Pajaro residents return to flooded town amid health and safety warnings; cleanup ongoing

by Thomas Hughes, Bay City News March 25, 2023March 24, 2023

Portable sanitation stations offering access to toilets, showers, sinks and laundry stations have been set up at Pajaro Park and Pajaro Middle School for displaced residents trying to return to their flooded community. While cleanup efforts in Pajaro continue, Monterey County officials said that nearly two-thirds of the town's buildings suffered damage in the March 10 flooding. (Monterey County/Twitter)

Residents of Pajaro are slowly returning home this weekend after evacuation orders for the Monterey County community were lifted on Thursday. But the eagerly anticipated all-clear message came with a health warning from county emergency services officials due to sanitation concerns.

The evacuations were ordered in the wake of a levee breach that left some parts of the town under several feet of water on March 10.

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