California storm: Atmospheric river rainfall floods homes, roads - San Francisco Chronicle

The National Weather Service has issued a flood ticker lasting done Tuesday that covers the full Bay Area, Sacramento Valley and Monterey Bay to relationship for the upcoming storms. A precocious upwind informing was issued for the Bay Area and Central Coast, from Cloverdale successful bluish Sonoma County to the confederate Monterey County border, until 4 p.m. Monday. The full Bay Area and Central Coast are astatine mean hazard of excessive rainfall Monday, the upwind work said.

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Latest updates:

Satellite images amusement storms arriving contiguous and Tuesday

As California continues to get battered by the latest atmospheric river, the adjacent circular of storms is already traveling crossed the Pacific towards the state’s coast, according to a station from the Bay Area National Weather Service. The station showed outer imagery of lightning flashes owed to get aboriginal contiguous and Tuesday.

As the #AtmoshpericRiver continues to determination done the Bay Area and Central Coast we're besides watching the adjacent circular of storms farther west. Here's a outer loop showing each of the lightning flashes. These storms get aboriginal contiguous and Tuesday. #cawx pic.twitter.com/ZXPN7ag8gp

— NWS Bay Area 🌉 (@NWSBayArea) January 9, 2023

Westbound State Route 37 successful Marin closed owed to flooding | 10:55 a.m.

State Route 37 westbound successful Marin is closed betwixt Atherton Avenue and US-101 owed to roadway flooding, according to a post from the California Highway Patrol. The bureau is asking motorists to usage Atherton Avenue to entree US-101 and that they “do not effort to spell done the closure.” It did not person an expected reopening time.

Flood advisory successful effect for S.F., South Bay, East Bay 

A flood advisory was issued for San Francisco, South Bay and East Bay regions done Monday 4 p.m., according to a Bay Area National Weather Service post. Minor flooding and the flooding of highways, streets and underpasses are expected, the station said.

A informing is issued erstwhile a hazardous upwind lawsuit is imminent oregon presently occurring. An advisory is for a little superior upwind lawsuit that is apt to hap oregon already happening. A ticker is issued erstwhile the hazard of a hazardous upwind lawsuit has accrued significantly, but details aren’t yet afloat known astir erstwhile and where. You tin spot each the upwind advisories presently successful effect successful California using this tool. 

Flood Advisory Now successful Effect until 4 PM PST This Afternoon. https://t.co/smoizk28d0 #CAwx pic.twitter.com/XB19q9PhnE

— NWS Bay Area 🌉 (@NWSBayArea) January 9, 2023

Flood ravages Santa Cruz County bridge 

Soquel Village inundated with floodwater

Soquel Village successful Santa Cruz County was inundated with h2o Monday morning, leaving respective shops and restaurants with flood damage.

Business owners had stacked sandbags successful doorways, astir of them near from erstwhile storms implicit caller weeks. Still, h2o seeped into buildings arsenic radical utilized brooms to fend it off.

The country remained nether a mandatory evacuation order.

Soquel Village successful Santa Cruz County flooded this morning, leaving shops and restaurants soggy (video from the folks astatine El Chipotle Taqueria) pic.twitter.com/a35iTd8EMf

— Kurtis Alexander (@kurtisalexander) January 9, 2023

Monterey County offering proscription and aesculapian treatment

Residents successful the Pajaro country who request proscription oregon aesculapian attraction should spell to the Pajaro Valley Golf Course astatine 967 Salinas Road, according to the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office.

“High avalanche danger” expected successful greater Lake Tahoe country done Wednesday

The Central Sierra Nevada Mountains betwixt Yuba Pass and Ebbetts Pass, including the greater Lake Tahoe area, is nether an avalanche informing until Wednesday 7 a.m., according to an aboriginal Monday greeting notice. 

Southbound State Route 17 closed owed to landslide | 10:01 a.m.

Southbound State Route 17 southbound of Glenwood Drive is closed owed to a landslide, according to a station from the Santa Cruz California Highway Patrol. 

Traffic alert 🚨 roadworthy closure Southbound SR-17 southbound of Glenwood Dr. Slide is blocking the roadway pic.twitter.com/lvAcjrhfLT

— CHP Santa Cruz (@CHPscrz) January 9, 2023

San Lorenzo River floods Santa Cruz homes and roads 

Several homes and roads were nether h2o successful the Felton Grove country of the Santa Cruz Mountains arsenic the San Lorenzo River spilled its banks Monday morning, inundated by relentless rainfall showers implicit the weekend.

Intense rains had caused the stream that runs done the mountains into the metropolis of Santa Cruz to flood earlier than anticipated. It continued to emergence arsenic of 8 a.m. Monday. Hoods of cars and the precocious halves of garages peered implicit pools of muddy water, which had submerged trees to the constituent that lone their branches stuck out. Read much astir the aggravated upwind successful Santa Cruz here. 

More than 16,000 without powerfulness successful the Bay Area | 9:46 a.m.

About 16,095 Pacific Gas & Electric customers successful the Bay Area are without powerfulness arsenic of Monday 9 a.m., according to PG&E spokesperson Tamar Sarkissian.

Affected customers include:

• 8,413 successful the North Bay
• 4,771 successful the Peninsula
• 2,076 successful the East Bay
• 748 successful the South Bay
• 87 successful San Francisco

Daniel Swain: Central Coast, SoCal astatine top hazard of flooding today, Tuesday

Parts of confederate California and the cardinal seashore volition beryllium astatine the top hazard of flooding, with 1 oregon 2 much important storms betwixt present and the extremity of the week, said UCLA clime idiosyncratic Daniel Swain astatine a live bureau hours event Monday morning. Though the storms aren’t “extremely strong,” saturated soils mean that mean storms tin inactive origin important runoff and flooding, Swain said.

The existent bedewed spell is “remarkable successful its intensity, but surely not the astir utmost we’ve seen historically,” Swain said. California is susceptible to occasional but terrible flood events, Swain said.

“In this drought era, a batch of folks successful California whitethorn person forgotten conscionable however important the storms tin get astatine times, however overmuch h2o tin autumn from the entity implicit a comparatively abbreviated play of time,” Swain said.

It tin beryllium hard to speech astir the hazard of terrible flooding successful the midst of terrible drought, Swain said. But determination is imaginable to “fight droughts with floods” specified arsenic by redirecting immoderate of these flood flows arsenic they occasionally hap to recharge depleted Central Valley groundwater,” Swain said.

Swain and co-researcher Xingying Huang person recovered that clime alteration is expanding the hazard of a California megaflood, what they’ve dubbed “Arkstorm 2.0.” But the existent storm, though severe, “is not astatine the apical extremity of the scope of what is plausible successful this portion of the world, particularly successful a warming climate,” Swain said Monday.

“This is neither arsenic aggravated nor arsenic agelong successful duration nor arsenic wide arsenic the benignant of events that we are talking about, though it surely gives america a sensation of what things (could) look similar arsenic we caput a small spot much successful that direction,” Swain said.

Pajaro Valley Unified School District schools closed Monday

All Pajaro Valley Unified School District schools successful Santa Cruz County are closed Monday owed to a flash flood watch, according to a announcement from the Watsonville district. All schools successful evacuation zones are closed Tuesday arsenic well, the announcement said. The schoolhouse territory volition measure Tuesday conditions for the different schools and supply an update later, the announcement said.

Northern California forecast: After little lull, rainfall resumes Tuesday

Heavy downpours are acceptable to persist done 10 a.m. successful the South Bay and Santa Cruz Mountains arsenic the atmospheric stream dips southbound into the Central Coast. This strategy volition proceed its march into the Big Sur seashore this afternoon, giving a accidental for Bay Area residents to prime up from upwind harm past nighttime and for h2o levels to stabilize successful rivers and streams successful the region.

This includes the precocious h2o levels successful the Santa Cruz Mountains, wherever utmost flooding from precocious rainfall rates overnight caused the San Lorenzo River.

More dense rainfall volition get to the Bay Area aft midnight and into aboriginal Tuesday morning. raising the hazard for mean downpours and further strains connected pain scars and rivers successful the portion that are already filled to the brim with water. These rainfall bands volition persist done precocious Tuesday greeting and bent implicit the Santa Cruz Mountains until the aboriginal day hours earlier yet exiting Northern California and the Central Coast by mid-afternoon.

Several roads closed successful Petaluma owed to flooding

The Petaluma Police Department advised connected Monday morning that respective drivers person go stranded connected roads owed to flooding and that it expected runoff from the Petaluma River watershed to proceed for the adjacent fewer hours. As a result, the metropolis has closed respective roads.

• Petaluma Blvd North betwixt Corona Road and US 101.
• Old Redwood Hwy betwixt North McDowell and US 101.
• The intersection of Petaluma North and Industrial Drive/Stony Point Road is closed.
• Stony Point Road betwixt Petaluma Blvd North and Pepper Road.
• Rainsville Road betwixt Stony Road and Liberty Road.
• Lakeville Hwy (State Route 116) betwixt Stage Gulch Road and Frates Road.
• Westbound Lakeville successful the 100 block, adjacent Madison Street.
• Northbound North McDowell astatine Redwood Way. 

Log jam forces ‘emergency closure’ of information of Highway 1 successful Santa Cruz

The California Highway Patrol successful Santa Cruz said Monday greeting they were preparing for an "emergency closure" of Highway 1 astatine River Street to region a log jam piling up astatine the freeway overcrossing, wherever the San Lorenzo River continues to flood. The No. 2 northbound lane connected Highway 1, southbound of River Street, volition beryllium closed. It was not instantly known however agelong the road volition beryllium closed.

🚨🚧 We’re preparing for an exigency closure of the N/B # 2 lane connected Hwy 1 s/of River Street owed to removal of this log jam astatine the freeway over-crossing, arsenic the San Lorenzo River continues to rise. pic.twitter.com/ozjKVsYaol

— CHP Santa Cruz (@CHPscrz) January 9, 2023

Santa Cruz County opens evacuation centers successful Watsonville, Aptos | 8:46 a.m.

Residents evacuating from dense rains and floods tin spell to 2 unfastened evacuation centers: the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds successful Watsonville and Cabrillo College successful Aptos, according to the county website. Both centers are ADA-compliant and pet-friendly. The 2 centers besides person RV parking, but determination are nary conveyance hookups, according to the website.

More thunderstorms and hazard for waterspouts connected the mode for Bay Area

A 2nd circular of thunderstorms is headed for the Bay Area precocious contiguous and into aboriginal Tuesday morning. This instability volition rise different flimsy hazard for waterspouts and anemic tornadoes connected the coast, San Francisco Bay and portions of the Peninsula. While brief, these rotation ups would origin section upwind harm to property. The hazard volition driblet disconnected by mid-morning connected Tuesday.

Evacuation informing issued successful Solano County

Solano County officials on Monday greeting issued a flood evacuation informing successful Vacaville for areas westbound of Peabody Road, southbound of Beelard Drive, eastbound of Northwood Drive and northbound of Alamo Drive.

Flood advisory successful effect for ample information of Bay Area | 8:42 a.m.

A flood advisory for a ample swath of the Bay Area — including San Francisco, the Peninsula, the South Bay and East Bay — is successful effect until 10 a.m. Monday. People should expect flooding connected highways, streets and underpasses, the National Weather Service said.

Storm expected to deed Southern California with dense rain, beardown winds, flooding

The atmospheric stream is expected to bring dense rain, damaging winds and imaginable flooding to Southern California connected Monday and Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service. Flood advisories were successful effect successful respective counties, including Santa Barbara and Ventura. Los Angeles County is nether a mean hazard for excessive rainfall, according to Chronicle meteorologist Gerry Díaz.

Slight hazard for Northern California tornadoes arsenic atmospheric stream heads south

Episodic bursts of isolated thunderstorms beryllium imaginable connected the seashore from the Peninsula into Monterey Bay this morning, with instability raising the hazard for isolated landspouts and anemic tornadoes. The precocious vigor disconnected this storm's beardown winds and instability volition stay mostly disconnected the seashore arsenic it dips southbound into Monterey Bay and the Big Sur Coast this afternoon, but that volition construe into a flimsy hazard for waterspouts that could concisely travel ashore. This hazard volition driblet disconnected connected the Peninsula by the aboriginal day and wide retired by Monday nighttime connected the Central Coast.

Bursts of isolated thunderstorms beryllium imaginable connected the seashore from the Peninsula into Monterey Bay this morning, with instability raising the hazard for isolated landspouts and anemic tornadoes.

GOES-West satellite, NOAA

FEMA approves California catastrophe aid

President Biden has approved national catastrophe assistance for California, the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced Monday. Gov. Gavin Newsom had requested the assistance Sunday, saying an exigency declaration would unlock the “full enactment of the national government” for the authorities arsenic it faces large storms this week bringing much flooding, landslides and powerfulness failures aft past week’s deadly weaponry cyclone deluge. The assistance volition supplement state, section and tribal effect efforts to exigency conditions resulting from the wintertime storms, flooding and mudslides starting Jan. 8 and going forward, FEMA officials said successful a quality release.

FEMA is authorized to coordinate catastrophe alleviation and prevention efforts successful El Dorado, Los Angeles, Mariposa, Mendocino, Merced, Monterey, Napa, Placer, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Sonoma, Stanislaus and Ventura counties.

Sonoma County schoolhouse territory closes each schools Monday owed to flooding, excessive rain

All 13 schools successful the Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District were closed Monday owed to the dense rainfall and flooding caused by the storm, according to territory officials. "We volition proceed (to) show the conditions and support our families updated with immoderate caller information," schoolhouse territory officials said.

Aptos Beach Flat nether evacuation bid successful Santa Cruz County | 8:20 a.m.

Residents successful the Aptos Beach Flat areas are besides nether an evacuation order, on with residents successful Soquel, Felton Grove and Paradise Park, according to an announcement from Santa Cruz County. Residents tin cheque if their code is nether an evacuation bid by going to community.zonehaven.com

Flash Flood Warning for Santa Cruz County | 8:20 a.m. 

Last night's extended rainfall, particularly westbound of Highway 17, has helped to rise the San Lorenzo stream to its large flood stage. Runoff from erstwhile storms is besides playing a relation successful amplifying h2o levels successful rivers and streams crossed the Santa Cruz Mountains arsenic h2o levels successful creeks emergence and runoff makes it to the coast.

The hazard for some upland and coastal flooding has prompted the National Weather Service has issued a flood informing for Santa Cruz County until 9:45 a.m.

BART advises riders to hole for bid delays

BART trains volition beryllium moving slower by astir 20 minutes owed to Monday’s storm, according to a tweet from the agency’s @sfbartalert account. Riders were advised to origin delays into their question clip and usage the authoritative BART app for real-time departure schedules. 

Major flooding successful Santa Cruz County’s Felton Grove 

Several homes and roads were nether h2o successful the Felton Grove country of the Santa Cruz Mountains connected Monday greeting arsenic the San Lorenzo River spilled its banks.

Evacuations of areas on the stream successful Felton and Santa Cruz began implicit the weekend.

Due to aggravated rainfall successful the region, the San Lorenzo River deed flood signifier earlier than forecast and was continuing to emergence Monday.

Major flooding successful Felton Grove successful Santa Cruz County arsenic San Lorenzo River spills its banks pic.twitter.com/6Hrcvrmih6

— Kurtis Alexander (@kurtisalexander) January 9, 2023

“Avoid question if you can” successful San Francisco | 8:11 a.m.

“Heavy rainfall and precocious winds overnight means flooded streets, downed trees and different debris connected the roads,” said the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management, urging radical to “avoid question if you can.” Drivers should usage “extreme caution” erstwhile driving done flood areas and lasting water, arsenic 1 ft of moving h2o tin expanse a car away, DEM said.

San Francisco thoroughfare flooded | 8:09 a.m.

People should debar Crossover Drive betwixt Fulton Street and Lincoln Way successful San Francisco owed to flooding, according to a morning alert. Emergency crews are connected the scene, the alert said.

List of Highway Closures piling up successful Northern California

The database of road closures continued to turn Monday Morning arsenic a 2nd atmospheric stream tempest slammed the Bay Area and Northern California. Here are the further closures, according to CalTrans:

• SR-88 was closed astatine Peddler Hill, Carson Pass & Carson Spur owed to dense snow, with nary estimated clip of reopening, CalTrans said. Chains are required successful the Sierra, & each non-essential is highly discouraged.
• Highway 70 was closed from Feather River Canyon betwixt Jarbo Gap successful Butte County and the SR89 junction astatine Greenville Wye successful Plumas County owed to flooding and slides. There was nary estimated clip of reopening and motorists were advised to usage alternate routes, CalTrans said.
• The Wilson Way on-ramp successful Stockton to eastbound SR-4/Crosstown Fwy was closed owed to flooding, CalTrans said. No estimated clip of reopening was available.

What’s the quality betwixt an atmospheric stream and a weaponry cyclone?

An atmospheric stream is simply a set of moisture that transports ample amounts of h2o done the atmosphere, producing dense rainfall and snow. A weaponry cyclone is simply a tempest that rapidly intensifies implicit a 24-hour play and tin nutrient beardown winds, aggravated rainfall and snowfall. Such a tempest made landfall past week. The existent strategy is an atmospheric stream storm, which being propelled by an extended plume of sub-tropical moisture streaming successful from the Pacific.

Santa Cruz County urges residents to “stay home” | 7:57 a.m.

“Travel volition beryllium highly difficult, if not impossible, passim the region this morning,” according to a tweet from Santa Cruz County officials.  “urging” radical to enactment location if they can.

Morgan Hill is experiencing important flooding. Especially those It is captious that for each those westbound of Monterey Road, if you tin debar driving and enactment home, delight do, officials said. 

“Significant flooding” successful Santa Clara County

The metropolis of Morgan Hill advised residents to enactment location and debar the “significant” flooding swamping respective streets.

Flooding was peculiarly terrible “near Little Llagas and Fisher Creeks,” the metropolis tweeted.

“It is captious that for each those westbound of Monterey Road, if you tin debar driving and enactment home, delight do.”

Morgan Hill is experiencing important flooding. Especially those adjacent Little Llagas and Fisher Creeks. It is captious that for each those westbound of Monterey Road, if you tin debar driving and enactment home, delight do. pic.twitter.com/XkgwFhiASZ

— City of Morgan Hill (@CityofMorganHil) January 9, 2023

Residents adjacent low-lying areas of Carmel River ordered to evacuate | 7:51 a.m.

The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office has ordered residents surviving adjacent low-lying areas of the Carmel River to evacuate “effective instantly and until further announcement owed to the incoming storm,” according to a region notification.

You tin view the evacuation representation here

Rescue teams astatine enactment successful Santa Cruz Mountains

Rescue teams freed a operator caught successful the flooded intersection of Graham Hill Road and Mount Hermon Road successful Felton successful Santa Cruz County Monday morning. Several roads and highways successful the Santa Cruz Mountains stay impassable oregon closed owed to precocious water.

The National Weather Service issued a flash flood informing for the portion until 9:45 a.m. Residents are advised to enactment disconnected the roads if possible.

Latest connected Northern California upwind advisories | 7:37 a.m.

As yet different atmospheric river tempest hits Northern California connected Monday, present are the upwind advisories to beryllium alert of from the Bay Area National Weather Service:

High upwind warning in the Marin Coastal Range, Sonoma Coastal Range, North Bay Interior Mountains and Coastal North Bay, until 8 a.m. Monday: Gusts up to 60 mph are expected successful the valley, portion gusts up to 80 mph could beryllium seen on the seashore and highest peaks. Winds volition stroke down trees and powerfulness lines, with “widespread” powerfulness outages expected.

Flash flood warning in Santa Cruz County until 9:45 a.m. Monday: Flash flooding is already occurring arsenic dense rains continue, with the imaginable to beryllium life-threatening

Flood advisory in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties until 10 a.m. Monday: Minor flooding successful low-lying areas and areas with mediocre drainage is occurring.

Flood warning in Santa Cruz County until 12:15 p.m. Monday: Heavy rainfall is causing a accelerated emergence successful creeks and streams specified arsenic the San Lorenzo River astatine Big Trees, Soquel Creek, Corralitos Creek and Salsipuedes Creek, already causing flooding. “It volition instrumentality respective hours for each the h2o from these storms to enactment done section drainage systems successful municipality areas,” the NWS said.

Flood watch in the full San Francisco Bay Area and Central Coast done Tuesday: The heaviest rainfall is expected Monday from 4 a.m. to noon. Widespread flooding; shallow mud, stone and landslides; and the “rapid rise” of creeks and streams are possible.

A informing is issued erstwhile a hazardous upwind lawsuit is imminent oregon presently occurring. An advisory is for a little superior upwind lawsuit that is apt to hap oregon already happening. A ticker is issued erstwhile the hazard of a hazardous upwind lawsuit has accrued significantly, but details aren’t yet afloat known astir erstwhile and where.

You tin spot each the upwind advisories presently successful effect successful California using this tool.

Mudslide blocking Highway 9 adjacent Santa Cruz County's Glen Arbor | 6:55 a.m.

Crews are en way to cleanable up a mudslide blocking some lanes of Highway 9 adjacent Glen Arbor, according to a Santa Cruz County post. 

Mudslide coving some lanes of #Highway9 adjacent Glen Arbor. Crews en route.

— Santa Cruz County (@sccounty) January 9, 2023

Santa Cruz County begins evacuations adjacent San Lorenzo River, Soquel Creek | 6:33 a.m.

Evacuations are underway successful the Felton Grove, Paradise Park and Soquel areas arsenic San Lorenzo River and Soquel Creek statesman to flood, according to an announcement from Santa Cruz County.

With the San Lorenzo River astatine flood stage, evacuations person begun successful the Felton Grove and Paradise Park areas. Soquel Creek has reached enactment stage. Check your portion astatine https://t.co/s5GvnC3vMN.

— Santa Cruz County (@sccounty) January 9, 2023

Residents tin cheque if their code is nether an evacuation bid by going to community.zonehaven.com

Monday's upwind forecast: Rain, upwind timeline

This tempest could springiness the Bay Area 2 to 4 inches of rainfall crossed the little elevations. In the higher elevations, similar the East Bay hills, mid-Peninsula hills, North Bay mountains and South Bay hills, 3 to 6 inches of rainfall could fall. The Santa Cruz Mountains could person the most, up to 9 inches.

In the North Bay, by Monday day oregon evening, the Napa River astatine Napa and astatine St. Helena could scope show stage. The Russian River astatine Healdsburg could scope show stage, and the Russian River astatine Guerneville could scope flood signifier Monday evening. In the South Bay, the Guadalupe River adjacent Almaden Expressway could scope show signifier Monday afternoon. In summation to downpours, strong, gusty winds are imaginable successful the Bay Area.

The strongest winds impacted the Bay Area overnight. Around 4 a.m. Monday, beardown winds could inactive gust up to 40 to 50 mph, chiefly for ocean-facing mountains successful the North Bay and the Santa Cruz Mountains. By 7 a.m. the winds could inactive beryllium gusty from the south, betwixt 30 and 40 mph. Even though the gusts are not expected to beryllium arsenic beardown during the day, they could inactive scope 35 mph. Sustained winds volition stroke from the southbound betwixt 20 and 30 mph.

Read the afloat Bay Area upwind forecast from Chronicle meteorologist Michelle Apon.

California parks pass radical not to visit

The California State Parks Twitter relationship connected Sunday evening that radical should "postpone your recreational activities for different time" due to the fact that of the unsafe weather. 

NOTICE: Multiple important upwind & rainstorms whitethorn marque a unsafe landfall this week. Please postpone your recreational activities for different time. Sign up to person exigency alerts from your section officials astatine https://t.co/yurpK9p8nP pic.twitter.com/1IBg8Beq75

— CA State Parks (@CAStateParks) January 9, 2023

Flood informing for San Jose river

A flood informing was issued for Monday on the Guadalupe River supra Almaden Expressway successful San Jose. Forecasters said the stream would rapidly emergence to flood signifier of 9.5 feet by 9 a.m., and crest different 2 feet higher precocious Monday afternoon. 

A Flood Warning is present successful effect for mainstem stream flooding on the Guadalupe River supra the Almaden Expressway successful San Jose. The Guadalupe volition rapidly emergence done Monitor Stage of 7.5 ft by 630 americium Mon to Flood Stage of 9.5 ft by 9 am, cresting astatine 11.5 ft astir 4 p.m. Mon. pic.twitter.com/FXCsySxGKU

— NWS Bay Area 🌉 (@NWSBayArea) January 8, 2023

Evacuation warnings adjacent Russian River and Sacramento

About 13,000 Sonoma County residents from Healdsburg to Jenner were nether an evacuation informing due to the fact that the Russian River was expected to overtop its banks successful coming days, the Associated Press reported. Forecasters said the stream could scope flood signifier Monday evening astatine Guerneville.

To the northeast of the Bay Area successful Sacramento County, residents of the workplace assemblage of Wilton — wherever a levee interruption connected New Year’s Eve flooded Highway 99, stranded fleeing motorists and led to respective deaths — ordered to permission the country Sunday evening again due to the fact that of imminent flooding risk.

The Sacramento County Office of Emergency Services warned that rising h2o could spill implicit onto roads and chopped disconnected entree for radical trying to permission the area.

“Don’t hold for an evacuation order,” the bureau said. 

Evacuation warnings were issued Sunday successful flood hazard areas, including successful Santa Clara County for residents successful circumstantial watershed areas of the Uvas Reservoir and Pacheco Pass River Basin.

In unincorporated Santa Cruz County, officials issued evacuation warnings for radical successful at-risk areas, including adjacent Boulder Creek, Felton and Soquel, and on the Pajaro River. In Alameda County, officials recommended that residents adjacent Sunol surviving connected Kilkare Road, Palomares Road and Niles Canyon permission up of the storms and find shelter.