More than $2 million in Government grants for Hawke’s Bay businesses have now been issued following the devastating Cyclone Gabrielle.
Following the floods
california s govern gary newsome again on saturday telling the governor that california has full support of the federal government. it is likely to be a long, sleepless night and soggy weekend for many across the state especially in monterey county. the latest epicenter of extreme weather. a levee breach causing catastrophic flooding, mandatory evacuations underway. in all some 15 million people are under flood alerts in california. at least two died in the most recent storm. the atmospheric river is the tenth and dropped more than a foot of snow. another system adding in a number of days. the levee breach in monterey county described as a worst-case scenario by officials. cnn is there. reporter: well, this is still the center of the flood response and rescue efforts here and the town center here.
they will not let us in. we already packed everything we are going to take. it is hard to decide what to do. the 11th atmospheric river event of the season is expected to hit monday night. saturdays levy breach in monterey county has been described as a worst-case scenario by officials and residents are not out of the woods yet. reporter: this is still the center of the flood response. five kilometers away we have a levy that was breached several hours ago and that is why we have all of this water being dumped into the center of this small town in monterey county. after the dawn hours on saturday we sold national guard vehicles go up and down this main drag.
The wet start to the year in Menlo Park resulted in nearly 200 storm-related calls to the city and 220 tons of sand being used for sandbags by residents, according to City Manager Justin Murphy at a Jan. 24 City Council meeting.