"The mucky water flooding a section of San Jose in Northern California forced officials on Wednesday to widen the area under mandatory evacuation orders, with about 14,000 people barred from returning to their homes following drenching rains.
San Jose, a hub of high-tech Silicon Valley, suffered major flooding on Tuesday triggering evacuation orders when Coyote Creek overran its banks, swamping the Rock Springs neighborhood. Water at some sites engulfed the entire first floor of residences while in other places it reached waist-high.
Officials said the city of about 1 million residents has not seen a flood approaching this magnitude since 1997. "
Alex Dobuzinskis reports for Reuters February 22, 2017.
Source: Reuters, 02/23/2017
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