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All these people that lost their homes, they're having to be evacuated again. Their properties are being flooded again. It's really sad. It's really frustrating also to not be able to get resources to help them.– Kim Peacemaker, disaster case manager in the McKinney Fire burn scar
SARAH BOHANNON, ANCHOR:
Governor Gavin Newsom this month declared another state of emergency for mudslides and flash flooding in Siskiyou County.
Those floods were particularly large and fast in the burn scar of the McKinney Fire.
Kim Peacemaker is the sole disaster case manager for McKinney Fire survivors.
PEACEMAKER: “All these people that lost their homes, they're having to be evacuated again. Their properties are being flooded again. It's really sad. It's really frustrating also to not be able to get resources to help them.”
She says officials are still trying to determine how many people were affected by the floods.
Peacemaker says survivors still struggle to get power to their homes.
Fire survivor Sue Story says she’s been calling the power company for months to no avail.
STORY: “They need to get on it and restore power to our property. We can't even think about rebuilding.”
Story says without power, she won’t be able to weather the floods again this winter.
Additionally, today the National Weather Service has issued a flood watch for Siskiyou County. It’s in effect until 11 p.m. due to heavy rain expected there today.
