Kelsey Scanlon, the director of the county Department of Emergency Management, reported to the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday that the storm and powerful wave action that hit the Central Coast beginning Dec. 27 damaged both public and private property throughout Monterey County, including areas adjacent to the Carmel River and Carmel River Lagoon, as well as the Salinas River and the Salinas River Lagoon.
The resilience forum will help prepare the community on what to expect from potential storms, how local resources are prepared to respond and how citizens can be ready for natural disasters.
The recent rainy weather and high surf warnings led to evacuation warnings, road closures and flooding along the coast on Thursday. Several evacuation warnings were issued for areas of Monterey County, but most were lifted by Friday morning. As of Friday afternoon, a new coastal flood warning was in effect for the Central Coast and […]
Since mid-December, the region has experienced on-and-off rain. Additional rain and scattered showers are expected from mid-Friday, Dec. 29, to Saturday night.
An update on the status of the Carmel River Lagoon on Thursday from County of Monterey public information officer Maia Carroll said that county crews mobilized on Wednesday afternoon to manage the Carmel Lagoon sandbar by constructing a small pilot channel with hand tools.