FROM STUDIO A.
THIS IS KSBW ACTION NEWS 8.
>> GOOD EVENING.
I'M DAN GREEN.
>> AND I'M ERIN CLARK.
WE ARE BEGINNING TONIGHT ON THE
STORM WATCH WITH MANDATORY
EVACUATIONS IN PLACE IN SEVERAL
CENTRAL COAST COMMUNITIES.
IN CARMEL AND CARMEL VALLEY,
PEOPLE LIVING ALONG THE CARMEL
RIVER HAVE BEEN TOLD TO GET OUT.
THE RIVER WAS EXPECTED TO HI
FLOOD STAGE STARTING AT 4:00
TODAY AND P GET 8:00 TONIGHT.
PEOPLE LIVING NEAR THE RIVER
FROM THE LOS PADRES DAM TO
MISSION FIELDS HAVE BEEN TOLD
THEY SHOULD LEAVE.
THE RED CROSS HAS SET UP AN
EVACUATION CENTER AT CARMEL
MIDDLE SCHOOL.
>> SEVERAL HOMES IN ROYAL OAKS
WERE FORCED TO EVACUATE TODAY
AFTER A HUGE MUDSLIDE CAME
TUMBLING DOWN.
THIS IS ON THE 600 BLOCK OF
LEWIS ROAD.
EVERYONE GOT OUT SAFELY.
THE HOME HAS BEEN RED-TAGGED.
THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR IS ALSO IN
DANGER OF COMING DOWN AS WELL.
>> MANDATORY EVACUATIONS ARE
HAPPENING IN THE BOLSA KNOLLS
NEIGHBORHOOD IN NORTH SALINAS.
THERE IS WIDE SPREAD FLOODING
INTO STREETS AND NEARBY HOMES
FROM THE SANTA RITA CREEK AND
RUNOFF FROM FIELDS.
>> WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE ON
TODAY'S STORM AND THE MESS LEFT
BEHIND.
WE START WITH CHIEF
METEOROLOGIST LEE SOLOMON, LEE
WE ARE WATCHING CREEKS AND
RIVERS.
>> WE ARE BECAUSE THERE IS MORE
RAIN MOVING INTO THE AREA RIGHT
NOW.
WE DON'T NEED ANYMORE, BUT
UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS THE CASE.
WE ARE GOING TO SEE THE COLD
FRONT AND THE COLD PUNCH.
DOPPLER RADAR IS STARTING TO
PICK UP ON VERY HEAVY RAIN IN
THE SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS.
THAT WILL CONTINUE.
SOME OF THAT MODERATE TO HEAVY
RAIN HAS STARTED TO MAKE ITS WAY
SOUTHWARD.
IT WILL EVENTUALLY GET DOWN THE
BIG SUR COASTLINE ONCE AGAIN.
THE CARMEL RIVER IS EXPECTED TO
GET TO MODERATE FLOOD STAGE, 10
POINT FIVE FEET.
MODERATE FLOOD STAGE IS 11 FEET,
BUT IF YOU LIVE ALONG THE CARMEL
RIVER, YOUR HOMES ARE IN DANGER
OF FLOODING.
MATTERS ARE THAT MUCH HARDER TO
EVALUATE.
WHY THE CREEK, FLOODING ALREADY.
-- BY THE CREEK, FLOODING
ALREADY.
WE HAVE HAD FLOODING UP TO THE
BANK.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE RIVER
COMING OVER ITS BANKS.
THAT'S 16 FEET.
IT'S AT 13.5 NOW AND WILL
CONTINUE TO RISE THROUGH THE
EVENING.
IN SALINAS, ANOTHER DAY BEFORE
THIS PEAKS.
THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CREST
AROUND 25 FEET.
IT'S AT 18 FEET RIGHT NOW.
THE SAN LORENZO EXPECTED TO COME
UP TO MINOR FLOOD STAGE.
WE ARE LOOKING AT PARADISE PARK
AND FOUNTAIN OF GROWTH WITH
FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO S THE RAIN
COME DOWN.
>> THANK YOU, LEE.
MORE ON THE EVACUATION ORDERS IN
PLACE TONIGHT.
ONE OF THEM IS IN THE BOLSA
KNOLLS NEIGHBORHOOD OF SALINAS,
WHERE AN ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD IS
UNDER WATER.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE FIND ACTION
NEWS REPORTER FELIX CORTEZ,
FELIX.
>> ERIN, EARLIER TODAY THE SANTA
RITA CREEK WAS OVERFLOWING IT'S
BANKS, AT THAT TIME A VOLUNTARY
EVACUATION ORDER WAS ISSUED,
THREE HOURS LATER, IT TURNED
INTO A MANDATORY EVACUATION,
-- EVACUATION.
A FLOODED SANTA RITA CREEK AND
RUNOFF FROM NEARBY FIELDS WAS
TOO MUCH TO HANDLE FOR THI
OLSON AS NEIGHBORHOOD.
BY NEW AND, -- BY KNOWN -- BY
NOON THERE WAS A FLURRY OF
ACTIVITY AS NEIGHBORS HELPED
EACH OTHER SAND BAG THEIR HOME
-- HOMES.
>> THAT'S REALLY GOOD THAT
EVERYBODY HELPED.
WHAT ELSE ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO
DO?
YOU HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR
STREET.
YOU LIVE ON IT.
I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS GOING TO
BE THIS BAD.
>> A KIND OF DID, BECAUSE WE
LIVE RIGHT NEXT TO IT, BUT MY
DAD KEPT ON SAYING THAT'S NOT
GOING TO OVERFLOW.
BUT I WOKE UP THIS MORNING, AND
IT HAPPENED.
>> THE CORNER OF PAUL AVENUE AND
DENNER JUST OFF SAN JUAN GRADE
ROAD, WAS INUNDATED WITH WATER,
DEEP ENOUGH IN SOME SPOTS, THAT
THIS LONGTIME NEIGHBOR BROUGHT
OUT HER KAYAK AND PADDLED DO
THE STREET.
>> I'M NOT MAKING LIGHT OF IT.
I'VE GOT SIX INCHES OF WATER IN
MY GARAGE, BUT WHAT CAN I DO?
WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING WE CAN SAND
BAGGED UP, AND WE JUST HOPE IT
DOESN'T GET ANY HIGHER.
>> A LATE AFTERNOON BREAK IN THE
WEATHER ALLOWED THE FLOOD WATERS
TO RECEDE, BUT NOT THE DANGER,
PEOPLE CONTINUED TO HAUL
SANDBAGS.
BY LATE AFTERNOON A VOLUNTARY
EVACUATION HAD TURNED INTO A
MANDATORY EVACUATION, SHERIFF'S
DEPUTIES AND FIREFIGHTERS GOING
DOOR TO DOOR WARNING PEOPLE TH
SHOULD LEAVE.
BY THEN, SOME WERE READY TO GET
OUT.
>> WE JUST DON'T WANT TO PUT OUR
FAMILY IN DANGER.
>> DON'T PUT YOURSELVES IN A
POSITION WHERE YOU HAVE TO BE
RESCUED.
>> BACK HERE LIVE, PERSONNEL
WILL BE CLOSELY MONITORING THE
CREEK LEVELS, AS SHOULD
RESIDENCE.
WITH MORE RAIN ON THE WAY, IT'S
EXPECTED TO FLOOD OUT HERE
AGAIN, AND AGAIN THAT MANDATORY
, EVACUATION WILL REMAIN IN
EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
AGAIN, THE WARNING GOING OUT TO
RESIDENTS, YOU SHOULD BE CLOSELY
MONITORING THE MONTH -- WATER
LEVEL AND BE READY TO LEAVE AT A
MOMENTS NOTICE.
>> THANK YOU.
THE RED CROSS HAS ACTIVATED AN
EVACUATION CENTER IN SALINAS.
IT'S AT THE NORTHMINSTER
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH ON 315 EAST
ALVIN DRIVE.
THE SPCA FOR MONTEREY COUNTY IS
THERE PROVIDING ASSISTANCE.
PETS ARE WELCOME.
>> CREWS ARE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE
ON THE SAN LORENZO RIVER WHICH
IS EXPECTED TO FLOOD TONIGHT
AND COMMUNITIES NEAR IT AR
PREPARING TO EVACUATE.
ACTION NEWS REPORTER PHIL GOMEZ,
LIVE IN SANTA CRUZ WITH MORE.
>> IT'S ANOTHER ANXIOUS DAY FOR
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY COMMUNITIES
BECAUSE THEY CAN'T TAKE A DAY
OFF FROM THE STRESS POTENTIAL
FLOODING BRINGS.
>> IT'S CRAZY.
IT'S NOT FUN, FOR SURE.
>> RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG THE
SAN LORENZO RIVER WERE ON HIGH
ALERT FOR FLOODING AS A POWERFUL
NEW STORM DUMPED LARGE AMOUNTS
OF RAIN ON AN ALREADY SATURATED
REGION WHERE WATER BANKS A
UNDER MAJOR STRESS.
>> I DID NOT SLEEP MUCH LAST
NIGHT BECAUSE YOU HEAR THE SOUND
AND YOU CANNOT DIFFERENTIATE
WHETHER IT IS THE RAIN OR THE
RIVER.
YOU DO HAVE TO RIVER THAT --
WORRY THAT THE RIVER MIGHT GET
HIGHER THAN WHAT IS FORECAST.
>> THE FIRST 911 WARNING WENT
OUT THIS MORNING TO HOMEOWNERS
IN PARADISE PARK AND FOUNTAIN
GROWTH.
CARS ARE PARKED AT A HIGHER
ELEVATION OF AWAY FROM THE FLOOD
ZONE FOR AN EASY AS DAY.
>> THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO.
-- EASY ESCAPE.
>> THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO.
>> IT'S NOT JUST PEOPLE WHO FEEL
THE STRESS.
THE COVERED BRIDGE EQUESTRIAN
CENTER HAS ALREADY EVACUATED
TWICE IN THE STORMS.
USUALLY THERE ARE 84 HORSES
STABLED HERE.
CURRENTLY, HALF REMAIN.
HORSE OWNERS ARE READY TO
EVACUATE A THIRD TIME IF
NECESSARY.
>> WE TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE
CAN PUT OUR HORSES ALONG WITH
EVERYBODY ELSE.
>> GRAHAM HILL ROAD IN SANTA
CRUZ SHUT DOWN AFTER A MUDSLIDE
PUSHED A SECURITY TRUCK OVER TO
THE EDGE OF THE SHOULDER.
THE DRIVER WAS NOT INJURED.
>> ITS CONTINUING.
ROADS ARE CLOSED THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTY.
TAKE TREES EVERYWHERE.
>> THAT ROAD HAS THREE OPENED.
RIGHT NOW, THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO
BE HIGH WIND KNOCKING TREES AND
WIRES DOWN.
WE HAVE HAD A FEW ACCIDENTS IN
TOWN.
HIGHWAY 17 IS OPEN BOTH
DIRECTIONS, BUT IT IS DOWN TO
ONE LANE SOUTH.
>> THANKS, PHIL.
WE WERE LOOKING AT SOME OF THE
ROAD CLOSURES ON THE CENTRAL
COAST AND THE LIST --
>> I AM GOING TO GET THE LIST
AND SHOW IT TO YOU LATER IN THE
BROADCAST.
>> IT GOES ON AND ON.
>> OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE BEING
HIT HARD.
>> IN RIO DEL MAR, APTOS BEACH
DRIVE IS COVERED WITH WATER.
MANY BUSINESSES HAVE SAND BAGS
IN PLACE TO TRY TO KEEP WATER
FROM GETTING INSIDE.
SOME DRIVERS ARE MAKING THEIR
WAY THROUGH THE FLOODED STREETS
BUT OTHERS AREN'T WILLING TO
TAKE THAT RISK.
>> THE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS IDENTIFIED
A MAN WHO DIED IN THE RIVER OVER
THE WEEKEND.
46-YEAR-OLD ERIC CAIN OF BEN
LOMOND WAS FOUND FLOATING IN THE
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