The drought. Major flooding from sonoma and marin county. The recent storms have created a lot of concern and catastrophe here in the bay area. The 100foot tall eucalyptus tree slammed down. But the storm has also reduced worries about our water supply. Last summer you could see the bottom of this reservoir. Today its nearly full. Lexington reservoir is above capacity and spilling over. So are coyote and u vis. Our rez voice are 162 of normal for this time of the year. Reporter weve gotten so much rain we have a new problem. Were releasing water from all of the reservoirs to make room for flood protection. Reporter our ground water supply is up significantly. And thats not all. Our statewide reservoirs are all looking very good overall and snow pack is just looking outstanding. Reporter overall the gray days of january have left us with a much brighter water future. The district says we received 200 of normal for january and were not even done with january yet. Reporting live in san jo
Storms expected this week and next week. That release has reduced the possibility of lake overflow. That is why the butt county sheriff has decided to lift the mandatory evacuation. This reduces that to an evacuation warning and allows people to return to their homes and allows people to resume their businesses but we are telling them that they have to be vigilant. Officials i spoke with today say they want to reiterate just because the evacuation is relifted the order can be reinstated. They want people to heed the warnings and be cautious. The focus is to spill the spillway and drawing down the level of the lake that has dropped significantly. Frank and julie. Bill martin has more. Rain is on the way and water managers are not as concerned. Rivers tt have been mospheric seeing. 6 to is it 1 2 inches of rain in four days. We have a few days of weather but more like four or five inches in the water shed. Incrementally. Less, a fraction of the water. It is a big help. If we had what we
Is required to keep the reservoir level below 68 capacity. Which is why the outcove pipe has been open for at least a week. Today you can see the water in the reservoir is reaching closer to a critical spillway. The more pressing issue is that the runoff is going to affect coyote creek. Reporter marty grimes says this home ores near the creek arent at risk but downsteam in san jose there are a few vulnerable spots. To drive through flooded roads, not to wuk throualk thro flooded roads. Reporter earlier this season the Water District actually raised the levee here near the Mobile Home Park to protect them from me potential flooding. Although there is a large Homeless Population that have set up tents in this area. So theyre also concerned about the flooding. Michelle roberts, nbc bay area news. So the question is when does the rainmaker its next appearance. Chief meteorologist jeff ranieri is tracking the way the storm is moving in. This is moving in a little differently . 95 of the sto
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
Carrying whatever they can from their homes. This is the rock springs neighborhood, one of the most severely impacted. This is still one of the areas thats under an evacuation order. Let me show you what theyre trying to do to fix that. What youre seeing is the city of san jose. In all the flooding, the sewage pump got overflowed. So that has been knocked out. Theyre now using this orange pump thats a temporary sewage pump. Thats what theyve been using to try to get rid of all the sewage and mud thats been on the ground here. They are now efforting also to get the other pump, the real pump working. And once that pump is up and working and all the sewage is gone, thats when people can start moving back here in their neighborhood. It is dry here on the ground. But there are parts that are still muddy. To give you an idea of the difference between yesterday and today, the Apartment Building that you actually see behind me, yesterday, the ground is dry, but two days ago the Fire Department