Rain will cost L.A. County $20 million

Officials say last week's series of rainstorms caused $20 million in damage and cleanup costs.

Los Angeles County officials made the estimate at today's Board of Supervisors meeting. The cost includes maintaining catch basins and dealing with washed-out roads.

The storms dropped more than 6 inches of rain in some parts of the region.

A much lighter storm moved into Southern California this afternoon, causing mostly drizzle.  Light showers are expected to continue overnight, with cloudy skies and a 20% chance of rain Wednesday.

-- Shelby Grad

Comments

[super hype]

who'll stop the rain ?

[Mark]

Well.... we needed the rain to replenish reservoirs and the water table so putting a price on the rains is a little hard.

Interesting to note that for all of the natural disasters that occur in SoCal (fires, mudslides, floods, ocean storm surges), the general poor population must pay more (in taxes) for protecting the elite who choose to live in these high risk areas.

[Steve Sparkenickel]

Rain is free from the clouds. It would cost 40 million if it didn't rain.