Still, many of those who returned to Pajaro on Thursday to assess the damage of their homes will not be able to stay the night and will again have to find somewhere else to sleep. A county spokesperson said they were able to lift the order because utility inspections, damage assessments and street cleanings were completed earlier than expected. a day earlier than they had indicated Tuesday - cautioned that Pajaro is still far from livable, with no water or sewer service and many homes requiring restoration work. Monterey County authorities Thursday morning lifted evacuation orders for the flood-ravaged farm town, allowing residents to return to their homes in most cases for the first time since they were forced to flee in the middle of the night March 11 after a levee failed upriver and inundated their community.Ĭounty officials who lifted the orders at 10 a.m. Crisis Cleanup is a national group of volunteers who help communities after disasters. So we’re just waiting.” Colorado volunteers Aaron Titus, left, of Crisis Cleanup, cleanup mud out of the driveway at LaReyna mini market after returning for the first time after the evacuation order was lifted in Pajaro, Calif., on Thursday, March 23, 2023. “We really can’t walk around much and see all that was damaged because I’m afraid I’ll slip and fall and hurt myself. “It makes me feel desperate, I mean all I want to do is start picking stuff up, but I know I can’t,” Padilla said. She waited outside her house for her son to come home from work and start cleaning up. Unlike the neighbors busying themselves shoveling contaminated mud and debris and moving waterlogged furniture and carpets out of their homes, Padilla just couldn’t move.

Doris Padilla, 65, stood almost catatonic Thursday outside her mud-covered house on Florence Street in Pajaro, unable to begin the grueling work of rebuilding.

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