San Jose Mayor admits failures in flood response as evacuation orders continue

‘Major storms are beginning to subside in California, but residents of San Jose are being warned to keep away from affected homes until water levels decrease to a safe level.
Flash floods along the west coast of the US have seen thousands of people forced to leave their homes and a state of emergency declared by California governor Jerry Brown.
The majority of mandatory evacuation orders have now been downgraded for areas including Sutter County around the Oroville Dam Spillway, which threatened to collapse during the floods.
However, San Jose, the 10th largest city in the US, remains one of the most substantial urban regions affected, with 36,000 homes estimated to be hit by floodwater, report the San Francisco Gate.’
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