Pajaro Dunes Flooding 2025. Intense atmospheric rivers and snowmelt will keep testing the river walls that protect millions of residents. The pajaro river, which divides monterey and santa cruz counties, breached a levee early this morning and has flooded the communities of pajaro and watsonville as thousands are under evacuation orders and.
A levee failure on the pajaro river forced more than 1,000 monterey county residents to evacuate after rains triggered “life threatening” flash flooding. The work will begin around 2025 and include salsipuedes and corralitos creeks.