Evacuation Warning Issued for Big Sur as Coast Braces for More Rain

Published on April 3, 2024

Officials are asking residents of a small community along the Central California coast to leave immediately before the next rainstorm hits April 4. The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office issued the evacuation warning Wednesday for Big Sur, a community of about 5,200 residents, ahead of Thursday’s expected storm. The warning covers residents located near a section of the state’s historic Highway 1, just south of the Rocky Creek Bridge–about 17 miles south of Monterey–to the Dolan Slide area. The California Highway Patrol and the California Department of Transportation closed 40 miles of the coastal roadway Saturday after a giant chunk of it collapsed into the ocean following last weekend’s heavy rains. The closure stranded as many as 1,600 people in Big Sur....

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