Pajaro is the latest community to suffer from a levee break in California. Intense atmospheric rivers and snowmelt will keep testing the river walls that protect millions of residents.
Water flowing through a gap under Highway 1 is eroding the levee from outside the river channel, officials said as they consider emergency measures to prevent more catastrophic flooding.
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