
Floodwaters surround a home on February 22, 2017, in San Jose, California. Thousands of people were ordered to evacuate their homes early Wednesday in the northern California city of San Jose as floodwaters inundated neighborhoods and forced the shutdown of a major highway. / AFP / NOAH BERGER (Photo credit should read NOAH BERGER/AFP/Getty Images)
NBC Los Angeles – Winter storms unleashed days of downpours on California. These aerial images show the extent of the flooding and effects of the unrelenting winter storms throughout the state, including San Jose, where 14,000 people were evacuated after neighborhoods were inundated with water. Several more weeks remain in California’s wet season, which brings the potential for more damage.
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- Flooding is occurring at both Grizzly Island on the left, and Wheeler Island on the right, located in the Sacramento San-Joaquin Delta in California, January 13, 2017. (Photo credit to Florence Low / California Department of Water Resources)
- Reclamation District 563 builds a muscle wall on the levee for overtop protection along Tyler Island near Walnut Grove, Calif. January 13, 2017. (Photo credit to Florence Low / California Department of Water Resources)
- Reclamation District 563 builds a muscle wall on the levee for overtop protection along Tyler Island near Walnut Grove, Calif. January 13, 2017. (Photo credit to Florence Low / California Department of Water Resources)
- A white vehicle is submerged during a flood on Twin Cities Road in Elk Grove, California, due to recent storms, January 13, 2017. (Photo credit to Florence Low / California Department of Water Resource)
- After the recent storms, the Cosumnes River has flooded Twin Cities Road, east of Interstate 5 in Elk Grove, Calif. on January 13, 2017. (Photo credit to Florence Low / California Department of Water Resource)
- After the recent storms, the Cosumnes River has flooded the area around Twin Cities Road, east of Interstate 5 in Elk Grove, Calif. on January 13, 2017. (Photo credit to Florence Low / California Department of Water Resource)
- Cache Creek Settling Basin Weir in Yolo County near Woodland, Calif. Jan. 13, 2017. The Cache Creek Settling Basin is located east of Woodland, near where Cache Creek flows into the Yolo Bypass. (Photo credit to Florence Low / California Department of Water Resource)
- Due to recent storms, Fremont Weir in Knights Landing, Calif. is overtopping, January 13, 2017. The Fremont Weir Wildlife Area is 1,461 acres at the north end of the Yolo Bypass floodway along the Sacramento River in Sutter and Yolo counties. (Photo credit to Florence Low / California Department of Water Resource)
- Water is released from Lake Natoma at Nimbus Dam in Rancho Cordova, Calif., as a precaution against flooding, January 13, 2017. Lake Natoma’s water storage is being reduced to save room for coming storms and snowmelt. Lake Natoma is an intermediate lake along the American River, located between Folsom Dam and Nimbus Dam in Sacramento County, Calif. The lake is located within the Folsom Lake State Recreation Area. (Photo credit to Florence Low / California Department of Water Resource)
- Floodwaters surround a play structure on February 22, 2017, in San Jose, California. Thousands of people were ordered to evacuate their homes in the northern California city as floodwaters inundated neighborhoods and forced the shutdown of a major highway. (Photo credit to AFP/Getty Image)
- Floodwaters surround a home on February 22, 2017, in San Jose, California. Thousands of people were ordered to evacuate their homes early Wednesday in the northern California city of San Jose as floodwaters inundated neighborhoods and forced the shutdown of a major highway. / AFP / NOAH BERGER (Photo credit should read NOAH BERGER/AFP/Getty Images)
- Laurel Canyon Boulevard was partially back open to traffic Monday, Feb. 20, 2017, after a sinkhole opened up and swallowed two cars during a monster storm three days earlier. No serious injuries were reported. (Photo credit to KNBC-TV)
- Floodwaters surround cars Feb. 22, 2017 in San Jose, California. (Photo credit to NBC)