Sheriff Nieto: Monterey Peninsula could be cutoff, flooding expected for Salinas Valley - KSBW Monterey

In a property league connected Wednesday, Sheriff Tina Nieto announced that the region is preparing for the Monterey Peninsula beryllium chopped disconnected from the remainder of the authorities owed to on-coming flood waters if the Salinas River continues to flood. >>Watch the property league successful the video subordinate above. If the Salinas River goes nether Highway 68 and Highway 1 connected its mode to the Monterey Bay. During utmost flooding, the stream tin artifact radical from moving connected oregon disconnected the peninsula by blocking some highways. This past happened successful 1995. Nieto besides wanted to alert the nationalist to imaginable flooding successful Chualar, Spreckels, Los Palmas Ranch 1 and Los Palmas Ranch II. After back-to-back-to-back atmospheric rivers, stream levels crossed the Central Coast person risen to drastic levels and person caused devastating flooding. The astir caller interest for officials is the presently rising Salinas River. The river, which continues to emergence adjacent aft the rainfall halted, has been steadily swelling betwixt Chualar and Monterey Bay, wherever it lets out. As of 4 p.m. connected Wednesday, the stream gauge astatine the Highway 68 transverse reported the tallness of the stream astatine 20 feet and successful the "action" stage. This means that the stream is not yet flooding but astatine slope level. The National Weather Service is predicting that the stream volition beryllium astatine the flood signifier Thursday afternoon. Nieto: List of roadworthy closures caused by Salinas River flooding