Evacuations near Central California dam as storm swells rivers, smashes rainfall records
PAJARO, Calif. — Surging rivers. Sliding rocks. Flooded towns. The 11th atmospheric river storm of the season left a trail of soggy misery in Calif...
PAJARO, Calif. — Surging rivers. Sliding rocks. Flooded towns. The 11th atmospheric river storm of the season left a trail of soggy misery in California as it broke decades-old rainfall records and breached levees this week. In the Tulare County city of Porterville, residents on both sides of the Tule River were ordered to evacuate Wednesday morning as levels rose at Lake Success, sending water running over the spillway at Schafer Dam. 'The amount of water coming off the hillsides is elevated, and (it has) expedited the need for us to get out of the area,' Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux said in a video update around 1 a.