DAN: WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE
ON THE FLOODING, THE MUDSLIDES
AND THE MANDATORY EVACUATIONS.
AND THE SYSTEM ITSELF.
WE BEGIN WITH LEE SOLOMON.
LEE: A LOT OF RAIN IN A SHORT
AMOUNT OF TIME.
WE WERE ALREADY SATURATED.
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK,
TALKING ABOUT THE POTENTIAL, AND
THAT IT WOULD BE FAIRLY
DEVASTATING FOR PEOPLE BECAUSE
OF THE AMOUNT OF RAIN COMING
DOWN IF WE DID HAVE THIS
ATMOSPHERIC RIVER POINTING OUT
US.
AND SANTA CRUZ WAS TAKING THE
BRUNT OF IT.
1-2 INCHES FROM WATSONVILLE TO
SANTA CRUZ.
INTO THE HILLS, AND A LOT MORE,
5.7 INCHES IN THE LAST 24 HOURS.
THIS IS FROM YESTERDAY UNTIL NOW
, 3.45 INCHES FOR BOULDER CREEK.
SEVEN INCHES IN THE HILLS.
ABOUT 1.5 INCHES BETWEEN 5:00
P.M. YESTERDAY AND MAYBE 5:00 IN
THE MORNING.
BETWEEN 6:00 A.M.-11:00 A.M.,
FOUR INCHES CAME DOWN THIRD AND
THAT WAS A LOT -- DOWN, AND THAT
WAS A LOT.
AND SAN LORENZO IS A SMALL
WATERSHED, SO IT RISES VERY
QUICKLY.
IT IS THANKFULLY ON THE WAY DOWN
NOW.
WE HAD ABOUT .5 INCHES ACROSS
THE PENINSULA.
ABOUT ONE THIRD OF AN INCH IN
SALINAS.
AND INTO THE SANTA CLARA VALLEY,
.5 INCHES FOR EVERYBODY.
A LOT OF RAIN FOR THE MORNING
HOURS.
IT WAS TAPERING OFF BY THE
AFTERNOON.
THE MAIN BATCH WAS IN THE
SIERRA.
AND NOW SHOWERS, MOST ADVISORIES
LIFTED AND WE ARE WATCHING THE
BIG SUR RIVER IN BIG SUR
VILLAGE, REACHING FLOOD STAGE.
SOME OF THOSE BIG RIVERS COMING
UP AND SOME OF THE SMALL CREEKS
ARE NOW COMING DOWN.
AND WE HAVE MORE RAIN IN THE
FORECAST.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A FEW
MINUTES.
ERIN: THANK YOU.
AND GETTING AROUND IS NOT EASY
RIGHT NOW.
THERE ARE MULTIPLE ROAD CLOSURES
ACROSS THE CENTRAL COAST.
DAN: BUT A LITTLE BIT OF GOOD
NEWS.
TRAFFIC REPORTER MICHELLE ALLE
JOINS US WITH BREAKING NEWS.
MICHELLE: I HAVE ONE LANE OF
GOOD NEWS.
THESE CREWS, BLESS THEIR HEARTS.
HIGHWAY 17 HAS BEEN CLOSED IN
BOTH DIRECTIONS SINCE 10:30 A.M.
ONE LANE OF SOUTHBOUND 17 HAS
REOPENED AND THEY ARE ESCORTING
THE TRAFFIC THROUGH.
PART OF THE REASON, THERE IS
MORE THAN ONE SLIDE.
THERE IS A LARGE ONE YEAR V --
NEAR VINE HILL.
AND ANOTHER ONE YEAR THE
RESERVOIR.
THEY ARE WORKING ON THESE ON
HIGHWAY 17.
ONE LANE IS OPEN AND THE GOAL IS
TO HAVE THE HIGHWAY OPEN BY
TOMORROW MORNING, SINGLING ON
THE SOUTHBOUND -- SINGLE LANE ON
THE SOUTHBOUND.
84 IS CLOSED.
YOUR BEST ROUTE, TAKE HIGHWAY
101 21 29.
BUT THERE IS FLOODING ON 101 AT
10TH AND 25.
DAN: THANK YOU.
WE WILL GET MORE FROM YOU IN A
BIT.
AND RAINFALL CAUSING MUDSLIDES
AND CAUSING EVACUATIONS ALL OVER
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY.
WE WILL SHOW YOU SOME OF THE
WORST DAMAGE.
IT HAPPENED IN PARADISE PARK.
WE WANT TO GO TO PHIL GOMEZ.
PHIL: THE RAIN WAS RELENTLESS
AND THE RIVER WAS FLOODING IN
SEVERAL PLACES FROM SANTA CRUZ
DOUBLED CREEK.
>> 60-70 FOOT REDWOOD TREES LOOK
LIKE THEY'RE GOING DOWN THE
RIVER AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED.
SEVERAL HOMES ALONG THE RAGING
SAN LORENZO RIVER FLOODED IN
PARADISE PARK.
PHIL: AT TODD AND VIRGINIA
WILLIAMS' HOUSE, THEY HAD A
CLOSE UP VIEW OF THE RAPIDS.
AND THEIR DOWNSTAIRS LIVING
SPACE WAS FLOODED WITH SEVERAL
INCHES OF WATER.
>> IT'S OUR PATIO AREA, SO WE
HAVE ALL OUR PATIO AND STUFF NOW
FLOATING.
>> THAT'S THE RIVER OUT THERE.
THAT'S THE SAN LORENZO RIVER.
>> THE WEATHER SERVICE BROADCAST
SAID IT WAS ONLY GOING TO GET TO
18-1, AND 18-1 ISN'T A PROBLEM
FOR ME.
THIS HAS GOT TO BE MORE THAN 25.
THIS IS A PROBLEM FOR ME.
PHIL: OUTSIDE, PROPANE GAS WAS
SPEWED FROM A TANK
A WOMAN LIVING NEARBY WAS PULLED
OUT BY EMERGENCY CREWS.
>> THEY CARRIED ME OUT AS I
SAID, PIGGYBACK, BUT I COULDN'T
TAKE THE BAGS I HAD PACKED.
THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.
I'M WAITING FOR THE WATER TO
GO DOWN.
PHIL: PARADISE PARK RESIDENTS
WERE ASKED TO EVACUATE, BUT MANY
OF THEM CHOSE TO SHELTER IN
PLACE.
>> A LOT OF THEM KNOW WHAT TO DO
AS FAR AS SAND BAGGING, STUFF
LIKE THAT.
THEY KIND OF SHELTER IN PLACE.
BUT IF THEY DO WANT TO EVCUATE,
WE HAVE PLACES IN THE PARK WHERE
THEY CAN EVACUATE TO.
PHIL: HIGHWAY 9 WAS CLOSED IN
BOTH DIRECTIONS.
THERE WAS 3 FEET OF WATER
BLOCKING THE NORTHBOUND SIDE AT
SYCAMORE GROVE AND A MUDSLIDE ON
THE SOUTHBOUND SIDE.
>> WE JUST CAME DOWN TO CHECK
OUT THE RIVER AND WE'RE KIND OF
TRAPPED NOW.
SO, WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK AND
SEE IF WE CAN GO AROUND.
PHIL: LONGTIME RESIDENTS WERE
SURPRISED AND SHOCKED.
>> I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS HIGH.
I'VE LIVED IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
SINCE 1965, I'VE LIVED IN
PARADISE PARK FOR 22 YEARS.
I'VE NEVER SEEN IT LIKE THIS.
PHIL: I HAVE NEVER SEEN IT LIKE
THAT BEFORE EITHER.
WE WERE ALMOST STUCK IN PARADISE
PARK.
WE DISCOVERED A BACK ROAD AND
WERE ABLE TO RETURN SAFELY BACK
TO SANTA CRUZ.
THAT ROAD WAS LATER CLOSED
BECAUSE IT ALSO FLOODED.
DAN: IT IS A MESS.
THANK YOU.
MANY IN FELTON GROVE IN THE
SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS SAW THE SAN
LORENZO RIVER RISE, THEN FLOOD
THEIR HOMES.
WATER LITERALLY RUSHING THROUGH
THEIR YARDS.
VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SAW
FROM PHIL GOMEZ.
THIS IS VIDEO THAT WAS SHARED
WITH ACTION NEWS 8 BY THE PRESS
BANNER NEWSPAPER OF SCOTTS
VALLEY.
THIS IS ACROSS GRAHAM HILL ROAD
FROM THE SAFEWAY THERE IN
FELTON.
THE TANNERY ARTS CENTER IN SANTA
CRUZ ALSO SAW SOME FLOODING.
INTERESTINGLY, IT WAS BUILT WITH
FLOODING IN MIND, THAT'S BECAUSE
IT SITS CLOSE TO THE SAN LORENZO
RIVER.
THE ELEVATOR IN THE PARKING
GARAGE EVEN HAS A DOOR LIKE A
SUBMARINE.
THERE IS AN AIR BLADDER AROUND
THE EDGE THAT CAN BE INFLATED TO
MAKE IT WATER TIGHT.
NO DAMAGE TO THE TANNERY ITSELF,
BUT SOME CARS HAD TO BE TOWED.
ERIN AS MICHELLE MENTIONED, ONE
LANE IS OPEN ON HIGHWAY 17 IN
SCOTTS VALLEY.
AND THEY ARE ESCORTING PEOPLE,
SO IT IS SLOW.
AND A HUGE MUDSLIDE HAS CLOSED
THE HIGHWAY IN BOTH DIRECTIONS
AT VINE HILL ROAD.
THIS IS VIDEO SENT TO US BY A
VIEWER.
THE SLIDE UPROOTED TREES AND
LEFT THOUSANDS WITHOUT POWER
TODAY.
IT EVEN CRUSHED A CAR.
CHECK THAT OUT.
AMAZINGLY, THE DRIVER WALKED
AWAY UNINJURED.
CAL TRANS SAYS THE AREA IS STILL
VERY UNSTABLE.
THERE IS NO ESTIMATION ON WHEN
THE HIGHWAY WILL RE-OPEN.
AND FOR THE THIRD TIME IN A
MATTER OF WEEKS, A LEVEE BREAKS
HAS LED TO FLOODING IN THE
LOVERS LANE NEIGHBORHOOD IN
HOLLISTER AGAIN.
IT IS A PROBLEM THAT KEEPS
GETTING WORSE.
THERE IS A NEW BREAK IN THE
LEVEE.
AND NOW THEY ARE TRYING TO GET A
BETTER LOOK AT THE DAMAGE.
THE WATER IS COMING FROM THE
PACHECO CREEK, WHICH WASN'T
EXPECTED TO PEAK UNTIL LATER
TONIGHT.
AND IT WAS ONLY EXPECTED TO GO
AS HIGH AS 14-FEET.
THAT DID NOT HAPPEN.
IT ACTUALLY PEAKED AT 2:00 THIS
AFTERNOON, OVER 19 FEET.
THAT WATER HAS FLOODED SAN
FELIPE ROAD AND REACHED LOVERS
LANE.
RESIDENTS ARE WARNED TO GET OUT
AS THE WATER GETS HIGHER I
-- GETS HIGHER.
>> THIS IS WHAT IT WAS LIKE IN
THE FIRST FLOOD WITH THE WATER
WASHING ACROSS THE ROAD LIKE
THAT.
I WAS TALKING TO A BUNCH OF THE
COUNTY FOLKS AND THEY SAID THIS
MAY BE EVEN WORSE THAN THE FIRST
FLOOD THAT WE HAD.
>> THE SHERIFF WAS DRIVING UP
AND DOWN TELLING EVERYBODY TO GO
TOO, SO WE ARE JUST TRYING TO
MAKE SURE MY GRANDPARENTS' HOUSE
DOESN'T FLOOD AGAIN.
ERIN: COUNTY OFFICIALS ARE
REALLY URGING PEOPLE TO STAY
AWAY AND NOT TRY TO DRIVE
THROUGH.
THE WATER IS DEEP, IT'S MOVING
FAST AND USING THE DRONE, THEY
WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY A NEW
SINKHOLE ON SAN FELIPE ROA
RIGHT NOW, THERE IS JUST TOO
MUCH WATER TO DO ANY CLEAN UP OR
REPAIRS.
DAN: IN SOUTH MONTEREY COUNTY,
MONTEREY COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS IS
WATCHING THE SALINAS RIVER VERY
CLOSELY.
THIS IS THE SKINNER-SERRANO
MEMORIAL BRIDGE ON 101 IN
SOLEDAD.
THE RIVER IS RISING, HOWEVER
IT'S STILL SEVERAL FEET BELOW
FLOOD STAGE.
BIG SUR RIVER, THIS IS WHAT IT
WAS LOOKING LIKE TODAY, THE
STORM BRINGING DOWN MUD AND
ROCKS ONTO THE HIGHWAY.
AND A FLASH FLOOD WARNING ON THE
BIG SUR RIVER.
YOU ARE TAKING A LOOK AT COW
CLIFFS AT MILE MARKER 28.
IT IS THE LARGEST SLIDE SO FAR.
IT IS AN ACTIVE SLIDE AND WILL
NOT BE TOUCHED UNTIL IT IS
SETTLED.
THAT COULD TAKE SEVERAL DAYS.
CREWS STILL WORKING TO MAKE
PROGRESS AT THE MUD CREEK SLIDE
AND PAUL'S SLIDE.
MORE MATERIAL HAS COME DOWN AT
BOTH
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