Even those who had prepared for flooding in San Jose were outmatched by rising floodwaters no one expected. He knew exactly where the floodwaters had come up before on his property on William Street just west of Coyote Creek. If the floodwaters came up to the level they did in 1997, he would be fine. "They should've put the footwork in to show the urgency of the situation as it came," Silva said. Kevin Rodriguez, 9, watched in shock as floodwaters came up Williams Street, flooding plants closest to the street and creeping up to the doorstep.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 22, 2017 22:44 UTC