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People living near the Russian River in Northern California's Sonoma County were ordered to evacuate Tuesday ahead of possible flooding. The Russian River is expected to rise about 14 feet over the next day, according to an alert sent by Sonoma County Emergency Services.The river is expected to reach flood stage Tuesday evening and crest Wednesday night near record-level, Sonoma County Sheriff Sgt. Spencer Crum said. The sheriff's office said the river is projected to crest at 46.
com/ARtWup3EeG— Sonoma Sheriff February 26, 2019 Potentially thousands of people will be affected, not necessarily because of direct flooding, but stranded because of flooded roads, according to Crum.var id='//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js'.replace;!!document.getElementById || {var js,fjs;js=d.createElement;js.id=id;js.charset='utf-8';js.setAttribute;fjs=d.getElementsByTagName[0];fjs.parentNode.insertBefore;js.src='//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';});Tues.
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