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5,000 residents ordered to evacuate Santa Cruz Mountains due to debris flow risk
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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.
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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