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"Wednesday and Thursday offer a two-day break from any major rainstorms, and Central Coast public works crews are working to get ahead.The crews targeted problem spots like flooding in a Prunedale resident's yard off Echo Valley Road.\"The water was covering both lanes in the eastbound lane. The water was approximately 8-12 inches deep. It was a hazard, so we closed the roadway. We've mobilized the largest pump we have and are attempting to pump down the pond now,\" Monterey County Public Works maintenance manager Shawn Atkins said.Monterey County Public Works crews used their largest pump to pump water out of a homeowner's yard Wednesday, sending the water down the hill to nearby storm drains.To get ready for more storms ahead, crews are scraping up residual mud and silt on the roads, clearing out storm drains and fixing potholes.According to Atkins, Tuesday's storm caused a lot of problems and now they are just trying to get the roads up to speed while its dry.\"Yesterday was a struggle to meet all of the challenges that we were faced with,\" Atkins said. \"What we are really trying to do today is to be proactive, get things opened back up so they don't cause us challenges come Friday when we are expected to have another storm come through.\"Another problem area Tuesday included the main access road into the Pajaro Dunes Community. The road is now clear of water but nearby farmland is still flooded.On Hartnell Road in Salinas, the street is still flooded from Tuesday's storm. Nearby Alisal Road is no longer flooded but there is quite a bit of residual silt in the road.In Santa Cruz County, Public Works has also had crews out all day dealing with plugged culverts and cleaning ditches. Paulsen Road in Watsonville flooded completely and is still closed along with Murphy Crossing Road.PG&amp;E crews were working ahead Wednesday as well looking for any loose trees and vegetation that could fall on power lines in the next coming days.\u00A0People can find a list of locations on where to pick up sandbags on the Monterey County Office of Emergency Services website."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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