BREAKING: One of the three major roads with access to Santa Cruz County is partially closed due to a mudslide.
Highway 17, one of the three major roads with access to Santa Cruz County, is closed at its summit in the southbound direction due to a mudslide, according to California Highway Patrol.
Traffic alert 🚨 road closure Southbound SR-17 south of Glenwood Dr. Slide is blocking the roadway pic.twitter.com/lvAcjrhfLTThe San Lorenzo River and Soquel Creek, both scenes of destruction last week, continue to swell and endanger communities along their banks. Evacuation orders are in place for most of Capitola, Soquel, Rio del Mar, Seaside and Paradise Park while downtown and parts of midtown Santa Cruz are on standby.
Watsonville is an agricultural town and many residents have farm animals on their property. The Monterey County Department of Emergency Services directed all individuals with large animals to call the local SPCA. Since the rains began on New Year's Eve last week, the deluge in Santa Cruz County has compounded into a natural disaster.
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