As rains dump torrents of water across California, the worst flooding in 100 years hits many locations. In San Jose, 14,000 faced Mandatory Evacuation Orders.
As mandatory evacuations continued for a second day, San Jose officials said Wednesday they could still not provide a timetable for when thousands of residents would be allowed to return after the city was hit by what officials described as the worst flooding in 100 years.
[San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo] vowed a full investigation into why there was not more warning before the floodwater hit the center of the city, saying many residents were caught off guard.
“If the first time a resident is aware that they need to get out of a home is when they see a firefighter in a boat, then clearly there has been a failure,” he said.
The mandatory evacuation zone largely encompasses a big swath of central San Jose, extending just east of San Jose State University and two miles east of Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport, Vossbrink said. At its widest point, the mandatory evacuation area covers a zone roughly two miles long and one mile wide.
Evacuation advisories were also issued to 36,000 residents. The larger voluntary evacuation advisory zone covered a business and industrial area, a roughly seven-mile stretch of Coyote Creek. The zone went from Interstate 280 northward, beyond U.S. 101, Interstate 880, and all the way to Highway 237 near San Francisco Bay.
The district’s chief operating officer, Jim Fiedler, said he believes the water will subside by Wednesday afternoon. Crews have repaired a damaged levee that allowed water to flow onto U.S. 101 Tuesday, forcing its closure. The freeway has since been reopened.
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