![]() In the San Francisco Bay Area, flooding blocked portions of several major highways, including Interstate 580 in Oakland, disrupting travel. Several public parks nearby, including the Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, were closed to visitors due to the ongoing heavy rain. “It was double in size if not triple overnight,” she said. She has been keeping an eye on the rising waters in case she and her boyfriend need to leave. ![]() Morgan Lynn Searcy, 24, lives near the river and said her neighborhood is under an evacuation warning. Officials said there were no injuries reported or calls for rescue by Friday afternoon but that the river, known to locals as “Killer Kern,” continued to rise. There were also flash floods in Kernville, another foothill town in Kern County. Videos posted on social media showed a handful of homes and cars under a few feet of water and at least one road washed out by the rushing river in Springville, a Tulare County town of about 1,000 people in the foothills of the southern Sierra Nevada.Įvacuation orders were ordered for other areas of the county, including parts of the small community of Cutler because of a levee break and areas of Exeter because a creek overflowed its banks. In central California, the Tule River overflowed its banks and flooded several homes. At one home, chickens inside a backyard coop perched on a bar near the roof to avoid the water. Wingfield said living near Soquel Creek has meant being aware there might be floods, but “never did I imagine it would wash out a culvert.”Įvacuations were ordered in nearby Watsonville where creek water spilled over and filled roadways with several feet of water, threatening dozens of homes with flooding.
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