On the other side of 280. The area around south 17th street is also flooded. Major flooding creating quite a mess in the neighborhood. Kron 4s Haaziq Madyun has been there all day. And joins us live now with update on the situation. Haaziq. I arrived here this morning and coyote creek has been rising ever since. Folks who live here along south 1th street tell me the last time the creek caused flooding was back in 97. But they say it was nothing like what they have seen here today coyote creek rising fast tuesday behind homes here on south 17th street in san jose this is very unusual, this is crazyi have been here since 1970 and i have never seen it this highresidents with low laying backyards are trying to prevent the water from flooding their homes. In some cases, it is a lost cause. The creek level has increased 10feet. Here you see the water is rising up to the roof line of this home. However a few doors down the water has yet to reach the foundation of mike smalls propertyyeah we a
Evacuation center tonight. And kron4s jr stone and Charles Clifford are covering both neighborhoods affected by the evacuations. First, we check in with j r. In the rock springs neighborhood. Two overnight Evacuation Centers are now open in san jose. For those who had to leave their flooded homes. Kron fours Spencer Blake is live at one of those shelters at James Lick High School. Spencer, whats happening there now . Some people are starting to hunker down for the night after a hot meal from the Salvation Army. Some of these people have had a day the rest of us can only imagine. As evacuees got off city buses that shuttled them to this overnight shelter, you could see very somber looks on some of their faces rather than wondering aif their neighborhood would flood, they already knew it had. I had to walk to the neighbors in the water and then we got rescued by the boat. The gym at James Lick High School which is on a week long break from classes holds just over two hundred cots. Later
Trucks filled with soil and aggregate work to stop flooding on 101. Sot because the creek is so high we have so much water coming into the canal. Upwards of 4 feet of water seeped onto the freeway, causing it to shut down. Sot several hundred vehicles were backed up. We had to turn all of them around to get them off the freeway. Sot its scary and i just worry for everybodys safetycoyote creek topped its banks and drained into the coyote canal earlier this morning. Eventually the pressure caused a break in the canal all that water flooded the freeway. Sot at one point it was 34 feet. It was almost all the way up the jersey wall herevehicles have been rerouted all day and night. Sgt. Tom melden california Highway Patrol sot going northbound 101 to cochrane, then cochrane westbound over to monterrey road, then monterey road northbound to get back on the freeway. That caused a lot of traffic and frustrationsot its just been a long day. Im coming from big sur and all the roads there are cav
Trucks filled with soil and aggregate work to stop flooding on 101. Sot because the creek is so high we have so much water coming into the canal. Upwards of 4 feet of water seeped onto the freeway, causing it to shut down. Sot several hundred vehicles were backed up. We had to turn all of them around to get them off the freeway. Sot its scary and i just worry for everybodys safetycoyote creek topped its banks and drained into the coyote canal earlier this morning. Eventually the pressure caused a break in the canal all that water flooded the freeway. Sot at one point it was 34 feet. It was almost all the way up the jersey wall herevehicles have been rerouted all day and night. Sgt. Tom melden california Highway Patrol sot going northbound 101 to cochrane, then cochrane westbound over to monterrey road, then monterey road northbound to get back on the freeway. That caused a lot of traffic and frustrationsot its just been a long day. Im coming from big sur and all the roads there are cav
Otherwise, drier and much cooler conditions are forecast through late week with chilly overnight morning temperatures. Unsettled weather conditions return by the weekend with the potential for widespread rain and gusty winds. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. Golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. Richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 the coyote creek is causing problems in causing creek is the coyote the coyote creek is causing problems in san jose. Several neighborhoods remain underwater this morning. Hundreds of families are staying in evacuations centers. San jose mayor sam liccardo extended the mandatory Evacuation Order for nearly everyone living east of coyote creek. This is video from our helicopter partnership with abc 7 news. The water is still on the rise in some parts. Kron fours jr stone reports from one of the hardest hit a