In a press conference Wednesday evening, Monterey County Sheriff Tina Nieto warned Monterey Peninsula residents and businesses to prepare for the possibility of becoming isolated due to flooding fr…
SALINAS – Monterey County Sheriff Tina Nieto warned Monterey Peninsula residents and businesses to prepare for the possibility of becoming isolated due to flooding from the Salinas River starting Thursday at noon.
“To the Monterey Peninsula residents and to the Monterey Peninsula businesses, you need to be talking to your employees, you need to be preparing for what could be the ‘Monterey Peninsula Island,’ as we call it,” she said in a press conference Wednesday. According to a county press release sent following Wednesday’s conference, anticipated flooding from the Salinas River could impact the Salinas-Monterey Highway, River Road, Reservation Road, Blanco Road, multiple secondary roads and potentially Highway 1.
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