Hundreds evacuated as levee breaks in northern California
AFP, April, 2006
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SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) — Hundreds of people were evacuated as relentless storms pounded northern California, breaking levees, causing mudslides, and undermining coastal roads.
Several hundred people, most of them senior citizens, were evacuated from houses and mobile home parks near the state capital of Sacramento after a levee breach in the county of Merced, said county spokeswoman Elaine Post.
Displaced residents took refuge in a local high school gymnasium and with relatives as the levee was repaired and flood water rerouted, Post said.
By sundown, the water was receding but people had yet to get clearance to return to their homes. An estimated 50 houses were threatened by the flood.
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"Everyone seems to be taking a sigh," Post said during an evening ...
