Hundreds were displaced Saturday after a levee ruptured on the Pajaro River and flooded a nearby farming community in northern Monterey County.
PAJARO -- An agricultural community in Monterey County was flooded Saturday after a levee ruptured on the Pajaro River. Drone footage showed the extent of the flooding in the community of Pajaro, near the city of Watsonville.The levee was breached about three miles east of Pajaro.Monterey County first responders started evacuating people late Friday night. Firefighters also announced the evacuation order in Spanish since many of the roughly 1,700 residents are Spanish-speaking farm workers.
" started to cry a little bit. My other little siblings started to cry, too. They didn't know what was going on," said 18-year-old evacuee Christian Garcia."It didn't feel real, the sirens. Everything was in a rush," Garcia said."At least my family is safe now. We're safe and my neighbors," said Isaac Martinez, who is Garcia's uncle.
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