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'Highly recommended' evacuation warning called for Patrol Road in Woodside amid mudslide

by Angela Swartz / Almanac

Uploaded: Wed, Mar 22, 2023, 9:56 am 0
Updated: Wed, Mar 22, 2023, 6:14 pm

Residents who live from 600-800 Patrol Road in Woodside on March 22, 2023. Google Maps.

The 600-800 block of Patrol Road in Woodside is under a "highly recommended evacuation" advisory Wednesday, March 22, morning because of a mudslide, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office Twitter account.

About 30 homes are impacted and the mudslide has shut down the road., according to the Sheriff's Office. Shortly after 5 p.m., state Sen. Josh Becker said via Twitter that Woodside's town engineer and geologist determined that debris removal on Patrol Road wouldn't cause a further slide. "The evacuation advisory for the 600-800 block of Patrol Rd will remain in effect as more land movement could occur. Woodside will continue to monitor & assess the area."

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'Highly recommended' evacuation warning called for Patrol Road in Woodside amid mudslide

by Angela Swartz / Almanac

Uploaded: Wed, Mar 22, 2023, 9:56 am
Updated: Wed, Mar 22, 2023, 6:14 pm

The 600-800 block of Patrol Road in Woodside is under a "highly recommended evacuation" advisory Wednesday, March 22, morning because of a mudslide, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office Twitter account.

About 30 homes are impacted and the mudslide has shut down the road., according to the Sheriff's Office. Shortly after 5 p.m., state Sen. Josh Becker said via Twitter that Woodside's town engineer and geologist determined that debris removal on Patrol Road wouldn't cause a further slide. "The evacuation advisory for the 600-800 block of Patrol Rd will remain in effect as more land movement could occur. Woodside will continue to monitor & assess the area."

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