SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KGO) Nearly 5,000 residents in the Santa Cruz Mountains have been ordered to immediately evacuate their homes to avoid potentially dangerous mudslides. However, county officials are concerned that most of them likely won t comply, which could further strain resources across the region.
According to CAL FIRE, the warning has been issued for the Last Chance Road area. It s a scary feeling for a lot of us. The uncertainty of everything is the worst, said Brookdale resident Michelle McKay, who dropped by a county evacuation center at San Lorenzo Valley High School Tuesday afternoon, after leaving her home.
The evacuations are largely in areas in or near burn scars from last August s CZU Lightning Complex fires, with more than 5,000 people estimated to be affected in jurisdictions of the Ben Lomond, Boulder Creek and Felton fire protection districts and the Santa Cruz County Fire Department. People can find out if they are in an evacuation zone by clicking here.
No major mudslides or other significant problems were reported from the first storm system that came in late Tuesday and early Wednesday, but Brian Garcia from the National Weather Service said a second punch is set to arrive Wednesday night that could bring more rain showers and might prompt flash flood warnings in areas near the CZU fire burn scars.
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Show Transcript IN FELTON FELIX CORTEZ KSBW ACTION NEWS 8. ## SANTA CRUZ COUNTY DEPUTIES, FIRE FIGHTHERS, CAL TRANS AND PGANDE CREWS ARE GEARING UP FOR WHAT COULD BE A LONG A COUPLE OF DAYS. ACTION NEWS EIGHT REPORTER PHIL GOMEZ HAS MORE ON THE PREPARATIONS. Behind me you can see this is the staging area for P-G- and-E where they re going to have extra staff and more equipment so they can go out when those power outages occur and get to them quickly SANTA CRUZ COUNTY COMPLETED THEIR EVACUATION NOTIFICATIONS ALL BUT 200 OF THE 28-HUNDRED HOUSEHOLDS DECIDED NOT TO LEAVE I would really strongly encourage you to take tha advice and stay elsewhere MOST PEOPLE ARE TAKING THAT ADVICE AND LEAVING THE THE SAN LORENZO VALLEY THE RED CROSS SET UP THREE EVAC
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