California Farmers Launch Truck into Levee to Stop Flooding, Progress Made on Pajaro Levee Breach, Gov. Newsom Surveys Flood Damage, Amtrak Service Halted by Watsonville Track Damage.

California farmers are taking drastic measures to protect their fields from flooding caused by the recent storms and historically wet winter. A viral video shows two pickup trucks being sacrificed to plug a hole in a levee to prevent flooding of a pistachio orchard. Farmers are working continuously to clear debris from creeks and canals to keep the waterways from backing up and reinforcing levees to safeguard orchards, vineyards, and row crops. The unorthodox use of trucks to plug the hole in the levee appeared to work, and the broken berm was patched up with dirt and debris.