(Bloomberg) -- Local officials warned that a part of the Monterey peninsula in Northern California could be cut off from the rest of the state by flooding on a river that’s been inundated with rainfall from a series of punishing winter storms.
The tony seaside communities of Carmel and Pebble Beach are among the tourist towns that may become isolated for several days if the nearby Salinas River floods, Monterey County Sheriff Tina Nieto said during a press conference late Wednesday. Residents living in low-lying areas near the river were ordered to evacuate immediately, according to a Twitter post by the sheriff’s office.