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Newsom visits inundated Pajaro, where a levee breach has displaced hundreds. Porterville residents evacuate as Lake Success overtops the Schafer Dam spillway.
Water flowing through a gap under Highway 1 is eroding the levee from outside the river channel, officials said as they consider emergency measures to prevent more catastrophic flooding.
The migrant town of Pajaro, Calif., was flooded last week during powerful storms that caused a levee to break. Now, another storm is moving in.
At least 70 flood watches, warnings and advisories were in effect across the state, as were avalanche warnings in Mono and Inyo counties and near Tahoe.
More than a dozen locations along major rivers were overflowing as the storm moved south across California. About 336,000 people were without power.
The Pajaro River levee failure points to hazards that California has yet to address in many areas where communities are vulnerable, experts say.
For years, experts had been warning Monterey and Santa Cruz County that the levee along the Pajaro River could fail.
As officials assess flood damage in the Central Coast and Central Valley, more rain moves in. Southern California will see rain Tuesday and Wednesday.
A levee failure on the Pajaro River in Monterey County triggered massive flooding and prompted hundreds of evacuations and dozens of water rescues.
Flash flood warnings remain in effect for parts of Santa Cruz, Monterey, Tulare and Sonoma counties, according to the National Weather Service.
