This is because of coyote creek. That is where this flooding is coming from. They shut this down about 8 00 last night. Again, dont know when theyre going to be reopening. The one bit of good news, we are getting a break from the rain. It is dry out here right now but as you can see, the damage from mondays rain has been done. Live in san jose, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. Mike nicco is joining us now and the rain has stopped but obviously theres a residual effect here. Yeah. The are residual effect was the water rushing through the streams into the creeks and into eventually Anderson Reservoir and then the spilling over of the dam which created so much chaos yesterday. Good news, while we were sleeping, we dropped nearly 2 feet. Were still above flood stage at 11. 8. Flood stage is at. Remember, this flows from south to north, all the way up to the 85 101 split and then theres a possibility from edan veil all the way up through milpitas of more flooding through at least 5 00 friday morn
Live in t. Weve been people bringing out people in rafts and boats all day. Reporter the rescue effort took five hours today. You can see the destruction that the water has left behind. Coyote creek is more than a block away from here so its hard to believe that all of this water came pouring in this morning. You can see the umbrella in someones back yard popping out of the water. And you can see debris, trash, oil floating on the water. I can see a mattress right now. We are told the water wont start to recede until 3 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning. Several parents who were at work at the time of the flooding waited desperately for the Fire Department to rescue their loved one in the flooded rock springs neighborhood this morning. Flooded roads, everybody freaked. The frierpt was fostered to boat into the flooded street and pick up families one at a time. Pack up the things that we have to bring. Reporter kids like this 10yearold threw some clothes in a backpack and road with their neighbo
Lets put this into context where this is on highway 101. The peninsula. We will zoom down to the south basement heres the closure. It is both directions of the bay shore freeway. Northbound is your commute. Between 680 280 and 880, this is the critical elbow. Thats where where we typically see that happening the last half hour. We didnt get to use this stretch of highway. 280 north and 87 north seeing a lot of traffic flowing. We were on extra early. So they got a start here. We see the backup on 101 as well as 87 coming towards 880 as well. Folks are making their way between the two freeways, the capital expressway. There you go. The m kcsection of 101. This is shy of mckee. Farther north, pete is there on the road. Reporter good morning to you, mike. Well give you a look on the ground 101 south as you approach alum rock. You can see this flooding on 101 south, right up until right below the overpass. This area has been closed and traffic being diverted. On the 101 near oakland road e
Lets put this into context where this is on highway 101. The peninsula. We will zoom down to the south basement heres the closure. It is both directions of the bay shore freeway. Northbound is your commute. Between 680 280 and 880, this is the critical elbow. Thats where where we typically see that happening the last half hour. We didnt get to use this stretch of highway. 280 north and 87 north seeing a lot of traffic flowing. We were on extra early. So they got a start here. We see the backup on 101 as well as 87 coming towards 880 as well. Folks are making their way between the two freeways, the capital expressway. There you go. The m kcsection of 101. This is shy of mckee. Farther north, pete is there on the road. Reporter good morning to you, mike. Well give you a look on the ground 101 south as you approach alum rock. You can see this flooding on 101 south, right up until right below the overpass. This area has been closed and traffic being diverted. On the 101 near oakland road e
Lets put this into context where this is on highway 101. The peninsula. We will zoom down to the south basement heres the closure. It is both directions of the bay shore freeway. Northbound is your commute. Between 680 280 and 880, this is the critical elbow. Thats where where we typically see that happening the last half hour. We didnt get to use this stretch of highway. 280 north and 87 north seeing a lot of traffic flowing. We were on extra early. So they got a start here. We see the backup on 101 as well as 87 coming towards 880 as well. Folks are making their way between the two freeways, the capital expressway. There you go. The m kcsection of 101. This is shy of mckee. Farther north, pete is there on the road. Reporter good morning to you, mike. Well give you a look on the ground 101 south as you approach alum rock. You can see this flooding on 101 south, right up until right below the overpass. This area has been closed and traffic being diverted. On the 101 near oakland road e