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Results Are In After a Soggy Week

Heavy rains fell throughout Northern California, filling reservoirs and soaking cities.

The results are in—5.06 inches on rain fell on Gilroy over the past seven days, according to the National Weather Service.

That’s a 12,550 percent increase versus the 0.04 that the weather service measured during the same days last year.

An inch or more fell on Friday, Thursday and Saturday.

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Rain has fallen throughout Northern California, filling many reservoirs throughout the region and causing spillover conditions in local reservoirs like Uvas, according to the Santa Clara Valley Water District.

On Thurday night, waters spilling into Uvas Creek even rose fast enough to

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If you’re getting used to your umbrella, though, you might be disappointed—forecasts predict sun for next week.


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