Neighbors in the Island District of Kings County have reactivated a crisis network to help each other prepare. The nearby city of Corcoran is adding to the top of a levee to try to keep water out.

The major disaster declaration signed by President Biden will bring long-awaited FEMA aid to Pajaro and other storm-battered communities in California.

Cars detour on flooded Road 144 as both sides of Highway 99 closed due to major flooding in Earlimart of Tulare County on March 11, 2023 as atmospheric river storms hit California. Photo by Tayfun ...

An aerial view of the damage after rainstorms caused a levee to break, flooding Sacramento County roads near Wilton, California, January 1, 2023. Fred Greaves/Reuters ...

Flood waters from recent storms and river runoff surround the construction site of the Tule River high-speed rail viaduct near Highway 43 and Avenue 144 south of Corcoran, California on March 22 ...

In neighboring Kings County, the former Tulare Lakebed -- what was once the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi before being drained more than 100 years ago for farming -- has also ...