LOST.
MARK FINAN AND EILEEN JAVORA
TELLS US WHY IT HAPPENED AND WHY
IT IS LIKELY TO HAPPEN AGAIN.
♪
THE NATIONAL GUARD
HELICOPTER, SOMEONE IS TRAPPED.
>> SEVERAL BREAKS IN THE RIVER.
>> THE WORST I HAVE EVER SEEN
IT.
OFFICIALS ARE STOPPING AND
TURNING AROUND ALL VEHICLES.
>> EVERYWHERE YOU TURN YOU WILL
RUN INTO FLOODING.
>> IT IS NOT A PRETTY SIGHT.
TAKE A LOOK FOR YOURSELF.
A WIDE BREAK IN THE LEVEE.
MARK THE IMAGES OF THE FLOOD
ARE ALMOST UNIMAGINABLE
ESPECIALLY WITH OUR RECENT
HISTORY OF DROUGHT.
THEY JUST PULLED A PERSON OUT
OF THERE.
THEY ARE IN BRUSH.
EILEEN: CALIFORNIA HAD TOO
MUCH
WATER FOR MORE THAN A MONTH AND
COULD NOT GET RID OF IT FAST
ENOUGH.
WHILE THE FLOOD W CAUSED I
RAIN, THE STORY OF THE NEW
YEAR'S FLOOD STARTED BEFORE
CHRISTMAS WITH SNOW.
MARK: COLD STORMS BROUGHT
PLENTIFUL SNOW TO THE SIERRAS.
THE SNOWPACK W
150% OF AVERAGE
FOR LATE DECEMBER.
WEATHER PATTERNS AGAIN TO CHANGE
AFTER CHRISTMAS.
THIS IS THE STORM WE ARE LOOKING
AT.
EILEEN A SERIES OF WARM, WET
STOR BEGAN TO LINED UP IN THE
PACIFIC AND TAKE AIM AT
CALIFORNIA.
IT RAINED AND RAINED.
MARK: ESPECIALLY ON THE WEST
SLOPE OF THIS YEAR AND IT WAS
WARM.
THE SNOW WAS UP NEAR 9000 FEET.
>> DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO
SHOW RAINMAKING ITS WAY INTO THE
AREA.
EILEEN: THE FRESH SNOW PACK
MELTED AWAY.
THE SNOW MELT STARTED TO SWELL
RIVERS IN THE SIERRA.
THE FIRST SIGN OF TROUBLE WAS
THE SOUTH FORK OF THE AMERICAN
RIVER.
MARK: ON THE MORNING OF JANUARY
1, THERE WAS A MASSI MUDSLIDE
THAT COVERED HIGHWAY 50 AND
BLOCKED THE RIVER.
TH FLOW WAS BLOCKED AND HIGHWAY
50 WAS CLOSED FOR DAYS.
THE RUSH DOWN THE RIVER WAS ON
ITS WAY TO FOLSOM LAKE.
THE TRUCKEE RIVER FLOODED THE
TOWN OF TRUCKEE AND DOWN TO RENO
AND INCLUDING THE RENO AIRPORT.
>> ALL OF THE RESIDENTS HERE ARE
INUNDATED WITH WATER.
MARK: WATER POURED DOWN EVERY
RIVER ON THE WEST SLOPE OF THE
SIERRA.
EVERY RIVER WAS ON THE RISE.
THE MERCE
RIVER FLOODED
YOSEMITE FOR THE FIRST TIME
SINCE 1862.
WITH A HIGH WATER MARK THAT IS
STILL NOTED TODAY.
EILEEN: THE RIV NEAR NEVADA
CITY WAS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE
POWER THA WAS ON THE WAY TO THE
CITY.
WE
KEPT OUR COVERAGE GOING FOR
THREE DAYS.
ON JANUARY 2, THE RIVER THAT IS
MOSTLY UNCONTROLLED SAW RECORD
HIGH LEVEL.
MARK: THE FLOAT DOWN THE RIVER
WAS MORE THAN TWICE THE PREVIOUS
RECORD AND CAUSED THE LEVY TO
FAIL IN 18 PLACES.
>> LOOK AT THE WATER RAGING AND
HEADING TOWARDS HOMES.
THIS IS A LONG SLOW HOUSE ROAD.
EILEEN: 15,000 PEOPLE EVACUATED.
100 HOMES WERE FLOODED.
THE FLOODWATER COVER HIGHWAY
99 AND I FIVE CLOSI THOSE
ROADS AND MAKING ACCESS TO
SACRAMENTO FROM THE SOUTH
IMPOSSIBLE.
MARK THE NATIONAL GUARD RESCUED
THOS CAUGHT IN THE RISING WATER
LIKE THIS ON TWIN CITY ROAD.
>> THIS PERSON IS
TRAPPED AND IS
WAITING TO BE LIFTED OUT OF
THERE.
NOT SURE IF THEY WILL HOVER OVER
TO THE SIDE.
WE WILL HAVE TO SEE WHICH OPTION
HE GOES FOR.
LOOKS LIKE MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.
MARK ON THE MAJOR RIVERS, IT
RELEASES WERE INCREASED.
THE AMERICAN RIVER RAN AT A
DANGEROUSLY HIGH LEVEL BELOW
FOLSOM DAM.
THE WATER RAN HIGH IN TH
LEVEES
NEAR NEIGHBORHOODS IN SACRAMENTO
COUNTY.
LE PATROLS
KEPT A CLOSE EYE
BUT THEY HELD.
EILEEN FURTHER NORTH, INCREASES
WERE ALSO -- RELEASES WE
ALSO
INCREASED.
THERE WAS SOME CONCERN THAT THE
LEVEE DOWNSTREAM WOULD FAIL.
THE ENTIRE CITY OROVILLE
WAS
EVACUATED.
WHEN THEY HEARD THE NEWS, THE
NEWS WAS GOOD.
EVERYONE IS EVER
WATCHFUL BUT
THE SIGNS ARE ENCOURAGING.
MARK: THIS GOOD NEWS WAS
TEMPORARY.
THE HIGH FLOW CONTINUED
DOWNSTREAM.
ARIE PHIL WAS EVEN --
MARYSVILLE WAS EVACUATED.
ON THE NIGHT OF JANUARY 2, JUST
AFTE 8:00, WE HEARD THE WORST.
>> HERE ARE THE DREADED WORDS,
LEVEE BREAK.
MARK: THERE WAS A RUSH TO
EVACUATE BEFORE DARK.
I WAITED TOO LONG.
IT CAME IN VERY FAST.
>> THE SUNSHINE IS UP AND THIS
IS OUR FIRST LOOK AT THE BREAK.
EILEEN
DAYBREAK REVEALED THAT
THE DAMAGE FROM THE LEVEE
FAILURE.
THOUSANDS OF HOMES WERE UNDER
WATER.
WATER FLOWE THROUGH THE BREAK
FOR AS FAR AS THE EYE COULD SEE
TO FARMS AND HOMES.
THIS IS NOT SUPPOSED TO
HAPPEN.
IT IS VERY DISTURBING.
MARK THE FLOODING WAS SO
EXTENSIVE AND THE NEED IS GREAT,
THE COAST GUARD WAS BROUGHT INT
HELP THOSE WHO COULD NOT GET
OUT.
MANY HAD TO WAIT DAYS TO SEE
WHAT THE FLOOD HAD LEFT BEHIND.
EILEEN: FURTHER SOUTH, THE 12
ME
T
LOMNE RIVER WAS ALSO IN
TROUBLE.
THAT RIVER REACHED A LEVEL NEVER
SEEN BEFORE.
THAT HIGH WATER BACKED UP DRY
CREEK AND SENT FLOODING INTO
MANY NEIGHBORHOODS.
MARK
HUNDREDS OF HOMES WERE
ENGULFED IN WATER 5-10 FEET
DEEP.
LEVEE BREAKS CONTINUED
DAYS
LATER.
ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SAN JOAQUIN
RIVER.
LEVEES CRUMPLED NEAR STOCKTON
AND MANTECA.
>> THEY HAVE TO HURRY.
EILEEN THERE WERE 24,000 HOMES
THAT HAD BEEN DESTROYED OR
DAMAGED.
ONLY 6% HAD FLOOD INSURANCE.
FROM LEVEE REPAIRS TO REBUILDING
HOMES, THE CLEANUP WOULD TAKE
MONTHS.
MARK: THE EFFORT TO PREVENT THE
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