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An incoming storm threatens to overflow the swollen Salinas River, imperiling the lives of farmworkers and crops and triggering evacuations. 'Probable inundation': Salinas River communities brace ...
The river was at 31.52 feet — more than 2 feet above flood stage of 29 feet. Evacuations have been issued for some locations. Video: See the Salinas River flow 2 feet above flood stage through ...
A National Weather Service meteorologist says heavier rains, strong winds and more snow for the mountains are expected Saturday.
Flood warnings were in effect for the Salinas River in an agricultural valley about 90 miles south of San Francisco. At least 20,000 acres (8,094 hectares) of farmland were at risk of flooding ...
The Salinas River (Rumsen: ua kot taiauaÄorx) [6] is the longest river of the Central Coast region of California, running 175 miles (282 km) and draining 4,160 square miles (10,800 km 2). [7] It flows north-northwest and drains the Salinas Valley that slices through the central California Coast Ranges south of Monterey Bay. [3]
Monterey County Sheriff Tina Nieto compared the expected flooding of the Salinas River to flooding in 1995, when heavy rains devastated the area and stranded people on either side of the flooded ...
As of 8:30 a.m., the river level was at 16.15 feet, just shy of the start of flood stage at 16.5 feet. The National Weather Service’s Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service forecast the river ...
The Salinas River exceeded its previous measured record crest by more than four feet, which was within a foot or two of the reputed crest of the legendary 1862 flood. The Napa River set a new peak record, and the Russian and Pajaro rivers approached their record peaks. 28 people were killed and the flood cost $1.8 billion. [1]