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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, MARcH 1, 2019
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Scott Heemstra takes Veronica Burdette out of the flood zone along Mill Street in Guerneville, Calif.
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looding in Northern California this week
left people trying to safely evacuate areas
along the Russian River effectively cut off
from the rest of the world.
The towns of Guerneville and Sebastopol were
inundated, forcing many to take to boats, canoes
and paddleboards to escape rising waters.
AP Photo/Eric Risberg
A man wades through the flooded Barlow Market District in Sebastopol, Calif.
Kent Porter/The Press Democrat
Kent Porter/The Press Democrat
Ryan Lance, front, and Anthony Nash of the Russian River Fire Protection District swift water rescue team rescue
residents of Sycamore Court Apartments in Guerneville, Calif.
Jonathan Von Renner Jr. and a friend row past Mill and Third Street in
Guerneville, Calif.
AP Photo/Eric Risberg
A man uses a paddle board to make his way through the flooded Barlow Market District in Sebastopol, Calif.