Scenes of devastation along the Pajaro River: 'The water is still coming in. It's rising'

A levee failure on the Pajaro River in Monterey County triggered massive flooding and prompted hundreds of evacuations and dozens of water rescues.

Teresa Fuentes becomes emotional after seeing flood damage to her home on College Road in Watsonville on Friday.

‘We got each other’s backs’: Residents in San Bernardino Mountains rally together after winter storms “At that time, they were displaced for about a week,” he said, noting that this time it’s probably going to be longer — as crews will have to clean flooded and contaminated streets and homes and restore electricity to the area.

He’ll probably have to claim unemployment, he said, shaking his head. He, his wife and their 8-year-old daughter left the inundated city early Saturday after they got a knock on the door from a sheriff’s deputy urging them to leave.

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