Now at 11 00, san jose families forced from their homes return to see the devastation from floodwaters that came without warning. Good evening, im dan ashley 37. Parts of san jose remain under water tonight. The scene along coyote creek. All those cars are still flooded. At one point 36,000 people were under an Evacuation Order or evacuation advisory. The green area shows where the residents are allowed back home. We have Live Team Coverage for you tonight. Lets begin with Katie Marzullo in san jose. The scene here still so awful. Deep floodwater remains as you can see its possible some of these homes will be red tagged, meaning families will never be able to return. This is one of the areas still under an Evacuation Order. Some people did return tonight hoping to salvage something. Where the water has receded a thick layer of mud is left behind. People trudged through the destruction to check on their homes and retreef their most precious belongings. George is taking in his uncles fam
Now at 11 00, san jose families forced from their homes return to see the devastation from floodwaters that came without warning. Good evening, im dan ashley 37. Parts of san jose remain under water tonight. The scene along coyote creek. All those cars are still flooded. At one point 36,000 people were under an Evacuation Order or evacuation advisory. The green area shows where the residents are allowed back home. We have Live Team Coverage for you tonight. Lets begin with Katie Marzullo in san jose. The scene here still so awful. Deep floodwater remains as you can see its possible some of these homes will be red tagged, meaning families will never be able to return. This is one of the areas still under an Evacuation Order. Some people did return tonight hoping to salvage something. Where the water has receded a thick layer of mud is left behind. People trudged through the destruction to check on their homes and retreef their most precious belongings. George is taking in his uncles fam
Cruz mountains, but it will wipe away what you need with that. It will be cold the next few mornings during the afternoon, sunny skies, today, tomorrow, temperatures topping out in the 50s. We have showers in the weekend forecast. Ill talk more about that. Its 18 after the hour lets take a look tallet month pass. This is our hot spot of the morning. If you are traveling along there, you are moving at 16 miles per hour. All due to the late road work out there, yet to be removed from the roadways. If you are traveling through livermore, you are good to go until you get to the dublin interchange. Heres a look at niles canyon road, highway 84. Its now open. It was closed yesterday, due to storm damage, but if you are traveling there, you are looking good. Lets move to lie way 37. Good news, reopened in both directions. This has been closed since february 9th due to storm and flood damage. You are looking good heading through marine county. Sending it to you michelle. Rocky, thank you. Doze
That it could take weeks or months to clean up this mess. And brought through this home used to fit the coyote creek, now it will sit in it. This is their backyard and whats left of their shed. His basement didnt fair much better. To be held until the windows broke it was all said and done. Today people along william street in san jose returned to assess the damage. Among them they are moving here from minnesota and were stoat close on this home friday. Were set to close on this home on friday. Its a really nice neighborhood. We wanted a place with a pool, but we couldnt find one, so this mitigates it all. Reporter 18,000 people were set in the evacuation zone with no timeline when anyone could move back in. Authorities say first the creek needs to recede and then the inspections can begin. We will be evaluating the safety first. We will be evaluating the safety of the buildings, the streets, the utilities, all those things to make sure people are safe to go back in. Reporter though no
Yesterday. But today presents its own problems. There we go. Maybe that will work. Reporter eric says by the team he reached for sandbags it was too late. The creek overtook his home damaging a life of possessions. If they would have built a little bit of a levee, it probably would have held back some of it. Would it have held all of it . I dont know, but it would have given us more time. Overages on the coyote trek Scientists Say the damage may not have been caused by mistiming but fate. We didnt expect to see the stream rise this much. Reporter first, abnormally heavy rainfall for a prolonged period. Next, anderson dam sending water down its spillway and into the coyote creek. And last, the lingering effects of five years of drought. All pushed water levels tuesday to 18 feet with a flow of 62,800 gallons of water per second. Five years of drought have allowed vegetation to grow tin channel. That vegetation displaces the water and makes the flow even higher. Reporter so that can lead