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The ongoing impact of flooding that began on Dec. 21 is forcing some residents to leave their homes. This week, a Red Cross team has mobilized to assess damage across Shasta but there’s still relatively little public information about how many residences and businesses were affected.

A portion of Nick Patterson’s skeletal remains, finally recovered years after he went missing, were lost again by officials during his missing person investigation. The stunning error has complicated the Pit River Tribe’s grieving process and led to suggestions for policy changes.

The North State’s Mien population took root as families sought escape from an American bombing campaign during the Laotian Civil War. Now, 40 years after resettling, some are at risk of being forcibly returned to a country they have little connection to.

City officials have not yet announced how many residents and businesses are believed to have been impacted by the flooding, which they say occurred as a result of clogs in stormwater drain systems brought on by a high volume rain falling in Redding over a short period of time.

Redding Vice Mayor Dr. Paul Dhanuka and Simpson University President Dr. Norm Hall are some of the leading figures behind the plan.

This weekend, the city’s stormwater infrastructure became clogged with debris due to the speed and volume of rain, officials said, leading to serious flooding in parts of Redding.