San Jose streets flooded as more heavy rains wallop California

With this fix, water in the canal is no longer flooding USA 101 at this location.

The 57-year-old – one of thousands of people ordered to evacuate Tuesday – lost nearly everything in her garage, but her second-floor condominium was dry.

The AP also reports that some residents of San Jose had no idea that they needed to evacuate until firefighters went door to door alerting people. “In the history of San Jose, I don’t know if its been bigger, but this is probably in the top 10”, Matlow said.

“I left for school, take my daughter to school and then I come back and see all of this – so it happened real fast”, Ruiz says.

“When we notice something’s going on and say that within three hours the area will be inundated, it doesn’t mean that after three hours you can start preparing”, said Director Tony Estremera, who represents part of the area that was flooded.

“Assistant City Manager Dave Sykes said officials first became aware of the rising water late Tuesday when firefighters began evacuating about 400 people from a low-lying residential area”.

City officials in San Jose would not predict when evacuated residents would be able to return home.

“Clearly, there’s a source in the creek where there’s a significantly large amount of water that’s rushing in”, Liccardo said.

Residents watched helplessly as the murky water poured into their homes and one flood victim, Jaunita Wilson saw her belongings starting to float around her apartment. At the camp where Michael Perez lived and where the river cuts through a municipal golf course, some 40 to 50 people lost their tents when Coyote Creek surged four feet over flood level. By 6:30 p.m., authorities had closed off sections of 18 city roadways because of flooding. One northbound lane was ultimately reopened, but there’s no estimate on when the roadway will be fully reopened.

About 500 people were ordered to evacuate their homes in San Joaquin County on Monday afternoon after the levee on the San Joaquin River was breached. Another 22,000 people near the creek were advised but not required to leave.

The increase in flows on the Tuolumne River due to spillway opening at #DonPedro has the water flowing high and dirty over La Grange Dam!

“The City of San Jose owns the creek in that area”, she said. NBC in the Bay Area released footage of horses trapped in their pens, standing knee deep in contaminated flood water. VIDEO: Rescues underway in Nordale neighborhood, San Jose “Run out try to get my wife and my kid out”. It’s the lack of information and forewarning when they had to have known. She says she is seething at the lack of warning.

Mass flooding pummeled San Jose, California, Tuesday, leaving residents swimming in the streets and cars floating down currents of rainwater. These evacuations occurred as the creek reached a record 4 feet above flood stage, sending chest-high water through neighborhoods.

Rescue crews and residents had to rinsed off to prevent them from being sickened by floodwaters that had traveled through garbage, debris and over sewer lines.