Record high ............................................. 80° in 1936 Record low .............................................. 30° in 1939 Humidity noon today ........................................ 43% 24 hours through 2 p.m. yesterday ................. 0.00" Month to date ................................................... 0.00" Normal month to date ..................................... 0.15" Season to date ................................................ 22.27" Normal season to date .................................. 17.45" Red Bluff through 2 p.m. yesterday Chico .......................................................... Moderate Napa ........................................................... Moderate Red Bluff .............................................. Not available Redding ............................................... Not available Yuba City ........................................................... Good Allergy, dust and dander today: Neutral Grass .................. Absent Mold .........................Low Trees ............. Moderate Weeds ................ Absent 4 Highest at 11 a.m. Today 6:41 a.m. 6:02 p.m. 9:17 a.m. 10:54 p.m. Friday 6:39 a.m. 6:03 p.m. 9:56 a.m. none 11 hr., 21 min. Mar5 First Mar12 Full Last Mar20 New Mar27 aboveBendBridge......................27 .........23.50 ....... -0.20 atHamiltonCity.........................148 ......144.44 ....... -0.19 atOrdFerry................................114 ......113.59 ....... -0.36 atRedBluffDiversionDam.......253 ......251.60 ....... -0.10 atTehamaBridge ......................213 ......215.10 .......none atVinaWoodsonBridge............183 ......181.93 ....... -0.10 BlackButte ....................444.89..............41,507 .....28.9% LakeOroville..................842.27.........2,706,002 .....72.4% LakeShasta .................1039.50.........3,779,345 .....83.0% LakeTrinity..................2335.49.........1,921,976 .....72.6% Whiskeytown...............1204.41............223,503 .....92.7% Weather Trivia ™ A dramatic increase in tornadoes in the U.S. occurs in what month? March. Today Friday Anaheim 84/48/s 87/48/s Bakersfield 68/41/s 70/45/s Chula Vista 74/48/s 75/49/s Crescent City 51/41/pc 52/45/sh Death Valley 78/51/s 80/52/s Eureka 51/38/pc 54/47/c Fremont 64/42/s 60/48/pc Fresno 67/41/s 69/44/s Glendale 81/51/s 82/51/s Huntington Beach 77/52/s 77/52/s Irvine 76/49/s 77/51/s Lake Tahoe 48/12/s 50/27/pc Long Beach 78/49/s 76/50/s Los Angeles 80/52/s 80/52/s Mammoth Mountain 45/15/s 48/18/s Modesto 67/40/s 68/45/pc Monterey 63/41/s 59/44/s Moreno Valley 81/40/s 82/40/s Napa 66/36/s 63/44/pc Needles 74/52/s 78/53/s Oakland 64/44/s 60/50/pc Oxnard 71/49/s 73/49/s Redding 67/39/pc 63/45/pc Riverside 77/40/s 78/37/s Sacramento 65/38/s 64/46/pc San Bernardino 79/43/s 81/43/s San Diego 76/50/s 77/52/s San Francisco 62/45/s 59/50/pc San Jose 67/42/s 64/44/pc San Luis Obispo 75/45/s 73/44/s Santa Ana 78/51/s 78/51/s Santa Barbara 67/43/s 66/45/s Santa Clarita 70/46/s 79/46/s Stockton 67/39/s 67/44/pc Ventura 71/48/s 71/48/s Yosemite Valley 60/31/s 62/37/pc Today Friday Albuquerque 57/31/s 61/37/s Atlanta 59/40/s 58/33/s Baltimore 51/29/pc 44/21/sn Boston 48/26/pc 38/15/pc Buffalo 33/19/pc 28/14/sf Chicago 37/20/sn 36/26/pc Cincinnati 45/25/pc 39/24/pc Dallas 66/42/s 70/48/s Denver 50/25/s 62/32/s Detroit 38/22/c 33/19/pc El Paso 68/41/s 65/45/s Fargo 19/7/pc 32/25/sn Honolulu 80/69/sh 82/70/pc Houston 68/45/s 71/51/s Indianapolis 44/24/pc 39/26/pc Kansas City 52/25/s 56/42/pc Las Vegas 67/46/s 70/48/s Louisville 52/32/pc 44/29/s Miami 83/69/pc 80/66/sh Minneapolis 30/14/c 33/26/pc New Orleans 64/50/s 68/50/s New York City 48/31/pc 40/21/sf Oklahoma City 64/34/s 68/44/s Showers and spotty thunderstorms will linger over the Florida Peninsula and the southern Atlantic coast today. Drier and cooler air will settle over the rest of the South and the mid-Atlantic. The air will be cold enough for snow to fall from part of the Upper Midwest to New York state and north- ern New England. A weak storm system moving through the Midwest will enhance the snow a bit near the Great Lakes. Another batch of cold air is forecast to slice across the northern Plains in the wake of the weak storm. A sunny day is in store for the southern Plains and southern Rockies. 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