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Dozens rescued from Highway 99 aft vehicles get stranded successful floodwaters
ANNOUNCER: FROM KCRA 3, THIS IS BREAKING NEWS. LETICIA: GOOD MORNING, I'M LETICIA ORDAZ. BREAKING NEWS OUT OF SACRAMENTO COUNTY THIS MORNING. WE'VE HEARD MULTIPLE REPORTS OF PEOPLE BEING STRANDED ON THE ROAD DUE TO FLOODING THIS MORNING. MARK JOINS US LIVE WITH LOOK AT THE SCENE THERE. MARK, WHAT ARE YOU SEEING? MARK: AND GOOD MORNING. I AM ON HIGHWAY 99 WHICH IS CURRENTLY CLOSED IF YOU ARE TRYING TO COME SOUTHBOUND. BUT WE ARE HERE AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF RESCUE VEHICLES HERE. SO THIS IS DILLARD ROAD, HIGHWAY 99. THE ROAD IS COVERED IN WATER. JUST WITHIN THE LAST FIVE MINUTES, OFF TO OUR -- OFF TO THE EAST, WE SAW A HELICOPTER LE PEOPLE OUT. THEY WERE STRANDED ON DILLARD ROAD IN WATER. THE HELICOPTER JUST TOOK OFF, TOOK TWO PEOPLE OUT THERE BUT THERE'S STILL TWO PEOPLE OUT THERE STRANDED ON DILLARD ROAD. THIS IS HIGHWAY 99. DILLARD ROAD'S UNDER WATER. ARNOLD ROAD IS UNDER WATER. AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAD TO BE RESCUED. SO FAR, WE'VE ONLY SEEN A HELICOPTER USED TO TAKE TWO OF THOSE PEOPLE OUT. YOU CAN SEE HOW DEEP THE WATER HERE IS ON HIGHWAY 99 AND OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S WHY THIS ROAD IS CLOSED. THIS IS DEER CREEK THAT IS FLOWING OVER THIS ROAD. AND THIS AREA ISN'T ACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO CREST UNTIL MAYBE 1:00 THIS AFTERNOON. SO THIS ROAD'S GOING TO BE CLOSED PROBABLY ALL DAY. HIGHWAY 99 IS CLOSED. AND YOU CAN SEE HOW FAST THE WATER'S MOVING ACROSS HERE. WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. AT THE BROUGHT THE FLOODING INTO WILTON. WE SAW DEER CREEK GOING OVER SCOTT ROAD AND THIS IS THE BOTTOM OF THE COUNTY, BASICALLY. SO ALL THAT WATER IS COMING TO THE EAST AND TRYING TO FLOW DOWN THIS WAY. TWIN CITIES AND A FEW OTHER ROADS THAT ARE FARTHER DOWN THE SOUTH HERE. AND EVEN DOWN THERE. YOU SEE THAT CAR DOWN THERE? YEAH, SOMEBODY GOT STUCK IN THAT. SO THIS IS AN AREA YOU NEED TO AVOID. WE JUST GOT HERE JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES AGO WE HAVE LEARNED PEOPLE HAVE BEEN STRANDED. THEY'VE ALREADY USE A HELICOPTER TO TRY GET SOME PEOPLE OUT OF HERE AND THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO TRY TO DO THAT. SO WE'LL TRY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON OUT HERE IN TERMS OF THE RESCUE. BUT YEAH, HIGHWAY 99 IS CLOSED AND YOU CAN STAY OUT OF THIS PART OF THE COUNTY FOR THE NEXT -- WELL, AT LEAST 24 HOURS. BACK TO YOU. LETICIA: WOW, MARK, WHAT A PERSPECTIVE RIG
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Dozens rescued from Highway 99 aft vehicles get stranded successful floodwaters
Flooding connected portion of Highway 99 successful Sacramento County has led to vehicles being stuck connected the roadway and dozens of radical person been rescued, arsenic of Sunday morning, a occurrence authoritative said. Caltrans said Highway 99 is closed 1.4 miles southbound of Elk Gove astatine Dillard Road.Chief Meteorologist Mark Finan reported from Dillard Road that determination are a fig of rescue vehicles connected the scene. He said helium saw a chopper that took 2 radical to information and determination were 2 others who inactive needed help. Chris Schamber, a occurrence skipper with the Cosumnes Fire Department, said "dozens upon dozens" of radical person been rescued. He said helium did not judge determination were much progressive rescues happening connected the roadway present and called for radical to enactment home. The country is being affected by flooding from the Cosumnes River and Deer Creek. The Cosumnes River volition crest aboriginal this afternoon, astir 1 p.m., Finan said. | Video Below | What to cognize astir Cosumnes River floodingElsewhere, Highway 99 is closed astatine Kansas Avenue successful Modesto owed to flooding. The roadway is reduced to 1 lane to southbound postulation astatine Golden Gate Boulevard successful Stockton. Drivers are told to usage alternate routes.
Flooding connected portion of Highway 99 successful Sacramento County has led to vehicles being stuck connected the roadway and dozens of radical person been rescued, arsenic of Sunday morning, a occurrence authoritative said.
Caltrans said Highway 99 is closed 1.4 miles southbound of Elk Gove astatine Dillard Road.
Chief Meteorologist Mark Finan reported from Dillard Road that determination are a fig of rescue vehicles connected the scene. He said helium saw a chopper that took 2 radical to information and determination were 2 others who inactive needed help.
Chris Schamber, a occurrence skipper with the Cosumnes Fire Department, said "dozens upon dozens" of radical person been rescued. He said helium did not judge determination were much progressive rescues happening connected the roadway present and called for radical to enactment home.
The country is being affected by flooding from the Cosumnes River and Deer Creek. The Cosumnes River volition crest aboriginal this afternoon, astir 1 p.m., Finan said.
| Video Below | What to cognize astir Cosumnes River flooding
Elsewhere, Highway 99 is closed astatine Kansas Avenue successful Modesto owed to flooding.
The roadway is reduced to 1 lane to southbound postulation astatine Golden Gate Boulevard successful Stockton.
Drivers are told to usage alternate routes.
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