hello, and thank you for joining me this sunday. i m fredricka whitfield. and we begin this hour with the west coast bracing for another round of dangerous downpours. the 11th atmospheric river so far this season is expected to hit in the coming hours. forecasters are predicting this latest storm to bring up to 6 inches of rain for parts of northern and central california. areas already facing severe flooding. more than 15 million people remain under flood watches from california to nevada and evacuation orders are already in place for parts of monterey county after a levee brief flooded homes. sheriffs are going door-to-door to help as rivers of waters rush through the communities. mike is in hard-hit monterey county. it looks like you re standing in a lake. but then, at the same time, it looks like that is like a downtown area? reporter: yeah, fredricka, good morning. this is in monterey county, california and we thought would this water recede, but this water has been he
county. it looks like you re standing in a lake. but then, at the same time, it looks like that is like a downtown area? reporter: yeah, fredricka, good morning. this is in monterey county, california and we thought would this water recede, but this water has been here for more than 24 hours. in fact, the water level has gone up because we have this water, this levee breach on the river that has not been sealed as of yet. if you look over to my right, it is touch to get in and out of this apartment building unless you have waders. and take a look at this iphone video we shot before coming on the air, walking up and down some of the neighborhood streets. this explain the national guard rescues that we saw yesterday because in some of the neighborhoods, you don t just see water coming up to the passenger and driver doors, you see water channelized into these narrow neighborhood streets and starting to rush past these