started flooding. and my girl started screaming there was water coming in the house. i got up and ran to look, and next thing i know, the creek is flooding into my backyard, and my whole house just had water running through it. the heavy rains have caused some roadways to collapse with many streets, as you can see, and highways closed due to flooding and rock slides. and officials urging residents to beware of dangerous conditions after rescuing a woman overnight who was trapped by the fast moving waters. rivers are dangerous, you know, the fury of a river. you don t know standing water, you don t know how deep it is, you know, 1 foot of water can move a car. we ve lost life up and down the state from people who have driven into flooded areas, thinking it was safe, and caught in their cars, people, you know, trapped in their homes, not heeding our evacuation orders
are asking for? calls and at the help that people are asking for? thank you so much for havin: are asking for? thank you so much for having us are asking for? thank you so much for having us on are asking for? thank you so much for having us on to are asking for? thank you so much for having us on to put are asking for? thank you so much for having us on to put context - are asking for? thank you so much | for having us on to put context into what the scale of this disaster looks like. we have american red cross volunteers from almost every state and territory of the united states that flew into california to provide help, dozens and dozens of communities are impacted by their flash flooding and mudslides, rock slides, road closures, power outages and more. at the red cross has opened 70 shelters in the last two to this effort is a call for help. goodness. taylor, when you point out just how extensive the rescue operation, orthe just how extensive the rescue operation, or the
weekend. donder pass, 122 inches of snow. as of january 11th, sierra snow pack is at 226% of average state wide. the southern sierra is at 269%. what makes this so important is the snow pack accounts for about 30% of california s fresh water supply in an average year. so a good solid snow pack is what we need to see. also when you re talking about drought conditions, this is from december 27th. you can see a large area of california under exceptional drought, and then you fast forward a week, and we see that that exceptional has dropped to zero. and then you look at it after a third week and it looks like we re seeing no exceptional drought and just a very, very small margin of extreme drought. so the drought conditions are definitely improving across california at least for the short term here, and we are going to see continued rain over the next couple of days. so the threat of rock slides,
in an average year. so a good solid snow pack is what we need to see. also when you are talking about drought conditions, this is from december 27th, you can see a large area of california under exceptional drought and you fast forward a week and we see that that exceptional has dropped to zero. and you look at it after a third week and it looks like that we re seeing no exceptional drought and just a very, very small margin of extreme drought. so the drought conditions are definitely improving across california at least for the short term here, but and we ll see continued rain over the next couple of days. so the threat of rock slides, mudslides, landslides, will still be there. we have a lot of snow that we ll be forecasting for. so there is your forecast radar through sunday. this is through saturday. we could see an additional 2 to 4 inches of rain, we could see several inches of snowfall. we actually will be measuring it in feet most likely, 2 to 3 feet
flood warnings. the state s lieutenant governor joins us with an update. plus the justice department is reviewing a batch of classified documents found in joe biden s private office from when he was vice president. what will the president say about it today? and a 6-year-old accused of shooting a teacher with his mother s gun, the choice prosecutors now face in virginia. this is what we re watching at this hour. thank you so much for being here. i m kate bolduan. the flooding in california is really terrifying and the threat is not over. the state s governor said severe weather has killed at least 14 people now. 34 million people are under flood alerts today. more than a foot of rain has fallen in southern california in the last two days. a real threat isn t just the water, it is all it is rock slides, and the threat of severe mudslides as well that could also very quickly create