Severe weather and emergency events are occasionally felt along the Central Coast. High winds, downed trees, flooded roadways, wildfires, seismic activity, and extended power outages can be expected and planned for. Prepare for future emergency and weather events using some of the following resources:
- Plan ahead using tools provided by Ready - https://www.ready.gov/
- Follow US National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area/Monterey California for current forecasts, advisories, watches & warnings - https://www.weather.gov/mtr/
- Track power outages and estimated restoration times using the PG&E outage map - https://pgealerts.alerts.pge.com/outage-tools/outage-map/
- Monterey County Emergency Management: https://www.countyofmonterey.gov/government/departments-a-h/department-of-emergency-management
- Monterey County Department of Emergency Management offers localized preparedness advice, current emergency information and local alerts - https://alertmontereycounty.genasys.com/portal/en/register
- City of Monterey Emergency Resources: https://monterey.gov/community/emergency_resources/storm_center.php
- Sign up for DoW !Alert at: https://alert.csd.disa.mil/
- Monterey County Alerts at: https://www.readymontereycounty.org/emergency/alerts
- CAL FIRE: https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/
- Monterey Bay Air Resources District: https://www.mbard.org/current-air-quality-forecast