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Update: Traffic Alert: Roadway Flooding Due To Heavy Rain

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Updated at 4:10pm: A large tree fell on Heidi Lane off Italian Bar Road in the Columbia section of Tuolumne County. As seen in the photo, a saw crew is working to remove trees in the flooded area.

A large tree falls on Heidi Lane off Italian Bar Road in the Columbia area of ​​Tuolumne County
Photographer: Richard Sears

Updated at 1:20pm: CHP reports that mud/dirt/rockslides are blocking the westbound lane and partially extending into the eastbound lane at the intersection of Tom Bell Road and Big Trees Road on Highway 4.

Updated at 11:54 am: The western entrance to Yosemite National Park along Big Oak Flat Road/Hwy 120 east of Foresta was closed last night by a rockslide, but park officials now report it has been removed. increase. Highways are reopened and traffic moves freely again.

Updated at 11:30 am: Mobile Home Park in Calaveras County has been evacuated. Calaveras County Sheriff’s spokesperson Lieutenant Greg Stark told Broadcast Clark that torrential rains forced residents of Castle Rock Mobile Home Park, near Lower Lime Creek Road in Valley Springs, from their homes. He added that lawmakers had evacuated about 15 people from their homes. There is also flooding on Highway 26 at the Driver Road intersection near Baldwin Street in Rancho Calaveras. In Tuolumne County, more roads were flooded, including the intersection of Yankee Hill Road and Sawmill Flat Road in the Columbia area, Highway 49 at the intersection of Wilcox Ranch Road in Tattletown, and Rawhide Road near the intersection of Highway 49. More information about road flooding can be found below.

Updated at 10:15am: The Mother Lode has further flooded roads, creating a traffic hazard. In Tuolumne County, he said his one lane of Highway 108 at the Este Street intersection in Eastern Sonora was flooded, CHP reports. The South Fork Road at the Center Camp Road intersection in the Twain Hart area is also flooded. In Calaveras County, the northbound lane of Route 49 at the intersection of Del Orto Road is flooded, just before the Amador County line and He 13 curves.

Original post at 9:15am: Sonora, Calif. – CHP is warning drivers that some roads on Mother Road are experiencing flooding this morning.

In Tuolumne County, CHP officers are directing traffic following some sort of “slip” at the intersection of Highway 108 and Chicken Ranch Road. They didn’t specify whether it was a rock or a landslide. Flooding is occurring in the Wards Ferry Road and Tuolumne Road area west of Standard Road in Sonora. In the Groveland area, Smith Station Road is flooded near the intersection of Vic Canter Road south of Hwy 120. Additionally, CHP reports that there are rocks in his 5100 block on Oburns Ferry Road near the Sierra Conservation Center.

Flooding is occurring at the intersection of Bonanza Mine Road and Appaloosa Road on Highway 4 in the Copperlopolis area of ​​Calaveras County. Near the La Contenta Golf Course in Valley Springs, the intersection of Highway 26 and St. Andrews is flooded and the highway is closed just east of Gold Creek Drive. Also in the area, Hogan Dam Road at the intersection of Highway 26 was flooded and Purdy Dam Road/Sandlet Road at the intersection of Campo Secor Road north of Highway 26 near Purdy Reservoir was closed. In the Arnold neighborhood near the Fly-In-Acre Reservoir, northeast of Highway 4 at the corner of Patricia Lane and Moran Road, high water has closed Patricia Lane to traffic.

CHP warns drivers to stay off the road if possible and remember to turn on their headlights when it rains or snows.

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