‘It is heartbreaking’: farm town strives to rebuild after historic flood

The low-income community of Pajaro, California, was devastated by floodwaters last month, but help with cleanup is hard to find

One month after rushing waters engulfed Pajaro, residents of the central California town are grappling with the next chapter in the unfolding disaster: cleanup has been arduous and slow.

On 11 March, the small, low-income Latino community set inland along the central coast bore the brunt of a punishing winter storm when torrential rains engorged its namesake river and caused aging levees to fail.