San Jose declares local state of emergency as hundreds of residents are evacuated after dramatic rescues from ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ chest-deep flood waters
Emergency officials raced to help locals who were caught out by the flash floods that hit on Tuesday morning
At least 225 residents were taken to dry land and rinsed off with soap and water to prevent them from being sickened by floodwaters that had traveled through engine fuel, garbage, debris and over sewer lines
Residents were seen going door-to-door searching for other people who needed to leave the neighborhood
Rains causing floods are coming from atmospheric rivers dumping massive quantities of Pacific Ocean water
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22 February 2017
Rescuers chest-deep in water steered boats full of people, some with babies and pets, on Tuesday from a San Jose neighborhood inundated by water from an overflowing creek.
At least 225 residents were taken to dry land and rinsed with soap and water to prevent them from being sickened by floodwaters that had traveled through engine fuel, garbage, debris and over sewer lines, San Jose Fire Capt. Mitch Matlow said.
Residents went door-to-door searching for people who needed to leave the neighborhood and only residents who could prove they had been cleaned of the floodwaters were allowed to board buses to shelters.
The conditions were so potentially dire city officials declared a local state of emergency.
‘This is like once-in-a-lifetime,’ 15-year-old resident Bobby Lee said of the water around him.
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