San Jose Flooding

Flood Evacuations Underway In San Jose

... poured into their homes and one flood victim, Jaunita Wilson saw her belongings starting to float around her apartment. "That's like a nightmare," she told CNN affiliate KPIX. "It's kind of like something you can't believe is happening, but it is happening.". Employees from two Santa Clara County facilities have been evacuated due to flooding, the county said. More than 300 social services workers were relocated. "I cannot say that the worst is over," Liccardo said. "My understanding is that the peak level may continue to rise.". Jose Villalobos Chino, who lives near the creek, had to drive through several inches of water on Tuesday morning. The water was almost up to his driveway at 9 a.m. when he was told to evacuate, he said. Villalobos said he was unable to grab any clothes, important documents or other valuables before he left. Later in the day, the water was up to the windows of cars parked in the street. More than 2 inches of rain had fallen in San Jose in the past 48 hours, the National Weather Service said. The rain had stopped Tuesday afternoon. But there is a chance of rain this weekend. The creek was rising because of water coming from Anderson Reservoir. ...

In San Jose, Dramatic Rescues As Hundreds Flee Rising Floodwaters

... of trying to keep water out of those reservoirs," Oravec said. In Modesto, mobile home residents living along the Tuolumne River worked to clear out before the water rose above flood stage. It was not an easy job for some. "The wheels haven't turned in 20 years," resident Raymond Lee told the Modesto Bee as he pulled his belongings from his mobile home. “I just got it to where it quit leaking, and if I pull it, it will leak again," he told the news organization. The storms even battered portions of Nevada. The weather service issued a flash flood warning for Dayton, Nev., on Tuesday, where authorities said they feared a dam might break and send 2 to 4 feet of water into low-lying areas. "A storm water retention basin located south west of Dayton Valley Road is full and overflowing into drainages," said Jeffrey Page, Lyon County manager, in a news release. "Currently there are no homes or property threatened," Page said. "There is potential that could change in the next few hours.". Battered Northern California blasted by new storm. In Monterey County, rising waters in the Carmel River, Santa Rita ...

Hit By Worst Floods In A Century, San Jose Got Little Warning Of Impending Disaster

... rain sent Anderson Reservoir over its tipping point, causing water to spill out of the lake and into Coyote Creek. The first major flooding occurred Tuesday in the Rock Springs area of San Jose. San Jose firefighters paddled on rafts and waded through the chest-deep deluge, rescuing hundreds of residents trapped in homes and in trees. Evacuation centers were set up at two community centers, where more than 300 residents stayed overnight. Two high schools were converted into overnight shelters, with dry clothes, food and cots. Meanwhile, a damaged levee allowed water to flow onto U. S. 101 on Tuesday, forcing its temporary closure. Coyote Creek slithers its way northwest from the reservoir to San Jose’s doorstep, where it proceeded to flood neighborhood after neighborhood, carving a destructive path through the heart of the ...

Highway 101 In San Jose Fully Reopened After Flooding

... Melina Smoker, 13, helps transport sandbags in a canoe to a neighbor's house on S. 17 th St. in San Jose, Calif., on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group). Lydell Bynum, from south San Jose, moves sandbags to a house on S. 17 th St. in San Jose, Calif., on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group). Water inundates the intersection of Glithero Court and Monferino Drive in San Jose on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. Heavy rains over the weekend forced Coyote Creek out of its banks, flooding Watson Park, and the neighborhood adjacent. (Courtesy Joe Rodriguez). Neighbors help move a floating refrigator outside of a house on S. 17 th St. in San Jose, Calif., on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group). Ledell Bynum, from south San Jose, walks in the water while helping sandbag a house on S. 17 th St. in San Jose, Calif., on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group). Scott Herhold. - Photographer: Herhold - ...

While We Watched Oroville, San Jose Was Swamped. Why

... a rescuer who had arrived in a boat. Homeless individuals were rescued from trees–stranded despite city, county and nonprofit workers’ attempts to find them over the past week and warn them that a creekbed was no place to be. Neighborhoods were warned of minor flooding, but nothing like what happened. By Wednesday morning, some 14,000 residents had been ordered to evacuate neighborhoods along the creek, and another 22,000 were advised to leave the area thought to be vulnerable to a 100-year flood. Suddenly, once in a century was here. “Clearly there’s been a failure,” Mayor Sam Liccardo said Tuesday. Oh yes, clearly. But it’s unclear whose failure. City officials say that based on hydrologists’ reports from the Santa Clara Valley Water District, the creek channel was still below its capacity when it flooded the Rock Springs area. “We are assessing what it is that happened that led to that ...

See Where Evacuation Order Was Lifted For Residents

... home park. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group). San Jose parks department employee Patricia Rivera trudges through the rising waters flooding the South Bay Mobile Home Park in San Jose, Calif., on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, as she and other law enforcement enforced a mandatory evacuation of the mobile home park. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group). Neighbors, including Melina Smoker, 13, and her dad Richard help bring sandbags to a house on S. 17 th St. in San Jose, Calif., on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group). A house at 60 S. 17 th St. is covered in water in San Jose, Calif., on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group). Close to 100 evacuees are staying at the Red Cross overnight shelter at James Lick High School in San Jose in Feb. 21, 2017. (Josie Lepe/Bay Area News Group). San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo talks with Red Cross volunteer Mo Ghandehari, right, at the overnight shelter for the flood evacuees at James Lick High School Gymnasium in San Jose in Feb. 21, 2017. (Josie Lepe/Bay Area ...

Not All San Jose Flood Victims Have Flood Insurance

... — most mortgages — are required to purchase flood insurance. But he recently paid off his loan and owns his home out right, so when it came time to decide on flood insurance this year. “Decided, you know what, I don’t think I need it,” he said. “I think I’m going to call my insurance guy and say, hey is it too late, can I buy it now?”. And he’s not alone. “I don’t have flood insurance, but I do have insurance,” said another resident. Unfortunately, a traditional policy won’t cover flooding. The average residential flood claim is $43,000 and the average flood insurance premium around 700 a year. And while much of the affected area in San Jose is a designated high-risk flood zone, many of the 14,000 evacuated do not have a mortgage, so flood insurance would not be required. And renters are not covered under their landlords’ policies. Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones said, “The federal or state government is not going to replace your home.”. Which is why Jones urges anyone, anywhere near a waterway to get flood insurance, even if it’s not required. Jones said, “Though they may be outside of the map flood zone the water is going to go ...

San Jose, California, Mayor Admits Failures In Flood Evacuation Order; 50,000 Urged To Evacuate From Flooding

... our way, we would have done a whole lot more to get stuff out of our basement," said Smalls. According to ABC 7, the Emergency Operations Center says 36,000 people in San Jose are in the recommended area for evacuations , while 14,000 are in a mandatory evacuation area. Wednesday officials said they did not anticipate this level of flooding because their stream flow model showed the channel could handle the water without spilling over. City spokesman David Vossbrink said that officials were relying on the water district's model to determine when the creek would rise and where. He added that the model turned out inaccurate for Coyote Creek when the water rose early Wednesday. Officials say the neighborhood was not among those expected to be hit first. The creek reached a 100-year high during the storm this week. Water managers in Santa Clara Valley say they're ...

Official Says San Jose Flood Models Were Inaccurate

... and shut down a portion of a major freeway. Some people said they got their first notice with a knock on their door from a firefighter in a boat. Mayor Sam Liccardo said at a news conference that there is no question the city needs to improve communication in the future. SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Forecasters say the water level in Coyote Creek in San Jose, California, reached a 100-year high during the storm this week. The raging floodwaters early Wednesday forced thousands of residents out of their homes and shut down a major freeway. Weather service forecaster Bob Benjamin said the creek is subsiding and remains about half a foot above flood level. SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Authorities have reopened two lanes of U. S. 101 south of San Francisco after it was closed because of flooding. The California Highway Patrol closed all lanes in both directions at 4:40 a.m. Wednesday when water spilled into a low point on the freeway. There is no estimate when the key commuter artery will fully reopen. A San Jose, California, spokesman says floodwaters in the ...