SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - The Latest on flooding in San Jose (all times local):
10:55 a.m.
Residents in San Jose are returning to their homes to start the messy cleanup after flooding forced the sudden evacuation of thousands of people this week.
City officials are bringing in large trash bins throughout the flooded neighborhood as residents are mopping up, hosing down property and hauling away destroyed belongings.
Authorities on Friday lifted evacuation orders for about 800 more residents, leaving about 3,000 still out of their homes because of the flooding.
At the height of the flooding Tuesday, 14,000 residents were ordered evacuated when a creek overflowed following heavy rains and sent waist-high water into neighborhoods.
San Jose city officials are also opening a multi-agency assistance center Saturday to helped residents and businesses recover.
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8 a.m.
About 20 horses still need to be evacuated after being stranded for days in flood waters in San Jose.
KSBW reports (https://bit.ly/2lNfIk ) a team of horse owners, volunteers, and city animal control officials cheered Thursday as horses walked gingerly across Coyote Creek and out of a ranch.
Creek water levels finally dropped low enough that five horses could safely make it across with help from riders guiding them.
About two-thirds of the 14,000 residents evacuated three days ago were being allowed to return home while 3,800 people remain Friday under a mandatory evacuation order issued when a creek overflowed following heavy rains and sent waist-high water into neighborhoods.
Twenty-eight horses were trapped by flood waters Tuesday when Coyote Creek overflowed.
The rescue team said walking the remaining horses across the creek will take until Friday to complete.
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Information from: KSBW-TV.
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