A 20-foot breach in a San Joaquin River levee that forced an evacuation order for a large swath of rural farmland was plugged by emergency crews late Monday, a levee engineer confirmed.For the time being, however, an evacuation order for about 500 people issued shortly after 7 p.m. remained in place.The levee break came at the end of a long, sopping wet day that saw officials at Don Pedro Reservoir east of Modesto open a gated spillway for the first time since the 1997 [...]
Sj River Levee Break Forces 500 Out; Don Pedro Spillway Opens
Alex Breitler, The Record (Stockton)
Mon, 02/20/2017 - 8:30pm
Sections: u.s.
Topics: California San Joaquin County Stockton
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