A fresh atmospheric river pummeling the state has caused flooding as rivers swell past their banks; experts say more wet weather is coming
“massive”, saying it has impacted Pajaro’s 1,700 residents – many of them Latino farmworkers – and that the damage will take months to repair.
The Pajaro Valley is a coastal agricultural area known for growing strawberries, apples, cauliflower, broccoli and artichokes. National brands such as Driscoll’s Strawberries and Martinelli’s are headquartered in the region.Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Across the state on Saturday, Californians contended with drenching rains and rising water levels. In Tulare county, the sheriff ordered residents who live near the Tule River to evacuate, while people near the Poso Creek in Kern county were under an evacuation warning. The National Weather Service’s meteorologists issued flood warnings and advisories, begging motorists to stay off sodden roadways.
Snow levels in the Sierra Nevada, which provides about a third of the state’s water supply, are more than 180% of the 1 April average, when it is historically at its peak. Officials reported 32in of snow had fallen by Saturday morning at the Mount Rose ski resort on the edge of Reno, Nevada. Lake Oroville – one of the most important reservoirs in the state and home to the nation’s tallest dam – has so much water that officials on Friday opened the dam’s spillways for the first time since April 2019. The reservoir’s water has risen 180ft since 1 December. Of the state’s 17 major reservoirs, seven are still below historical averages this year.
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