Flooding caused major headaches and stranded drivers on the Peninsula Saturday. Water spilled over the banks of the San Francisquito Creek, flooding streets and heading towards homes in East Palo Alto.
Flooding caused major headaches and stranded drivers on the Peninsula Saturday.
Water spilled over the banks of the San Francisquito Creek, flooding streets and heading towards homes in East Palo Alto. Jon Rodriguez lives across the street from the creel and was on alert after water headed straight toward his home. “It overflowed right over here and went into the driveway and the garage, the water flowed around our house,” said Rodriguez.Sign up for NBC Bay Area’s Housing Deconstructed newsletter.Neighbors said their big concern was that branches and logs would get trapped under bridges, creating a dam and sending water back toward their homes. Which is why crews used a backhoe, racing against the clock to remove debris.
At an apartment complex on Manhattan Avenue, the water filled this underground parking garage, covering the tires of most vehicles and forcing people to cancel New Year’s Eve plans and worry about missing work.
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