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Preparing for El Niño
What are predicted to be the strongest El Niño-generated storms on record are only weeks away and FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, says it's time to get ready. Local officials are taking their own measures.
By Warren Olney • • 23m ListenWhat are predicted to be the strongest El Niño-generated storms on record are only weeks away and FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, says it's time to get ready. It's focused on infrastructure, including bridges and levees. Local officials are taking their own measures; the City of LA just might suspend trash pickups when the rain is coming in torrents.
Also on tonight's program, Governor Brown at the Paris summit on climate change: 20 events in five days to advocate against fossil fuels and for California's green industry — not to mention his own legacy.
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2 storiesWhat Was Governor Brown Doing in Paris?
Governor Brown may put a climate change measure on next year's California ballot. In the meantime, he's wrapped up five full days at the UN Climate Change Summit in Paris, trying to make California one of more than 100 sub-national jurisdictions to pledge reductions — not just in greenhouse gases but also in short-term pollutants.
Read the story6 minIt's "All Hands on Deck" for El Niño
Federal, state and local agencies are reminding home owners there's not much time until January, when massive storms are predicted from the El Niño condition in the Pacific Ocean. Kate Hutton, public Information Officer for the City of LA’s Emergency Management Department , says now’s the time to prepare.
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