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Solano County: what the state is doing before an El Niño winter (Oct. 9, 2026)
California named Solano County work in its Oct. 9, 2026, El Niño flood and storm readiness update: The finished Lookout Slough project added more than 40,000 acre-feet of flood storage in the Yolo Bypass, with three miles of 25-foot setback levee. The interim Highway 37 flood protection project is also on the state’s list.
California’s Oct. 9, 2026, winter storm readiness update names Solano County. The finished Lookout Slough project added more than 40,000 acre-feet of flood storage in the Yolo Bypass, with three miles of 25-foot setback levee. The interim Highway 37 flood protection project is also on the state’s list.
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 Solano County hub (https://noticenearby.com/ca/solano), 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-06 · Office of California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
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