Photos: Nearly 2,000 people evacuated after levee breach and flooding in Pajaro

Flood waters continued to cover most of downtown Pajaro on Sunday morning.

Army national guard trucks and humvees waded through storm waters on Main Street, a ghost town now with nothing but flooded-out cars, sandbags and residents still trapped behind the water line.

The Monterey County Office of Emergency Services announced the full closure of Highway 1 about 9:15 a.m. Sunday.

It was the latest hardship for an area that saw evacuation shelters continuing to fill following a breach in the levee. Crews are still working to fill the breach with riprap and rock.

Caltrans has yet to give an estimate of when the roads will open, but Nieto said on Sunday afternoon that it likely won’t be soon.

In the distance, more danger loomed from the next atmospheric river. It continued with Jaws-like relentlessness to push toward the California coast Sunday, its projected path expected to affect the flooded areas even more, and perhaps create new ones, according to the National Weather Service.

“It’s really sad to see the town like this,” said Margarito Rincon. “But there’s nothing you can do against nature.”