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Santa Barbara County officials will hold a press conference Monday about the severe weather expected across the county.

The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch to the county due to excessive rainfall, warning that flooding may occur across the region, with strong winds and high waves likely. is scheduled to end on Tuesday morning.

The press conference is intended to provide an update on the storm and evacuations taking place across the county. Conference speakers include Eric Bolt of the National Weather Service, Santa Barbara Sheriff Bill Brown, Santa Barbara County Fire Chief Mark Hartwig, Montecito Fire Chief Kevin Taylor, County Emergency Management Director Kelly • Includes Hubbard.

A press conference will be held at Santa Barbara County Employees College at 11:00 am. A live stream of the meeting is county facebook page, Youtubeand cable channel 20. Spanish translation available on ZoomThe meeting ID for the stream translated into Spanish is 880 7193 0645. The password is 359181.