Waters here have gone down a few feet, but it is still very bad. You can see the cars still sub urges in water. The Fire Department telling me, they dont anticipate letting anyone back home here in the near future. Elsewhere, families who were allowed to return devastated with what the flood left behind. You can see all the damage. Reporter this is what she returned home to tonight, after flood waters entered her home at 21st and williams streets in san jose. Damage she estimates more than 10,000. You can see the damage now. Im just kind of like, were going to have to replace everything. Reporter salvaging what they can, and pumping out as much water as they can, her family is in the process of taking everything out. Her father owns the home, and is devastated. When i saw this, oh, my god. Reporter despite the damage, her family considers themselves lucky. In other neighborhoods, families are sill evacuated. The Rocky Springs neighborhood, eerily quiet with cars and homes submerged in
Of course its 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 didnt 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, its higher than its ever been before. One of the reasons that the Evacuation Order came so late is because we didnt 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 are gathering data in l
Cant be occupied. city officials said that the number of evacuations here in rock springs and in the other two flood zones, Williams Street and old oakland road have fallen from 14thousand to 3thousand800 and the number of units effected is down from 4thousand to about 11hundred and are expected to fall farther in the days ahead. District seven councilman tam nguyen says help is on the way. Sot tam nguyen San Jose City councilman . I will be putting up a board of action with a time table to keep track of our progress and i will be out here to meeet with the residents and see to it they are getting the help that they need. a few residents are spurning the still in place ban on re entry and are already trying to clean up but the city is discouraging that because the plumbing is down and the water is contaminated with sewage, garbage and other toxics. Once the water is pumped out city teams will begin what could be several days of inspections and finally, for some, reentry. Sot dave sykes
Ktvus amber lee is at an Evacuation Center with one familys emotional story of hardship. We begin with ktvus Azenith Smith in the hardhit rock springs neighborhood. Azenith . Reporter i was here at 10 00 last night. The cars were kneedeep in water. Take a look now for the first time, since tuesday, no more standing water. People can actually walk on dry ground. Yet despite this progress, families tell me they are lost and unsure what to do next. In the rock springs area of san jose, a cruiser spent the evening putting in this temporary was to ensure proper sewage flows. We found the family cleaning their belongings in the dark with no electricity. It is sad because everything is gone. You have to start over again. Reporter these arent just any belongings. It supports the livelihood, 13 yearold davey helping her mother wipe down her makeup kit. Her dad a mechanic, salvaging his tools. This was like a lot of money. Now its like in the trash. You know . Like everythings gone. All the mone
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