Point Pleasant Area Residents Urged To Move To Higher Ground
SACRAMENTO COUNTY (CBS13) – The latest on flooding south of Elk Grove on Thursday:
11:55 a.m.
Fire crews say they've rescued more than a dozen people in the Point Pleasant area since the early morning hours.
Cosumnes Fire says a total of 14 people have been rescued. No one has been injured; the people have just been trapped in flooding conditions.
9:55 a.m.
Residents in the Point Pleasant area are being advised to evacuate and move to higher ground.
A shelter is being opened at the Courtland Fire Station #92 at 1125 Hood Franklin Road for any Point Pleasant area residents looking for somewhere to go.
Cosumnes Fire crews are in the area helping with residents trying to evacuate.
6:36 a.m.
Police stepped in to rescue a driver trapped in flood waters early Thursday morning.
Around 2:30 a.m., a woman driving on Lambert Road between Bruceville Road and Franklin Boulevard slid off the roadway. Water started filling her car.
Crews managed to get the woman out safely.
According to California Highway Patrol, the woman drove through signage warning drivers of the flooding conditions. CHP had this roadway closed prior to the incident.
The rising waters are coming from number of irrigation canals that run through this area.
The Sacramento County Sheriff's Department says they've helped in two rescues from two homes by boat due to the flooding in the area.
Residents in the Point Pleasant area are being advised to evacuate and move to higher ground.
The Cosumnes River, which has been a prominent flooding point during these storm, runs just to the east of this location.
