Crews are working 24 hours a day building a rock barrier to slow the water flow into the Pajaro community, where residents were evacuated after the Pajaro River levee was breached.
PAJARO, Calif.Crews are working 24 hours a day building a rock barrier to slow the water flow into the Pajaro community, where residents were evacuated after the Pajaro River levee was breached overnight Friday due to the heavy rainstorm.
In an update late Monday from Monterey County officials, crews will need about a week to complete the rock barrier, intended to reduce the breach from getting wider and slow the flow of water.The California Department of Water Resources is overseeing this work in coordination with the Monterey County Water Resources Agency, according to the county's announcement.
A second breech occurred Sunday night along the river about one mile from the mouth of the river. The water from this breech is flowing back into the river and out into the ocean, officials said in the announcement."I’m kinda scared," Oliver Gonzalez, 12, said several hours later from an evacuation center in nearby Watsonville."My mom’s car was left in the water.
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