Officials are racing around the clock to shore up levee breaks on the Cosumnes and Mokelumne rivers ahead of the storm system expected to arrive Wednesday
With more storms barreling toward Northern California, south Sacramento County communities near the Cosumnes and Mokelumne rivers are on edge for new flood evacuations this week.
Levees are crucial along this 80-mile river because there’s no dam to slow the flow from headwaters in the El Dorado National Forest, said Jay Lund, vice-director of the Center for Watershed Sciences at the University of California, Davis. Consequently, he said, flash flooding is a common after warm storms like the one this past weekend that produced more rain than snow.
“If I was really close, I would hope that I had already evacuated. If I’m not flooded yet, I’d be worried,” Lund said. “One levee’s down, and it’s going to continue to go down. … I should evacuate either because the water is on its way to me or because maybe later on in the week — or next week even — that levee might still be failed.
“If it’s too late to get out, you’re going to be rescued by a helicopter or by a boat,” King said “People say, ‘Oh, we’ll just walk through it or whatever.’ This water is very cold is probably 55 to 60 degrees. … Here in the cold water that we have, you literally lose muscle control within three to five minutes, and your body just shuts down.”
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