The towns of Guerneville and Monte Rio were hardest hit by water pouring from the Russian River, which topped 46 feet late Wednesday night, said Briana Khan, a Sonoma County spokeswoman.
He added:"People in Florida have hurricanes, people in Maine have blizzards; we have floods," he said."It's the price we have to pay to live in paradise."The river was one of several in Northern California that was engorged by days of rain from western U.S. storms that also dumped heavy snow in the Sierra Nevada, throughout the Pacific Northwest and into Montana, where Gov.
Several areas in California set record-high rainfall totals in recent days, including nearby Santa Rosa, which had nearly 8 inches of rain in one day. The often-waterlogged Venado weather station 5 miles from Guerneville recorded more than 20 inches of rain in 48 hours.
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