Photos: Nearly 2,000 people evacuated after levee breach and flooding in Pajaro

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Photos: Nearly 2,000 people evacuated after levee breach and flooding in Pajaro
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Flood waters continued to cover most of downtown Pajaro on Sunday morning.

Army national guard trucks and humvees waded through storm waters on Main Street, a ghost town now with nothing but flooded-out cars, sandbags and residents still trapped behind the water line.

Caltrans has yet to give an estimate of when the roads will open, but Nieto said on Sunday afternoon that it likely won’t be soon. Esteban Sepulveda holds his dog Milo while leaving his home in Pajaro Valley, Calif. on Sunday March 12, 2023. People stay in an evacuation area at Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds in Parjaro, Calif. on Sunday, March 12, 2023.

Rocio Morando, of Pajaro Valley, holds her son David Morando, 3, in front of their home in Pajaro Valley, Calif. on Sunday March 12, 2023.

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