SAN JOSE, Calif. — Rescuers chest-deep in water steered boats carrying about 100 people, some with babies and pets, from a San Jose neighborhood inundated by water from an overflowing creek Tuesday.
Fifteen-year-old Bobby Lee called the evacuation a "once-in-a-lifetime" experience. He was rescued with his brother and parents, who took clothes, electronics and photos from their home in the largely Latino and Vietnamese neighborhood.
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Throughout the neighborhood, vehicles were submerged in the water.
The rescues came after a series of heavy storms drenched already soggy Northern California.
San Jose spokesman David Vossbrink says firefighters were going door-to-door to alert residents because the city does not have sirens or another emergency warning system. He says anyone who is near the creek should be prepared to leave.
