California - Evacuation of OC canyons ordered

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http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_7652085?nclick_check=1
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Authorities ordered the evacuation of a few thousand people in three Orange County canyons to evacuate Thursday as a fierce storm from the Pacific Northwest closed in on Southern California.

Throughout the day, Orange County sheriff's patrol cars broadcast the warning through loudspeakers to residents of Modjeska, Williams and Silverado canyons, which were burned bare of slope-protecting trees and brush by wildfires earlier this year.

The evacuations became mandatory at 8 p.m. as the storm approached, sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino said. Authorities closed several roads and restricted access in and out of the canyons.

"It's much better to do it early than wait for the slides to start," he said. "The canyons are narrow, the roads are narrow. Sometimes if you wait too long, it's potentially dangerous."
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