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you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in new york. it s here 6:00 here in the big apple, 3:00 p.m. in california. what s likely to be a long, sleepless night and soggy weekend lying ahead for much of monterey county. the county is the epicenter of catastrophic flooding in that state. these are new images of the levee that failed around midnight local time. mandatory evacuations are now under way in parts of the that county. a string of deadly storms has unleashed massive flooding across the central and northern portions of the state. at least two people have died in this most recent storm. this week s atmospheric river is the tenth to hit the state this winter. it s dropped more than a foot of rain in some areas and several feet of snow in others. let s begin in monterey county, the site of that levee breach. cnn s mike valerio is there. mike, the state of that breach, could this continue to dump more flooding into that area? what can you tell us? reporte ....
Let s begin in monterey county, the site of that levee breach. cnn s mike valerio is there. mike, the state of that breach, could this continue to dump more flooding into that area? what can you tell us? reporter: that s right. it s going to be the biggest problem leading into the next event, round two, jim. you re exactly right with that. we want to start on that point. round two, we have new information, jim, on the next flood watch which has been posted by the national weather service. monday evening through wednesday morning. jim, the next major impulse of moisture is going to come through the central and northern coast of california tuesday, tuesday morning. that will be the 11th atmospheric river system to hit us across the state of california this year. in terms, jim, of how the situation has changed today, we want to show video that our producer, sarah moon, shot off of her iphone as people here in our backdrop were being rescued after dawn today for hours. you re going to be ....