Evacuation Center opened in South Lake Tahoe

Submitted by paula on Sun, 01/08/2017 - 5:45pm

7:25 p.m. update Sunday - A second evacuation site has been set up at South Tahoe Middle School in the Multi-Purpose Room. It will accommodate pets and is staffed by the City of South Lake Tahoe staff and South Tahoe Action Team volunteers.

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The City of South Lake Tahoe and American Red Cross have opened an evacuation center at South Tahoe High School in the school's student union.

It is located at 1735 Lake Tahoe Boulevard. The Recreation Swim Complex is not available as an evacuation center due to flooding at that location.

The Upper Truckee River is now at 10.5 inches, and the flood stage is 11 inches.

"We anticipate the need to evacuate the state streets and potentially Tahoe Keys area," said SLT City Manager Nancy Kerry.

The City will be doing a reverse 911 call this evening to advise residents in those areas that the voluntary evacuation center is open.

"We are deploying resources into those areas now to evaluate conditions and evacuation at this point is precautionary not required," said Kerry.