Northern California continues to deal with record flooding thathas killed at least eight people, forced some 14,000 residents fromtheir homes in San Jose and shut down Highway 101 south of SanFrancisco.

The series of storms, which dumped up to 10 inches of rainon Southern California late last week, roaredthrough Northern California on Monday and Tuesday,according to USA Today.

San Jose has declared a local emergency after record floodingfrom the Coyote Creek submerged a neighborhood, forcing emergencycrews in rescue boats to save 246 residents trapped in theirhomes, according to the San Jose Mercury News.

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This week’s flooding in San Jose has been caused by theoverflowing Anderson Reservoir near Morgan Hill. Coyote Creek,which flows from the reservoir, was expected to surpass the highestflow rates ever recorded since 1950 when Anderson Dam wasbuilt. The dam is located about 15 miles southeast of the first SanJose neighborhood that saw widespread damaging floodwatersTuesday.

Wettest winter in 20 years

After five years of drought, the wettest winter in 20 years iswreaking havoc throughout Northern California as residents copewith flood alerts, downed trees, evacuations, power outages andunpredictable commutes, reports the San Jose Mercury News.

Unfortunately, heavy rains are expected again Saturday throughMonday according to meteorologist Steve Anderson of the National Weather Service.

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Rescuers travel by boat through a flooded neighborhoodlooking for stranded residents Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, in San Jose,Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Cars and backyards are flooded in a neighborhood Tuesday,Feb. 21, 2017, in San Jose, Calif. Rescuers chest-deep in watersteered boats carrying dozens of people, some with babies and pets,from a San Jose neighborhood inundated by water from an overflowingcreek Tuesday. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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Heavy storms over the past two weeks caused parts of theshoulder and one lane of westbound Highway 50 give way, Tuesday,Feb. 21, 2017, near Pollock Pines, Calif. Crews have one lane open,of the four lane highway, as they work to repair the hole that isabout 40 feet long and 17 feet wide on one of the main routes toLake Tahoe. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Rescue crews assist elderly residents in San Jose, Calif. onTuesday. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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Signs block a road which runs into the overflowing CoyoteCreek Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, in Morgan Hill, Calif. Rains havesaturated once-drought stricken California but have created chaosfor residents hit hard by the storms. The latest downpours swelledwaterways to flood levels and left about half the state underflood, wind and snow advisories. (AP Photo/Marcio JoseSanchez)

People stop to watch water flow into the iconic Glory Holespillway at the Monticello Dam on Monday, Feb. 20, 2017, in LakeBerryessa, Calif. Water is flowing for the first time in over adecade into the 72-foot diameter hole due to the recent storms inCalifornia. The unique spillway operates similarly to a bathtubdrain. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

A fallen tree crushes a car outside a residence on Saturday,Feb. 18, 2017, in Sherman Oaks section of Los Angeles. A hugePacific storm parked itself over Southern California and unloaded,ravaging roads and opening sinkholes. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W.Chiu)

Neighbors walk by a fallen tree in Echo Park section of LosAngeles Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017. A huge Pacific storm parked itselfover Southern California and unloaded, ravaging roads and openingsinkholes in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/DamianDovarganes)

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