of course it s going to be difficult but maybe god he can help us. so i only put it on the hands of god. police are patrolling the flooded areas to prevent any looting. on monday, school resumes and the overnight shelters at those locations will soon move. one of the questions people are asking is why didn t we know the flooding would be this bad? jonathan bloom is live in san jose. for the first time today, the usgs has some answers to that question. reporter: well, as residents work to dig through the rubble and pg&e works to restore power, the u.s. geological survey has been out doing science. this is still a swollen creek. in fact, it s higher than it s ever been before. one of the reasons that the evacuation order came so late is because we didn t know what would happen when the water got this high. now they are crunching the numbers to make sure they know what will happen if this ever occurs again. 20? 20. dangling over a cable of the russian water, surveyors
rock springs residents from returning home. it flooded. crews are working to repair it. now that water is slowly receding here, building inspectors will have to go in and check out each structure. the reoccupation will be phased based on our ability to clear, and also, we re going to find some structures are going to be inhabitable. and others will be. vietnamese residents were not getting details of the cleanup and when they can go home. i think there s some lack of distribution of information we have. information flyers are now passed out in vietnamese, spanish and english. with the uncertainty of which buildings will be deemed safe, tommy vu doesn t know the process of how long it will take. where are you going to live? what are you going to do? i m not sure. i have to go around and see my neighbors and cousins. the councilmember is asking landlords to suspend rent for three months. the flurry of activity to help residents included mayor sam licardo, who went
building inspectors are starting the job of seeing whether jobs are safe to enter. with floodwaters from coyote creek receding, people are getting the chance to go home and assess the damage. the red areas show where mandatory evacuations are in effect for. officials haven t said when people could be back in their homes many residents live in still flooded rock springs area. david louie has been covering the flooding since day one. you know, you ve been hearing lots of complaints. first residents were complaining they didn t get noticed about the evacuations and they ended up getting flooded out. a city councilmember is saying the vietnamese residents are not being told what s going on. it s a stressful time as thousands of flood victims are facing uncertainty. this sanitary pump station is one of the irk us holding back rock springs residents from returning home. it flooded. crews are working to repair it. now that water is slowly receding here, building inspectors w