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Sacramento County: what the state is doing before an El Niño winter (Oct. 9, 2026)
California named Sacramento County work in its Oct. 9, 2026, El Niño flood and storm readiness update: Cal OES approved more than $390,000 to repay emergency repairs to Cosumnes River levees near Wilton after the 2022 flood, and the new State Operations Center in Mather will coordinate the state response.
California’s Oct. 9, 2026, winter storm readiness update names Sacramento County. Cal OES approved more than $390,000 to repay emergency repairs to Cosumnes River levees near Wilton after the 2022 flood, and the new State Operations Center in Mather will coordinate the state response.
Statewide, DWR has 4.4 million sandbags, more than 52,000 feet of portable flood barrier and 400,000 tons of levee rock staged at 68 sites, and crews are inspecting 1,600 miles of state levees. The work follows the governor’s Sept. 21 El Niño emergency proclamation.
Get ready at home: sign up for your county’s emergency alerts, know your evacuation route, and check where local sandbags are handed out.
Full statewide rundown: the Notice Nearby public paper — https://noticenearby.com/papers/california-el-nino-winter-storm-flood-prep-oct-9-2026
Original source: Office of Gov. Gavin Newsom news release, Oct. 9, 2026 — https://www.gov.ca.gov/newsroom/
What to read next: the Sacramento County hub (https://noticenearby.com/ca/sacramento), the California hub (https://noticenearby.com/ca), and the Weather desk (https://noticenearby.com/weather).
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Source: the public notice on this register NN-GOVMAIL-20261009B-07 · Office of California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
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