"The way the system is lining up is you have rain coming in from the southwest, which is the way the Santa Cruz Mountains face," he said. The California Highway Patrol's Santa Cruz division wrote in a tweet it had to conduct "several rescues this morning," and urged residents not to attempt to drive through flooded areas.īrayden Murdock, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service, told SFGATE that Santa Cruz County is seeing some of the worst impacts of the storm for various reasons. Videos on social media show widespread flooding in Felton, with KTVU sharing a video of officials prepping a jet ski to travel around the severely flooded Fenton Grove neighborhood. "Travel will be extremely difficult, if not impossible, throughout the county this morning," the county wrote in a tweet.Īs of 9 a.m., the National Weather Service listed the San Lorenzo River at Big Trees at major flood stage. Santa Cruz County is urging all residents to stay home if possible Monday as another atmospheric river batters the San Francisco Bay Area and surrounding regions. The Felton area remains severely flooded, and rain is expected to resume later Monday. Flooding from the San Lorenzo River at Big Trees has been downgraded from "major" to "moderate" by the National Weather Service.Īs of 10:30 a.m., the flood stage of the San Lorenzo River is on the brink of being downgraded even further to "minor" amid a pause in rainfall. WJ81NcZ4rD- Brooks Jarosz January 9, 2023 Water from San Lorenzo River slowly receding. With the rain stopped, onlookers reported the water levels slowly receding.Īnother look at Felton Grove flooding.
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