LOS ANGELES — The latest atmospheric river storm began moving into an already saturated Northern California early Friday, raising flooding concerns across the San Francisco Bay Area, especially along Monterey County’s Salinas River.
Waters from the Salinas River near Chualar already breached some levees late Thursday and flooded nearby farmland, according to KSBW-TV. Forecasters predict the area could see the worst of the flooding late Friday, when the river is expected to crest almost 2 feet above flood stage, according to the latest projections.
County officials and forecasters began warning Thursday that severe flooding from the river — depending on conditions — could overrun Highways 1 and 68, which would effectively cut off the Monterey Peninsula from the rest of the Bay Area.
