Drone footage shot above Monterey County in central California on Wednesday shows rural communities inundated by floodwaters after a levee on the Pajaro river failed.
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The levee failed on 10 March, prompting evacuations from the area, which is about 90 miles (140 kilometres) south of San Francisco. The flooding is the latest disaster triggered by a string of winter storms to strike California.

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