Article: STORM DANGER PASSES : SOAKED N. CALIFORNIA SPARED FURTHER FLOODING.(NEWS)

Byline: Martha Irvine Associated Press

After a heavy night of rain, storm-weary residents got a break Saturday as swollen rivers began to recede and flash flood warnings were lifted.

But residents who live near creeks and rivers braced for more flooding as weather forecasters predicted another pounding of rain for Northern California.

``We are cautiously optimistic at this point. The storm was not quite as heavy as forecast. Things look a little better than the forecasts would have led us to believe,'' said Alan Jones, a spokesman for the federal and state flood center in Sacramento.

Fred Medero and his wife, Joanne, who came from San ...

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