Northern California continues to deal with record flooding that has killed at least eight people, forced some 14,000 residents from their homes in San Jose and shut down Highway 101 south of San Francisco.

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

San Jose has declared a local emergency after record flooding from the Coyote Creek submerged a neighborhood, forcing emergency crews in rescue boats to save 246 residents trapped in their homes, according to the San Jose Mercury News.

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