Thats from a sheriffs vehicle. I just talked to a deputy who said they are now going door to door in this area checking on the homes and residents. They are also equipped with green, yellow and red tags. They may be redtagging some of the homes that were flooded in case they are too far gone and unsafe to occupy. Reporting live in rural san benito county, len ramirez, kpix 5. A unique view from sky drone 5 over the flood zone over the Russian River. Parts of guerneville now under water. Homes and businesses completely submerged in the muddy mess there. From the air you can just see how far the Russian River expanded right into town. Kpix 5s joe vazquez tells us the National Guard is now helping with the rescue efforts there. Joe . Reporter they are here, ken. Take a look behind me. This is actually not the Russian River. This is an area where the river has overwhelmed a neighborhood here and its making it impossible for people to go in and out at least by car. They are using boats here
Of damage in homes along the river. At least people had enough flooding to actually boat through their home in guerneville. Today the cleanup and Damage Assessment will begin. At its peak yesterday the river hit 37. 8 feet and thats 6 feet above flood stage. As of 2 a. M. , it had dropped about a half foot. But it is still enough to overwhelm some homes and businesses. The floodwaters went right up the highway 116 yesterday which is the main drag through this area. But it never actually flooded that road. Still plenty of smaller neighborhood roads blocked today and our joe vazquez spoke with the captain of one of many makeshift taxis on the water. Completely under water. Whats going through your mind right now . Just to help other people. Reporter the National Guard will remain on standby today as they were yesterday i with water rescues of people stuck in their home. Live in guerneville, anne makevoc, kpix 5. Crews will be out picking up trees and branches that came down in the storm
Ski resorts. Good afternoon, im michelle griego. Im kenny choi. We start with breaking news. Chopper 5 live over milpitas right now where a water rescue is under way. Emergency crews are in the area of ranch drive. A man was on the water at coyote creek. Well bring updates later. Lets go to the Storm Watch Team coverage. Roberta gonzales is tracking snow in the bay area mountains and the sierra ski resorts closed because of too much snow. But first, kpix 5s anne makovec is live at the russian liver in guerneville monitoring the massive floods. Anne . Reporter the sun is peeking out here and the Russian River is receding. But as you can see from this mini golf clubhouse here behind me, there is still plenty of flooding in lowlying areas after the river crested yesterday almost 6 feet above flood stage. A walk through floodwaters is like a walk in the park for dave finally freed from his upstairs apartment. Trapped up there for several days. Reporter the first thing he did start helping
The canyon. They will help them flee from the flooded homes. We have Team Coverage. Meteorologist mark tamayo is tracking those conditions right now. Still scattered showers paying us a visit on the radar. Take a look. You cant see the rainfall totals and these numbers, we are talking about impressive rainfall and you can see, san ger ron mow, and that 36 ger ron mow and the valley over 4inches and concord and sfo, 1. 25. Here is the check on the river levels as you can see from the Russian River. It has crested and going down thankfully. It is still creeping up and expected to reach 37pound 7 feet in a couple of hours. That is nearly 6 feet beef flood stage. This that is at gurnevillecht and the rir continues to recede. Napa river and napa will be coming down to sixpoint 16. 2 feet. You can see few warnings out there and we have this to talk about. This is a Flood Warning for portions of south, central, Santa Clara County and this is in place until 2 45 this afternoon. That get extend
Left behind by nearby creeks flooded city streets. In fremont crews are working to clear a mudslide. Rescue efforts in the south bay going on right now to help residents evacuate from their flooded home in hollister. We have Team Coverage of the cleanup underway. Lets begin with jesse in the south bay. Reporter portions of lovers lane is completely submerged. We have seen this scene all day, trucks and other vehicles with high clearance slowly making their way through this portion of the flooded roadway to ferry residents backand forth to their homes. It is the first step in trying to get back to normal. [ indiscernible ] is trying to remove the last remnants of a foot of water that was in his small onebedroom home. Mud caked the floor as the high water marks the line of damage. [ indiscernible ]. I dont know. We have to work on that and figure that out. Reporter this house sits on lovers lane. During the Early Morning hours a storm downpour sent the creek over its bank flooding this n