The Latest: Flooding eases in Nevada but more in forecast

RENO, Nev. – The Latest on the flooding in northern Nevada with another series of storms in the forecast (all times local):

1:40 p.m.

Elko County officials have opened a single lane of a highway to the rural town of Montello where dozens of residents have been cut off in flooding after a dam burst last Wednesday.

Sheriff Jim Pitts told The Associated Press on Tuesday things are calming down in the city of Elko thanks to freezing temperatures that eased flooding along the Humboldt River.

He says there still have been no reports of deaths of injuries after as many as 100 homes and businesses evacuated over the weekend due to rising water.

Pitts says at least one thoroughfare has reopened to two of the hardest hit housing subdivisions in Ryndon and Osino. He says they hope to have power and gas service restored to those areas by Wednesday ahead of the next round of wet storms expected by the end of the week.

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Still cleaning up after the latest round of flooding, much of northern Nevada is bracing for another series of wet storms that could swamp the state again into next week.

Gov. Brian Sandoval says multiple storms since Jan. 1 already have caused $15 million damage and the costs continue to rise.

Douglas County estimates $1. 6 million in damages at county parks alone. The state approved an emergency contract Monday for $7 million to repair washed out roads to the Pyramid Lake Paiute reservation north of Reno, where overall damage exceeds $10 million.

The next round of storms is expected to move in Thursday. The National Weather Service says even small amounts of precipitation could cause more flooding due to saturated soils.

It warned Tuesday on its website in Reno: “Wednesday is your last quiet weather day.”