European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 21, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday february 21, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 3 firemen and policemen come to the Aid of others helping to fight a Blaze in a hooded Home in Sacramento Calif. A submerged car is pulled from a flooded drainage canal near Youn Fville Calif. An  Man was found dead Iasic the car. Flooding recedes As Rains let up by the associated press ferocious Pacific storms thai sent Tor rents of water through scores of communities killing at least 17 people cased thursday after nine Days and Many of the 12,00 1 flood refugees begun resuming to Homes choked with mud and Sodden debris. The flood level dropped slightly hut reservoirs remained full and Towas and farm land were still swamped. Hundreds of mudslides and avalanches blocked highways and rail lines. Thousands of people remained without Power and slates of emergency were in effect in 12 counties in California four in Nevada and four in Utah. This was sup posed to be an area that did t have a flood problem so hardly anyone around Here had flood insurance including me said Dan Thomas who resumed wednesday to find his Gilroy Calif., neighbourhood littered with soggy furniture and belongings of the 125 families who had to flee. Rain with Snow in the higher elevations continued to fall Early thursday Over much of Northern California and Nevada and Southern Oregon Idaho Utah and Colora do since the first in a series of storms hit feb. Ii 24.53 inches of rain have been measured in Ken Field Calif., North of san Francisco. The Snow depth on Mammoth Mountain in East Central California was 14vi feel thursday. According to our script the worst looks like it s pretty much Over Bob Diaz of the weather service s Redwood City Calif., Bureau said wednesday. We will still have a 20 to 30 percent Chance of showers through the weekend but a Chance is far belter than what we have had in the last several  still residents of mountainous Northern California and parts of Idaho and Utah were warned Lobrace for Flash floods. In guar Neville Calif., 70 Miles North of san Francisco the russian River receded wednesday to 43.5 feel from its record 49.5 feel the Day before. Flooding forced the town s 1, residents from their Homes. The whole town just drowned National guardsman Mark Mcglaughlin said. You could Sec Redwood decks and pieces of roofs floating Down the River. The houses thai were close to the Banks there s nothing left of  Waters from the russian River Hood the streets of Guerneville Calif. More than 600 people stranded in the town were rescued by National guard and Navy helicopters