ed but enough to shut down major streets, North Palm Canyon Drive and Cathedral Canyon were closed due to floods but these streets have commonality, the streets cross through the Whitewater River channel a stream of […]

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The rain this Christmas week was less than expected but enough to shut down major streets, North Palm Canyon Drive and Cathedral Canyon were closed due to floods but these streets have commonality, the streets cross through the Whitewater River channel a stream of water that prevents further floods in the desert.

The Coachella Valley Water District is the agency in charge of funneling the stormwater into the Whitewater River channel. The communications director for CVWD, Katie Evans said each city has its own drainage system but a lot of the water from the rain ends up in the more than 50-mile long stream and into the Salton Sea.

“These mountain ranges all around us are very steep so even a little bit of rain on the mountain, even if it’s dry here, that will flow down the mountain really quickly and it’s our job to get it into this channel and out of the way,” Evans said. “We are protect

Post-Christmas Storm Travels through the Coachella Valley