Forecasters are warning of more flooding, potentially damaging winds and difficult travel conditions on mountain roads as a new atmospheric river pushes into swamped California
A crew works at repairing a levee rupture at the Pajaro River in Monterey County, Calif., Tuesday, March 14, 2023. Forecasters warned of more flooding, potentially damaging winds and difficult travel conditions on mountain highways as a new atmospheric river pushed into swamped California early Tuesday. WATSONVILLE, Calif.
So far this winter, the state has been battered by 10 previous atmospheric rivers, long plumes of moisture from the Pacific Ocean, as well as powerful storms fueled by arctic air that produced blizzard conditions. On the East Coast, “Some people have nowhere to go, and maybe that’s why there’s still people around," resident Jorbelit Rincon said Monday."Pretty much they don’t know where to go and don’t have money to provide for themselves.”
The river separates Santa Cruz and Monterey counties, about 70 miles south of San Francisco. Several roads were closed including a stretch of coastal Highway 1, a main route between the two counties.
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