The Russian River just keeps rising and rising — more than 30 feet in two days — and the water has left the community with 4,500 residents isolated.
“The roadways leading into the town along the river and across the river have been cut off by the rising floodwaters,” Sonoma County emergency manager Chris Godley said.
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Stunned residents marveled at the rising waters Wednesday, raising cellphones with one arm and snapping unbelievable photos.
“It is incredibly flooded. It is really nuts. You see just the rooftops popping over on the side of the road,” Joe Pease, a county employee who delivered sandbags to firefighters but had to stop because of deep water, told CNN affilate KGO.
Source: California town turns into an island after river rises to 45 feet
