The Sacramento County Office of Emergency Services is asking people living in Wilton to shelter in place if they have not already evacuated the area. “Rising water has made roads impassable in the area,” the county said after 3:20 p.m. “Residents currently on Dillard Road should continue safely to Wackford Center, 9014 Bruceville Rd., Elk Grove, CA 95758. Those who are at home should stay home.” Renee Podris of Wilton said she and her family had been in Elk Grove in the early hours of afternoon, but that they encountered road closures and flooded roads while trying to get home.” we couldn’t get back to our homes,” he said Saturday afternoon. Podris said three of the four acres of his family’s property were under water Saturday, but he had been in contact with about 20 of his neighbors and everyone was OK. “I am grateful to our Wilton community,” he said. “We’re all trying to help each other.” The Sac County OES said in a statement that there is an evacuation center in Elk Grove at the Wackford Community Center located at 9014 Bruceville Rd. Matt Robinson, a county spokesman, said the decision to think with the shelter decision is that at this point it would be more dangerous for people to drive in the dark and lose track of where they are going and get stuck. Crews spent a good part of the day hauling rock down into the river in hopes of holding the bridge. “The county’s mission is to make sure everyone is safe,” Robinson said. Robinson said the bridge was closed from Green Road to Grant Line Road while crews lifted the levee. He said the hope is that crews can work without cars passing through the area. There was also concern, he said, that the bridge could fail if conditions worsened. That hadn’t happened on Saturday. Residents should not drive through standing water. The level of the Cosumnes River continues to rise throughout the day and is expected to crest above flood stage at 17.5 feet around 5 p.m., KCRA 3 meteorologist Eileen Javora said the river hasn’t reached this flood level since 1997. Leeland Schneider, a member of the 800 Reclamation District, said earlier Saturday that efforts are underway to keep the Wilton Road bridge open because it’s a major thoroughfare which are used to travel in and out of the area. “If we get anywhere near the historic levels of 1997, we’re not going to be able to keep the water from coming over the Wilton Bridge and we’re going to have to close the road,” Schneider said. Schneider said RD 800 and Sacramento County officials have been preparing for flooding all week and have placed sandbags in the area. OES stressed that drivers in the area should turn their vehicles around if they encounter a large body of water. The release said updates on road conditions can be found on the Sac County OES website and on its Facebook and Twitter pages. This is a developing story. Stay with KCRA 3 for the latest news.
The Sacramento County Office of Emergency Services is asking people living in Wilton to shelter in place if they have not already evacuated the area.
“Rising water has made roads impassable in the area,” the county said after 3:20 p.m. “Residents currently on Dillard Road should continue safely to Wackford Center, 9014 Bruceville Rd., Elk Grove, CA 95758. Those who are at home should stay home.”
Renee Podris of Wilton said she and her family had been in Elk Grove earlier in the afternoon but encountered cut-offs and flooded roads as they tried to get home.
“It was very scary when we almost couldn’t get back to our house,” he said Saturday afternoon.
Podris said three of the four acres of his family’s property were under water Saturday, but he had been in contact with about 20 of his neighbors and everyone was OK.
“I am grateful to our Wilton community,” he said. “We’re all trying to help each other.”
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Sac County OES said in a statement that there is an evacuation center in Elk Grove at the Wackford Community Center located at 9014 Bruceville Rd.
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Matt Robinson, a county spokesman, said the decision to think with the shelter-in-place decision is that at this point it would be more dangerous for people to drive in the dark and lose track of where they’re going and get stuck.
Crews spent a good part of the day hauling rock down into the river in hopes of holding the bridge.
“The county’s mission is to make sure everyone is safe,” Robinson said.
Robinson said the bridge was closed from Green Road to Grant Line Road while crews left for demolition. He said the hope is that crews can work without cars passing through the area. There was also concern, he said, that the bridge could fail if conditions worsened. That hadn’t happened on Saturday.
Residents should not drive through standing water.
The level of the Cosumnes River continues to rise throughout the day and is expected to crest above flood stage at 17.5 feet around 5 p.m.
KCRA 3 meteorologist Eileen Javora said the river hasn’t reached this flood stage since 1997.
Leeland Schneider, a member of Reclamation District 800, said earlier Saturday that work is underway to keep the Wilton Road bridge open because it is one of the main roads used to travel in and out of the area.
“If we get anywhere near the historic levels of 1997, we won’t be able to keep the water from coming over the Wilton Bridge and we’ll have to close the road,” Schneider said.
Schneider said RD 800 and Sacramento County officials have been preparing for flooding all week and have placed sandbags in the area.
OES stressed that drivers in the area should turn their vehicles around if they encounter a large body of water.
Updates on road conditions can be found on the Sac County OES website and on its Facebook and Twitter pages, the release said.
This is a developing story. Stay with KCRA 3 for the latest news.
