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    Evacuations near Central California dam as storm swells rivers, smashes rainfall records

    by Ruben Vives, Susanne Rust and Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times Mar 15, 2023 5 minutes
    Herbeto Estrada rescues his two birds from his home along Salinas Road in Pajaro, California, on Tuesday, March 14, 2023.

    PAJARO, Calif. — Surging rivers. Sliding rocks. Flooded towns.

    The 11th atmospheric river storm of the season left a trail of soggy misery in California as it broke decades-old rainfall records and breached levees this week.

    In the Tulare County city of Porterville, residents on both sides of the Tule River were ordered to evacuate Wednesday morning as levels rose at Lake Success, sending water running over the spillway at Schafer Dam.

    “The amount of water coming off the hillsides is elevated, and (it has) expedited the need for us to get out of the area,” Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux said in a video update around 1 a.m., noting that officials were going door to door to evacuate residents.

    About 100 homes lie between the spillway and Road 284, Boudreaux said. Emergency shelters are open at the Exeter Veterans Memorial Building, Porterville College Gym

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