A levee failure on the Parajo River in Monterey County overnight triggered massive flooding and prompted hundreds of evacuations and dozens of water rescues as the latest atmospheric river storm pummeled large swaths of California.
A levee failure on the Pajaro River in Monterey County overnight triggered massive flooding and prompted hundreds of evacuations and dozens of water rescues as the latest atmospheric river storm pummeled large swaths of California.
Thirty minutes later, the levee failed, Pasculli said. As of Saturday morning, he said, “the failure is approximately 100 feet wide.” The entire town of Pajaro is under water, he said. Monterey County sheriff’s officials, Watsonville police and the California Highway Patrol conducted a second round of evacuation notices around 11:30 p.m. Friday. Many residents ignored an earlier warning at 3 p.m.
Rain is expected to continue in the county Saturday, with possibly up to half an inch falling along the coast, said Cindy Kobold, meteorologist with the National Weather Service. A tenth to a quarter of an inch is expected for northern portions of the county from the morning into the night.
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