IS KSBW ACTION NEWS 8.
>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
I'M ERIN CLARK.
DAN: AND I AND GREEN.
WE START WITH STORM WATCH AND
ANOTHER MAJOR STORM SYSTEM
BRINGING RAIN AND HIGH WINDS.
>> A FLASH FLOOD WATCH AND A
HIGH WIND ADVISORY ARE IN EFFECT
FOR PARTS OF THE CENTRAL COAST.
LET'S HEAD STRAIGHT TO CHIEF
METEOROLOGIST LEE SOLOMON FOR
WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NO
>> AND ATMOSPHERIC RIVER HAS
POSITIONED ITSELF OVER
CALIFORNIA, AND THE RAIN HAS
STARTED IN SANTA CRUZ, KIND OF A
DARK AND STORMY NIGHT.
NOT SUPER WINDY YET, AND THE
WIND HAS BEEN LIGHT AND
MODERATE BUT THAT WILL RAMP UP
THROUGH THE EVENING AND INTO
TONIGHT.
THERE IS A LOOK OVER TOWARD THE
WORST.
55 -- OVER TOWARD THE WHA, 55
DEGREES RIGHT NOW.
DOPPLER RADARS WERE QUIET EARLY
IN THE DAY, SO WE HAD TH NICE
RATE THROUGH THE AFTERNO --
NICE BREAK THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON, BUT TOWARD THE
EVENIN HOURS, THINGS STARTED TO
GO DOWNHILL.
THIS IS WHAT WE ARE EXPECTING
AND HAVE BEEN EXPECTING FROM THE
SERIES OF EVENTS WE'VE HAD IN
THE LAST WEEK OR SO.
FROM SANTA CRUZ NORTHWARD IS THE
BULK OF IT.
OBVIOUSL EVERYBODY IS GOING TO
GET SOME RAIN OUT OF IT, BUT THE
HIGHEST TOTALS WILL BE IN THE
HILLS.
THERE IS NO PRESSURE SYSTEM
RIGHT NOW.
THERE WILL BE ONE LATER TONIGHT.
A LOT OF FOLKS ARE GOING TO GET
RAINED ON AND MORE SNOW IN THIS
ERA WITH HIGHS NO LEVELS.
LASH -- IN THE SIERRA WITH HIGH
SNOW LEVELS.
FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE UP.
IN THE SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS,
SAME THING.
MUDSLIDES, ROCK SLIDES, DOWNED
TREE AND POWER LINES GOING TO
HAPPEN WITH THIS ONE THROUGH THE
DAY TOMORROW.
THE WIND ADVISORY IS UP.
ANYWHERE FRO 15-30 ON SUSTAINED
WINDS WITH GUSTS EASILY OVER
40-45.
WE WILL SHOW YOU HOW LONG THIS
HANGS AROUND AND WHAT THE REST
OF THE WORKWEEK LOOKS LIKE IN A
FEW MINUTES.
>> THANK YOU.
THE RAIN, WHILE VERY MUCH
NEEDED, CONTINUES TO CAUSE
PROBLEMS ON OUR ROADS.
ANOTHER BIG MUDSLIDE HAS SHUT
DOWN A MAJOR CONNECTOR BETWEEN
GILROY AND WATSONVILLE, WE GET
THE DETAILS FROM ACTION NEWS
REPORTER FELIX CORTEZ
LIVE ALONGSIDE HIGHWAY 1
OUTSIDE GILROY.
>> ERIN, HIGHWAY 152 IS BLOCKED
ABOUT 5 FIVE MILES WEST OF HER
BOTH LANES COVERED IN TONS OF
DEBRIS, AND IT COULD TAKE DAYS
BEFORE PART OF THE ROAD IS
REOPENED.
>> THIS SLIDE IS BASICALLY
RETROGRADING UP SLOPE WHICH
MEANS JUST CONTINUING UP SLO
UNTIL IT HITS A CATCH POINT.
>> FOR THE SECOND TIME IN THREE
WEEKS, A MAJOR MUDSLIDE IN THE
SAME PLACE HAS SHUT DOWN BOTH
LANES OF HIGHWAY 152 ABOUT SIX
MILES WEST OF GILROY.
>> THE WHOLE SIDE OF THE HIL
JUST GAVE WAY AND THE REDWOOD
TREE STUMPS YOU SEE THERE SURFED
DOWN.
AND CALTRANS CLEANED THAT UP
ONCE AND IT CAME DOWN AGAIN TH
WEEKEND.
>> TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA THE
MAGNITUDE OF THIS SLIDE,
CALTRANS SAYS MORE THAN 50,000
TONS OF MUD, TREES, ROCK CAME
SLIDING DOWN WITH A FORCE SO
GREA, IT MOVED THIS K RAIL FRO
THIS SIDE OF THE ROAD CLEAR TO
THE OTHER SIDE.
>> BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO THE
BEST WE CAN TO CLEAN IT UP AS
FAST AS WE CAN AND GET THE ROAD
OPENED -- AT LEAST ON A
TEMPORARY BASIS.
>> MONDAY MORNING CALTRANS
, ENGINEERS INSPECTED THE SLIDE
WHICH THEY CONCLUDED CONTINUES
TO SHIFT, THE GROUND JUST TOO
SATURATED.
IT HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO COME
DOWN, CLEARING UP THE ROADWAY
AND PUTTING IN A PERMANENT FIX
COULD BE DIFFICULT.
>> IT'S AN ACTIVE LANDSLIDE.
IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE UNTIL IT
EITHER STOPS RAINING OR IT ALL
COME DOWN, OR WE CAN START
STABILIZING IT IN PLACE.
WE HAVE TO WEIGH THE OPTIONS.
>> ONE OPTION IS TO BUILD A
RETAINING WALL TO PREVENT FUTU
SLIDES, BUT ANY PERMANENT FIX
WILL HAVE TO WAIT TILL THING
DRY UP AROUND HERE.
IN THE MEANTIME, CALTRANS PLANS
TO CLEAN UP THE ROAD,
CHP HOPING THEY CAN HAVE A LEAST
ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC OPEN BY TH
FRIDAY.
ERIN: MOTORISTS ARE NOW BEING
ASKED TO TAKE HIGHWAY 129 TO
COMMUTE BETWEEN GILROY AND
HOLLISTER.
IT JUST RE-OPENED AFTER BEING
SHUT DOWN FOR DAYS.
MUDSLIDES AND FLOODING FORCED
CALTRANS TO CLOSE A SECTION
THE HIGHWAY LAST WEEK.
IN PACIFIC GROVE, A 15 FOOT
SECTION OF THE SEAWALL NEAR
LOVERS POINT ALONG OCEAN VIE
BOULEVARD IS OFF LIMITS AFTER
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