portions of the state. just minutes ago we were seeing this video of a levy that failed overnight in monterey county. that has forced evacuations, washed out roads and bridges. this week s atmospheric river, the tenth to hit the state dropped more than a foot of rain in some areas. at least two people have died in the most recent storm and more rain is on the way for some hard-hit areas. several feet of snow is blanketing the sierra, nevada mountains. they worry melting snow could cause more flooding. california national guard in high water vehicles are staged throughout the state. mike lareo is in vallaero. reporter: we re in the heart of the flood zone and we have all of this flooding in the downtown area because from that video you just saw, the levy is about 3 miles behind us and as soon as that levy had a breach around midnight local time, jim, all of that water had nowhere to go but here except for low lying areas. you can see there s a little bit of a dry spot in our
approaches. we ll take you to monterey county. the fallout from the silicon valley bank collapse as customers wait to hear if they will recover their money. many worry if it will lead to even more bank closures. and in israel, hundreds of thousands take to the streets to protest the prime minister s plan to overhaul the court system. we re live in tel aviv,. life from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with leila harak. we begin in the u.s. where 15 million in california and nevada are under flood alerts. some of those flood watches have been extended through wednesday. as the rain tapers off and flooding slowly improves across much of california for now more rain is expected on surnl and the next big storm system is forecast to arrive late monday night and last through at least wednesday. that would be the lefned atmospheric river event of the season. there are concerns especially in monterey county where a breached levee has already current. cnn s mike valario has the sto
this is cnn newsroom. 50 million are under flood alerts in california. hundreds of thousands take to the streets in israel. a move many see as stepping away from democracy. a protester joins me later this hour. history could be made at the oscars, we take a closer look at who is likely to go home with a golden statue. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. california is getting a brief respite from recent storms and flooding but not for long. more rain is expected later today and the next big storm system is expected to arrive monday and last through wednesday. officials say the flooding will have a devastating impact on the community. today is a worst-case scenario for this community, a heavily latino community. we work hard to prioritize this community and avoid flooding. we know that these are the folks that can least afford this type of hardship. we note the river levy was breached, and more than 90 people were rescued by emergency crews. 50 million are u
good morning. cnn this mor it is sunday, mth. i m kristin fisher in for amara walker. i m boris sanchez. kristin, i hope that getting that hour of sleep unnecessarily snatched away from your night didn t hurt too bad. of all the mornings to fill in for amara, right? i triple checked my alarm clocks this morning. we both made it and here we are. and here is what we re watching this morning. they started evacuating i think at 12 in the morning or one in the morning and they just started the national guard taking people out as they go. parts of california underwater, homes and businesses flooded with levees pushed to the brink. and we have got another big rainmaker on the way. this was the first time something like this was reported to us. we haven t had any other incidents that i can recall. three texas women believed to be missing in mexico after crossing the border more than two weeks ago. what her family is saying and what investigators are saying about the cas
even making sure everybody was okay. we had an opportunity to interview a spokesman from cal fire. take a listen when he told us they realized the levee had a breach and how many rescue operations they ve imloiched in. accomplished. we did deploy 3 a.m. this morning, we have the high water team, they have been county wide this week they have their high water vehicles and have been successful in nine rescue operations this morning. the high water is about one meter deep. the concern here is of course we have kind of a quiescent moment, with the sun this morning but another atmosphere river taking place in california tuesday into wednesday, the 11th storm system of the season. the serious concern is that without this levee fixed by