Gertrudis Rubio stepped into the darkness, pushing through the rushing water that slung rocks against her shins. There wasn’t enough time to grab essentials or documents – rapidly rising waters were already waist-high and surging through the small community in Monterey county. Rubio and her family of eight had little time to lose.
“It has felt traumatic,” she said. “The water came and destroyed our house. It destroyed everything.”
