breaking news, sky 7 showing us incredible flooding in san jose right now. a neighborhood drowning in overflowing creek water as the latest storm dumps excessive rain on the bay area. thanks for joining us. i'm kristin sze. dozens of homes are being danld by floodwaters. let's give you a sky picture right now in san jose. this is over the zoo. very popular with families.

let's get to david louie live on on the scene. david? >> reporter: this is a rescue operation by the san jose fire department. you can see how high the water is. look at the cars behind me. they are up to the top of the driver's side doors. in fact, there is a station wagon right now with a window down on the back side, and the water is about to breach that vehicle. that's a very serious level of water. to the right you're going to see a rescue boat coming in right now with san jose firefighters. they're wearing decontamination suits, those orange suits, and they're wearing that because the water is considered contaminated. sewer water may have mixed in with floodwaters coming out of the coyote creek which flows to this neighborhood. let's show you some video shot just a short time ago. we have incredible video of people being brought out of this neighborhood on board these fire rescue boats. some of them children, some of them adults, some of them elderly. some of them live in single

story homes, some of them are in two-story apartment buildings. the ones on the second floor were rescued a little later because they were higher above the water. those on the ground level were rescued right away. the situation here is one that continues to evolve because the waters of the coyote creek continue to rise. now, that has become a de facto spillway for the anderson reservoir which has overspilled its capacity. we talked to one of the residents that got evacuated and we got an update from the san jose fire department. >> monday morning around 9:00. that's why i moved my car and stuff. >> reporter: you saw the water rising? >> yeah, pretty fast. in 15 minutes the water go up to here. thaet only li-- that's only lik inches. 15 minutes later, higher.

>> people were taken out by boat one at a time. they were taken to my left because this is polluted water. >> reporter: you may hear the noise of a helicopter over my vice. the calfire helicopter is here doing surveillance trying to find out where the people are in need of being rescued. that's the situation from above. now, let's come back live to us right now. you see a group of people here who are standing by either to be decontaminated or who have already been contaminated. many of them are wearing hang tags which are giving fire personnel the information whether or not they are still lined up to get decontaminated. let's come back over here and we'll see there are more rescues under way. you'll see a woman holding her dog, you see other people just looking bewildered. some peopchildren in the very f row. the fire department says this will happen for hours and the

cresting of the coyote creek is not expected until mid-afternoon. david louie, abc 7 news. >> that has to be so scary, especially for the children. the fire crew had to rescue another five people this morning, this as los lagos golf course was flooding. they were on the ground as crews worked to pull these people to safety and more on this incredible video and story. >> reporter: a helicopter in the air and boats in the water. it's a full scale water rescue in san jose after reports of possibly 20 people stranded in coyote creek. >> our boat sunk in the water and we got out just in time. >> we were on the side. we were climbing up the hill. >> reporter: where was the water? >> the water was right below us. >> reporter: kimberly or 'tis and three other homeless people were rescued from the rising creekwaters near los lagos golf

course. the san jose urban rescue task force scoured the area near the creek for over two hours. >> all the water in the creek is dangerous. it's swift moving, it's carrying debris with it from areas that haven't seen water in years, and on top of that it may be contaminat contaminated. >> reporter: this rescue may be the fifth one this week. they're urging people to evacuate due to this rainy season. >> we've been telling people to move their encampments away from the waterways. >> reporter: some people who live along the creek knew the risk but had nowhere to go. >> this is our neighborhood right now. hopefully we find another place to go. >> reporter: it's not clear if everybody stranded got out. >> i know that those close to us, hopefully they make it out. >> reporter: the search is called off but emergency officials will continue to check the area and warn people again

setting up tents so close to the rising creek. >> that was lonnie rivera reporting for us. fremont police shared this photo this morning. look at that gushing river of water combined with rocks and debris. nearby mill creek road is also closed. police tell abc 7 news caltrans is on the scene assessing the damage. so far no word on when either road might reopen. but mother nature is lending a helping hand. now that the worst of the storm is behind us, we're on the roof of abc 7 studios monitoring the doppler radar. >> reporter: we had flooding in the middle of the night also. there is still some in the south bay. because of coyote creek you'll find that the flood warning in effect through friday morning, even though it's going to crest this afternoon. the flood warnings last for a few days as well as south of that. that will expire in the next half hour.

there is also a flash flood watch for parts of vallejo up through fairfield and that extends through saturday. so we are at a storm impact scale. level 1 is light. light to moderate showers throughout the morning. it's already going to be tapering off this afternoon but it will be breezy. i think folks will want to watch the accuweather 7 news forecast because the brunt of it may be gone. >> in liver more crews were out near the college. they were in a canyon where this car was left behind surrounded by mud and debris. now we're getting a first look inside a business that has extensive flood damage. amy hollifield is live to tell us more.

>> reporter: what a huge mess that was left behind here this morning. look at this parking lot. it's still flooded, still has some standing water in it and a lot of thick, very slippery mud that was left behind, and the flood did not stay outside. this is what greeted employees this morning at global hawk insurance in liver more. the ceo couldn't believe it when he turned the lights on. >> in the morning there was up to 4 inches on the floor. >> reporter: here's a look at the flooding that happened last night outside their office park on constitution drive right next to interstate 580. firefighters had to rescue nine people from their flooded cars and offices. no one was hurt. these employees knew something wasn't right when they walked in, and they were stunned to what they found. >> the roads were closed and we had to make our way through the parking lots, but i'm glad we're an insurance company and have

good coverage because this is amazing. >> reporter: this is just one of the hard hit spots in liver more. stanley boulevard was shut down this morning due to flooding, a major >> the water just keeps coming. trying to manage it and divert it to make it go where you want it to go is totally crazy. >> reporter: one rancher who had just planted a field of wheat is now worried about it, saying we needed the rain but not this much. >> yeah, i'm really shocked. the first time ever since i've lived in california has it ever been this bad. >> reporter: how long is that? >> about 30 years. >> reporter: here's another car that flooded. it is still abandoned. street sweepers have been cleaning up around it to try to get all this mud off the street. city crews have been very busy. they tell me they have several trails in the parks that have been washed out.

they worked until 11:00 last night and were back at it at 5:00 this morning. live in liver more, amy hollifield, abc 7 news. >> no accessing the los gatos creek from here. take a look at all that water. it's overtaken completely the los gatos trail. it's deep, it's fast and not the only one overflowing. coyote creek, the one with so much trouble this morning, has flooded the mobile home park. they are trying to pump the water out. >> i think it could still flood until thursday. that's why we thought we would get a few things together just in case. >> reporter: the mobile home park is right next to coyote creek which has now jumped its banks in the norrendale neighborhood. hundreds of people remain on

flood warning because of a water main break. 5,000 residents south of 120 near manteca had to evacuate yesterday afternoon when someone noticed a sinkhole in the levy. firefighters and farmers worked feverishly to pour rocks and sand into the weak spot in the levy to try to reinforce it. the temporary patch will be tested this afternoon when the heaviest water flow is expected. now take a look at this new video of a massive tree that crashed into not one, but two, homes in alamo. this is near danville road and el portal. the tree toppled as strong winds began to whip up. one family escaped. it's not clear if anyone was in the second house. no injuries were reported but both houses sustained some damage. new details on minor flooding at san jose international airport. this parking lot, this garage near terminal a is now back open to the public.

the floodwater, you can see, has cleared out. this was the scene overnight as crews worked to clear out the water from the garage's first floor. you can keep tabs on the changing weather conditions outside your door with the abc 7 news app. download it for free. you can track doppler 7 any time and push alerts to get weather updates right to your phone. you're going to need it because we have more showers and storms along the way. we continue to follow that breaking news in san jose. as coyote creek overflows its banks, sky 7

we are tracking breaking news out of the south bay right now where the coyote creek is overflowing. take a look at this from sky 7. let's go to lonnie rivera in south bay where water is overflowing again. lonnie? >> reporter: the reason i say it's unfortunate is because look at this. this is the intersection of senter and needles in san jose. we've been here every couple minutes, and every couple minutes, the gray car keeps getting buried under water inch by inch, it seems, every couple of minutes. the water here is extremely hyatt needles and senter. there are several apartments nearby that have first floor units, and there are several

offices nearby here. there are several emergency crews here at this intersection. you can see these guys. every couple minutes cars are coming up here and they're turning people around. so if you're driving in this area here in san jose, you want to avoid senter road altogether. there have been other people out here looking at this because really, it's just fascinating. gregory is your name. you said you came out here. you live here, work here. tell me how long it's been like this this morning. >> probably since about 5:00, 6:30 this morning. >> reporter: what are your thoughts? how are you getting around town? >> just by bicycle, by the bus. you have to avoid this area. >> reporter: how amazing is this considering we're just in a drought or still in a drought, some say. >> we wanted water, and i guess we got a lot of water now. >> reporter: that's what a lot of people, it seems, are sort of taking it all in. there's been people coming out of a government building with iphones taking pictures of all of this, sort of witnessing

something that's pretty amazing, just how much rain can fall and what kind of damage and what kind of situation it can create here. that's the very latest reporting live here in san jose. lonni rivera, 7 news. >> people lpt will want to stay of that water. here's a live picture of one of the decontamination stations where people are being taken. that water is polluted, so people who have been in contact with it need to be cleaned up. we'll have more on this breaking news story coming up on abc 7 news at 11:00. we go to david louie who is live where people are still being evacuated, still being rescued. we have our full accuweather forecast right after this.

it's not over yet. we still have some showers to contend with, even moderate ones at times. we'll go live to doppler 7 and show you where we have some heavier rain that's been falling throughout the south bay. i want to take you to tahoe. some snow through the area. a winter storm warning in effect until tonight at 10:00. 1 foot of snow above 5500 feet. it will be tough driving through the area. if you can hold off a day, it will be better. we're seeing clouds over the bay, especially in san francisco where it's not raining and currently 57 degrees. temperatures are going to cool

tomorrow. we are in a storm impact scale level 1 with light to moderate showers tapering by this afternoon. the breeze sticks with us throughout the day. our forecast animation still shows moderate showers by lunchtime heading to the peninsula and even dav enport. 2:00, it does start to slide south. we'll start to see more clearing by the afternoon hours for everyone, then showers kicking in later on tonight to parts of the north bay. look how clear it is tonight, so we'll wake up to dry conditions in the morning, cooler temperatures as well. 55 to 60, fairly moderate in terms of temperatures, but a cooler night ahead in parts of the north bay and a lot of 40s around the bay area. how well are we doing in terms of rainfall? you've had enough, i'm sure. in santa rosa, we've had about 205% of normal from where we are, and you can see we're well above that as well in oakland, sfo and even san jose is where

we see the least amount of rain and we're even at 143% there. here's the accuweather 7-day forecast. we have scattered showers to deal with today, but nothing compared to what we saw yesterday. those flood warnings are still in effect, especially through coyote creek through friday. then finally a break, tomorrow, wednesday, thursday, friday, three dry days. we can put the umbrella away, and then it returns once again. a light system moves in next weekend and we've got some showers into monday. kristin, hopefully you can is a advantage of the seven days and at least get outside. >> we're going to need more than that to dry off. rescues under way continuing as coyote creek spills its banks, flooding neighborhood after neighborhood. take a look at that. our live coverage continues right

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reporter david louie live on the ground at the scene. david? >> reporter: the hard-working san jose fire department is absolutely putting all their personnel available into this rescue operation. norrendale avenue is right behind us and you can see the water is rising. there is a mailbox at the corner. that is a five-foot-high fence and the water line is right to the top of that fence. it's even deeper a few blocks to the east where the coyote creek runs through this neighborhood, so it's quite serious. we also have that station wagon with the rear window down where the water is getting ready to breach that vehicle and we're going to find out soon whether that vehicle can float or not in all this floodwater. we have mitch madlow here. you have so many people here. you have to be stretched. >> yes, the department is

stretched right now. we have everyone working overtime to deal with these situations. >> reporter: how is the rescue going? >> the rescue is going well so far. nobody has had any injuries. people have been taken out of their homes one boatful at a time. they've been taken to the decontamination stations so they can get cleaned up. then they're put on a bus and taken to the high school. there was one place preset by the red cross and we're ready to use it. that's where these people are being taken now. if they have medical issues because of being in the water or injuries sustained, then they'll be taken by county ambulance to a hospital. >> reporter: any idea what contaminants are in the water and what people could be exposed to with their health? >> you have batteries, you have transmission fluid, you have battery acid. on the streets, any litter that happens to be there is flowing

through dumpsters right now, so anything that could be in a dumpster is there. it's flowing through and around the sewer pipes. it could be taking raw sewage into the water. then there's all the unknowns. what else could be there, what debris is washing down the roadway, all of that. so we're assuming that there are major contaminants in the water and we're trying to keep people healthy by cleaning them all up before we let them go away. >> walk us through the decontamination process. what is being done? >> we're bringing people to a private area. we're removing contaminated clothing if possible, we're wauf watering them down with a fire hose. >> reporter: is there a detergent or anything you use to decontaminate them? >> i haven't seen that. there are times we use soap or detergent to decontaminate people. i haven't seen that today.

>> reporter: the water is going downstream toward a mobile home park. is that going to be at risk today? >> all the people along this creek potentially could be at risk. there have been hydrologists who work for the city and the water district who are calculating if we get this much flow, we're going to have water overflowing its banks at this point in the river. all of that has been mapped out. so the emergency operation center has good information about when we get this many cubic feet coming down strestre this is where we're going to have the flows. >> reporter: this flood didn't come as a surprise to you. how much planning went into this? >> hundreds of people worked for at least a week on creek planning for this incident because we knew anderson reservoir would be going over the spillway, the spillway would be dumping major amounts of water. what we don't know is when is the rain going to fall around anderson, when is it going to enter that lake and how long is it going to take to get here. there are people who can

calculate that stuff. it's way beyond my scope. >> reporter: understanding the risk of a seismic catastrophe at anderson and bringing it back to standards, could this have happened spontaneously? >> i'm not going to say this is a wake-up. anderson has been well studied. the waterway below the dam has been well evaluated. like i said, it was mapped out. i saw maps that said, if we get this cubic feet per second flow, this is where the water is going to exceed the capacity of the river to handle it, and it's going to be going over its banks. it's well mapped out, it's well studied. we know where water is going to go. >> reporter: captain, thank you very much. i appreciate it. that's what we have here at the norrendale neighborhood. the rescue operation still going on. it's ironic the sun is trying to come through the clouds right