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
that s part of the emergency operations center. they ve been countywide this week. they have their high water vehicles and have been successful in nine high water rescue situations this morning. reporter: so most people have been taken out of this area, jim. that s why you don t see as many people walking in our backdrop. nobody is being let in as well. the concern is that that levy, jim, isn t fixed. we have more rain coming on the way tuesday into wednesday. what will happen with that levy still in not so great shape when more rain is coming, jim? all right. mike lareo, please keep an eye on it for us. thank you so much. turning to the sudden and breathtaking collapse of silicon valley bank. it took just 48 hours for svb to suddenly implode and become the second largest failure of a financial institution in u.s. history. that means some of the companies that relied on what was the known go to bank for tech
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,