California levee fails, leading to floods and water rescues



Overnight water rescues took place after the Pajaro River levee in Monterey County failed. More than 8,500 people were forced to evacuate while others were trapped by washed-out roads. This comes as parts of the state are expected to receive more rain and snow.

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45 comments

  1. the flood did a lot of damage , so I encourage you to work together , this will help you to be safe.

  2. Seems like they would Harvest this water since they need it so bad in California Nevada New Mexico…. can the engineers figure out a way to Route this to a place of storage

  3. If your ability to leave on your own no longer exsists … youve waited to long ….theirfor its an emergency

  4. Im sorry lady ……..its an emergency

  5. My prayers and thoughts go out to families.

  6. LORD GIVE THEM PEACE !!!!!!!!!

  7. HEAVEN HELP US ALL !!!!!!!!!!!!

  8. OMG what a mess. Maybe Gods trying to tell us he doesn’t like what we are doing down here on earth.

  9. LOOKS LIKE THE SPIRITS OF THE ORIGINAL "NATIVES" WHO WERE
    SLAUGHTERED ARE WAKING UP.
    Hmmm πŸ€”

  10. Hope it makes it's way to Hollywood studios

  11. NOT in Monterey. Stupid news reporter. It's Pajaro CA

  12. California needs every bit of this rain and snow to help with the summer fires, but sadly there are too many people living everywhere. More people, more suffering. This will keep happening.

  13. Flooded home have double in price…

  14. I have a unique πŸ’‘. Let's not build back the badly placed housing. Use the natural flood paths to create a new resistant geography. Use imminent domain to create a more sustainable model with these new rain patterns.

  15. Say whaaaat 😲 πŸ€” ?❗

  16. This is what happens when you elect democrats in the state.

  17. I had a t-shirt that said….I survived the storm of 92….it rained for 5-7days straight….then the highest tide ever….the GG bridge was closed for almost a month due to mudslides north of the tunnel…Marin city was a messβœŒοΈπŸ––πŸ€―πŸ€―β€οΈπŸ€πŸ’™πŸ’›

  18. Planada and le grand is at risk as well the orchards are completely flooded and most of the roads as well

  19. Climate change is a serious threat to all living beings including us. The weather will become increasingly erratic and extreme. I hope we can come together and our elected leaders will address growing ecological disasters, displacement of peoples homes and livelihoods, infrastructure revision, and famine will be on our doorsteps soon enough.

  20. hopefully it washes the governor away

  21. Yes it is terrible. But why would you live where a man made wall is all that is between you and catastrophe? The levee is there for a reason. Water runs down hill. There is something called gravity. I almost bought a house on a river out west once but decided against in part for reasons like this.

  22. I just wonder have anyone connected this to God's wrath. Your governor bragging about aborting the babies, he has brought wrath on your state. Wake up people!!!! Repent and get rid of that wicked governor. However I pray for the just as well as the unjust and I pray the people turn back to God. Condolences for all.

  23. β€œJUMANGI”. That sums up the last two years.

  24. We need water tanks and pass around drums to residents.

  25. Don’t they need water? Pray for rain and you gotta deal with the mud

  26. They whine and cry about drought, but no plan to capture and harvest free fresh water? Have no feeling for them. Too bad, so sad.

  27. Oh well another corp of engineers levee broke when it probably went in in the 1950s. I guess the drought is over. Would have been nice if while all the water was gone the crumbling infrastructure could have been repaired.

  28. It’s events like this that I’m glad the county I live in only gets 3 inches of rain a year.

  29. What's Gavin newsome going to do? Where is that money going to come from to fix that?

  30. That's Maxine waters distruct. Is it? Or pelosi a distruct? Or McCarthys distruct?

  31. The Levee break is not in Monterey. Its in Pajaro Valley, Monterey COUNTY, near the Santa Cruz county lineπŸ€¦πŸ»β€β™€οΈ

  32. Sending Prayer'sπŸ™πŸ™πŸ™πŸ™

  33. Nice, no raft looting! lol

  34. with all this global warming I am finding it hard to stay warm. I better buy a 150k tesla and 100k in solar to save the planet…

  35. The glaciers are now coming down

  36. When I woke up I saw them spraying in the air I guessed there called CHEMTRAILS I wonder if this has to do with everything that’s happening.

  37. Why do the jews always buy houses in flooding areas?

  38. πŸ˜† 🀣 πŸ˜‚ 😹 πŸ˜† 🀣 πŸ˜‚

  39. God will wash away all the queers, tears I meant!πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

  40. Building in lower eleveted areas or lower than a river levee does not sound like the best idea, except for the builders who sold those lots…