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"content": "\u003cp>State lawmakers are rolling out legislation to curb energy prices in California, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020600/californians-pay-hefty-fee-electricity-rates-likely-keep-increasing\">hoping to ease the pain of residents who are paying the second-highest\u003c/a> electricity rates in the nation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the new proposals take aim at the state’s investor-owned utilities, such as PG&E and Southern California Edison, by seeking to blunt rate increases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, state regulators and industry analysts \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101905607/california-puc-considers-new-fixed-charge-for-electricity\">said lawmakers might have to make tough choices\u003c/a> to reduce costs for consumers — such as ending energy-saving subsidies for some residents and paying for more utility costs out of the state budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democratic leaders in the Legislature made lowering utility bills a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016294/california-democrats-prepare-for-trump-vow-renewed-focus-affordability\">top priority following the November election\u003c/a> when broad frustrations with prices fueled Republican gains. But \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12023129/how-climate-change-complicating-california-democrats-affordability-agenda\">that task has been complicated by climate change\u003c/a>: Increases in electricity rates have been driven in large part by utility spending to prevent increasingly intense wildfires and also by the state’s push to decarbonize its energy sector.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Affordability is really one of the biggest issues for Californians right now and utility bills — we constantly hear complaints about how they just seem to continue to rise,” Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin (D–Thousand Oaks) said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021876\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021876\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SCELawsuitAP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SCELawsuitAP.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SCELawsuitAP-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SCELawsuitAP-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SCELawsuitAP-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SCELawsuitAP-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SCELawsuitAP-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Southern California Edison workers service a utility pole in the aftermath of the Eaton Fire on Jan. 12, 2025, in Altadena, California. \u003ccite>(Ethan Swope/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Assembly Bill 745, written by Irwin, would give the California Public Utilities Commission greater oversight over proposals by utility companies to upgrade transmission lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We think it’s very important that the PUC looks at every one of these projects and [asks] ‘Is the cost appropriate?’” Irwin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At an informational hearing of the Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee on Wednesday, CPUC President Alice Reynolds said the effects of a warming planet have made their way onto power bills — most notably with utilities passing along the cost of preventing their equipment from sparking wildfires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a result, Reynolds said, “What we’re asking for here is the ratepayers to pay for climate change impacts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sen. Aisha Wahab (D–Hayward) grilled Reynolds and faulted the CPUC for allowing multiple utility price increases in the last year. A \u003ca href=\"https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2025/4950/Residential-Electricity-Rates-010725.pdf\">report by the Legislative Analyst’s Office (PDF)\u003c/a> last month found that average residential electricity rates rose 47% between 2019 and 2023 — far outpacing inflation.[aside postID=news_12027864 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/DSC_1576_qed-1-1020x676.jpg']Wahab introduced Senate Bill 332, which would cap utility rate hikes at the Consumer Price Index, a measure of the cost-of-living increase.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ratepayers are not a bank,” Wahab said. “I’m deeply disappointed in the fact that ratepayers are being treated like an endless bucket of money because they are not.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assembly Bill 286, from Republican Leader James Gallagher (R–East Nicolaus), would place a mandate on the CPUC to lower electricity rates by at least 30%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carla Peterman, PG&E’s executive vice president of corporate affairs, told lawmakers that the price increases are simply a result of the utility fulfilling demands from the Legislature to reduce wildfire risk, such as by spending $1.8 billion a year on trimming trees near power lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Reynolds suggested that efforts to limit rate increases could run into legal hurdles because utilities are allowed to make a profit on their infrastructure investments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11833753\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11833753\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/PGE-Subcontractors-Inspect.jpg\" alt=\"PG&E subcontractors assess vegetation at risk for catching fire near Paradise, Calif. on Nov. 13, 2018, five days after a PG&E transmission line sparked the Camp Fire, the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in modern California history. The blaze leveled the town of Paradise and killed 85 people.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/PGE-Subcontractors-Inspect.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/PGE-Subcontractors-Inspect-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/PGE-Subcontractors-Inspect-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/PGE-Subcontractors-Inspect-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/PGE-Subcontractors-Inspect-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">PG&E subcontractors assess vegetation at risk for catching fire near Paradise, California, on Nov. 13, 2018, five days after a PG&E transmission line sparked the Camp Fire, the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in modern California history. The blaze leveled the town of Paradise and killed 85 people. \u003ccite>(Anne Wernikoff/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We are governed by the case law that requires us to allow [utilities] to have a reasonable rate of return to attract investment in the system,” Reynolds said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the Senate hearing, a panel that included analysts along with advocates for ratepayers, solar panel companies and large commercial energy users pointed lawmakers toward tougher tradeoffs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those included limiting subsidies for residents with solar panels, especially \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11935425/california-votes-to-lower-incentives-for-rooftop-solar-panels-to-evenly-spread-overall-energy-costs\">longtime solar customers who receive credits from utility companies\u003c/a> for the excess energy they don’t use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Changes to solar benefits have drawn opposition in the past from lawmakers representing suburban neighborhoods where solar adoption is more widespread. Solar advocates at the hearing argued that it would be unfair for the state to punish homeowners who are helping decarbonize the electricity grid after encouraging them to take on costly solar installation.[aside postID=news_12026172 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/MossLandingFire1-1020x680.jpg']But the grid costs that solar users save on are being passed along to customers without solar panels — an annual cost shift of $8.5 billion, said Linda Serizawa, director of the state’s Public Advocates Office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Rooftop solar is beneficial and it is key to advancing our energy and climate goals,” Serizawa said. “However, because of the way the incentives are designed … [they] are being funded by households without solar.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other panelists at the hearing urged lawmakers to use existing state revenue to pay down the cost of electricity bills. The state currently raises billions of dollars every year through its cap-and-trade system, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11573588/california-lawmakers-approve-plan-to-extend-cap-and-trade-system\">which charges industries for the ability\u003c/a> to pollute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of that revenue is returned to utility ratepayers, but far more is spent on building a high-speed rail system and funding affordable housing. 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When considering the subsidence rate, local sea levels could rise by more than double the regional estimate by 2050.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Areas might be affected by the rising water much sooner than we anticipate, and that brings by itself increased flooding and tidal inundation,” said Marin Govorcin, the study’s lead author and a NASA remote sensing scientist in Southern California. “All of this can affect people on a daily basis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the 1880s, the Pacific Ocean has risen by about 8 inches along the West Coast. 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The city’s Canal neighborhood — home to many low-income Latinx families — is one of the areas at the highest risk of sea level rise in Marin County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s got a lot of people living in it who are very sensitive to disruption,” she said. “It seems like something that the whole region should start looking at. How can we protect San Rafael, and can we develop strategies that we can use in other parts of the Bay Area as well?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12016813 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/170111_KingTide_bhs14-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The researchers also discovered land sinking around Point Reyes and the Russian River Valley but at lower rates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One caveat to the study is that the researchers don’t model future subsidence, said Rylan Gervase, director of legislative and external affairs for the Bay Conservation and Development Commission, which released the area’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016813/bay-area-now-has-first-ever-regional-sea-level-rise-plan\">first regional sea level rise plan\u003c/a> in December.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re going to see a wide range of impacts; everything from highways along the bay shore to San Francisco Airport is going to be impacted,” he said. “The study does give us a good picture of what subsidences occurred in the past up until the present, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that the rate of subsidence is going to be constant.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The commission’s regional plan advises cities and counties to consider subsidence when developing state-mandated sea level rise adaptation plans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dana Brechwald, the commission’s assistant planning director for climate adaptation, said staff had built the study’s methodology into their planning efforts and added that the continued data would only strengthen local plans. 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It’s right next to the site where, last month, a 100-foot \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12022725/massive-fire-monterey-county-battery-plant-spews-toxic-smoke-forces-evacuations\">plume of fire\u003c/a> destroyed one of the biggest battery storage sites in the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cause of the fire at the Vistra Energy Storage Facility is still unknown. And so are its consequences for the sensitive ecosystem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ivano Aiello, professor and chair at Moss Landing Marine Labs, has found \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024233/monterey-county-battery-fire-linked-surge-heavy-metals-nature-reserves-soil\">nanoparticles of manganese, cobalt and nickel\u003c/a> in the soil of Elkhorn Slough, in some locations at levels 1,000 times greater than before the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12026963\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12026963\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250212-ELKHORNSLOUGH-BL-KQED-DIPTYCH-2-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"833\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250212-ELKHORNSLOUGH-BL-KQED-DIPTYCH-2-KQED.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250212-ELKHORNSLOUGH-BL-KQED-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-800x267.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250212-ELKHORNSLOUGH-BL-KQED-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-1020x340.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250212-ELKHORNSLOUGH-BL-KQED-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250212-ELKHORNSLOUGH-BL-KQED-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-1536x512.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250212-ELKHORNSLOUGH-BL-KQED-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-2048x682.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250212-ELKHORNSLOUGH-BL-KQED-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-1920x640.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charlie Endris (left), a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) spatial analyst, and Ivano Aiello (right), a professor and department chair at Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, test the soil for metal levels in Elkhorn Slough near the Moss Landing Power Plant in Moss Landing on Feb. 12, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“They weren’t there [before],” said Aiello, who has been monitoring the soil at the slough for over a decade. “It’s that simple. I’ve never measured those metals in such high concentrations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aiello is now working with a team of scientists to check whether the heavy metals, found in the lithium-ion batteries that burned, are moving through the tidal ecosystem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some of it might actually move through the soil as the water percolates,” he said, “and potentially enter the food web.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12024233 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/ElkhornSlough-1020x765.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The animals in Elkhorn Slough have so far shown no changes in behavior or numbers. But scientists are monitoring to see whether the metals, for example, could make their way into those fat innkeeper worms, which feed at the bottom of the slough. And from there, into the otters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Professor Dustin Mulvaney of San José State University, who researches the environmental impacts of batteries, pointed out that the heavy metals might also affect the local Amah Mutsun tribe, who have \u003ca href=\"https://caseagrant.ucsd.edu/news/wild-olympia-baby-oysters-are-back-elkhorn-slough\">restored oysters\u003c/a> to Elkhorn Slough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One concern I would have is for the Amah Mutsun,” Mulvaney said, “if they’re going to be eating those Olympia oysters at some point.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A group of Moss Landing residents is \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026172/lawsuit-blames-pge-vistra-for-toxic-fire-at-monterey-battery-storage-facility\">suing\u003c/a> three energy companies — Vistra Corp., which runs the facility, PG&E, which draws power from it, and LG Energy Solution, which installed the batteries — saying they experienced dizziness, skin irritation and other health symptoms after the fire. They say the Texas-based Vistra should have taken better safety precautions in the energy storage facility, which is somewhat of an outlier in that it was built inside an old gas power plant and the type of battery it used is becoming less common.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vistra declined a request for an interview but said in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.mosslandingresponse.com/?utm_medium=search&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=mosslanding&utm_content=search%20&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAtYy9BhBcEiwANWQQL7QN5Xht5x6Rl79llduONWebZAg9H-Nwvkle_J_hBsvDBCzJkf1IpRoCAosQAvD_BwE\">statement\u003c/a> that it’s monitoring the air and that no hazardous levels have been detected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12026949\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12026949\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250212-ELKHORNSLOUGH-16-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250212-ELKHORNSLOUGH-16-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250212-ELKHORNSLOUGH-16-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250212-ELKHORNSLOUGH-16-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250212-ELKHORNSLOUGH-16-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250212-ELKHORNSLOUGH-16-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250212-ELKHORNSLOUGH-16-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Moss Landing Power Plant, the site of a battery fire on Jan. 16, in Moss Landing on Feb. 12, 2025. The power plant is a natural gas-fired power station with a large battery storage facility. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The California Public Utilities Commission is investigating the cause of the fire and has issued new \u003ca href=\"https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/news-and-updates/all-news/cpuc-issues-proposal-to-enhance-safety-of-battery-energy-storage-facilities\">proposed safety standards\u003c/a> for battery storage facilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Batteries and fires have been a known issue,” Mulvaney said. “Our regulation and our ability to think through the impacts of new technology are sometimes a little bit behind the technology itself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aiello and other scientists are continuing to collect and analyze samples from Elkhorn Slough and release \u003ca href=\"https://www.readymontereycounty.org/emergency/2025-moss-landing-vistra-power-plant-fire\">data\u003c/a> as it becomes available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>”We need to learn as much as possible,” Aiello said. “It’s an opportunity for society to learn more about whether this type of technology is the way we want to go.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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But flood advisories are in effect for most of the Bay Area through 5:30 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve heard numerous reports of flooding from the East Bay, Santa Cruz Mountains and the North Bay,” said Rachel Kennedy, a meteorologist with the weather service’s Bay Area office. “There have been several landslides, but from here on out, we should see rain rates decrease.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As many as 10,000 PG&E customers \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1950931/map-pge-power-outages\">are without power\u003c/a>, with the majority in the South Bay. One man was killed in an early morning crash west of Santa Cruz, but it was not immediately certain whether the rain was a factor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dylan Flynn, a meteorologist with the weather service’s Bay Area office, said the worst of the storm was expected before 10 a.m., though the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025860/trump-orders-and-atmospheric-rivers-how-prepared-are-californias-levees\">atmospheric river\u003c/a> will bring moderate to heavy rainfall and wind gusts over 50 mph across the Bay Area through Friday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/nwsbayarea/status/1890074097117536551?s=46&t=8L9OHVE58oUXKjH2wCBDtA\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Between 1 and 3 inches of rain have fallen over the region so far. By the time the storm passes, the North Bay could receive up to 4 inches of rain, the Bay Area up to 3 inches and the Santa Cruz Mountains up to 6 inches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s pumping tropical moisture through the atmosphere directly at us; It’s like a fire hose,” Flynn said. “In terms of rainfall rates, this is about as heavy as it gets for us for atmospheric rivers. The only good news is that principal impacts only lasted about 12 hours.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Arrival flights are experiencing delays at San Francisco International Airport by more than an hour because of winds, according to FlightAware. The website reports departures are delayed by nearly an hour and a half. 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Evacuation orders covered Felton Grove residents living near the San Lorenzo River, as well as residents near Watsonville because of rising water levels in two local creeks: Corralitos and Salsipuedes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Cruz County posted a video on Facebook showing the Corralitos Creek overflowing with brown, muddy water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/CHPscrz/status/1890091906086105334\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Soquel, Main Street above Bates Creek was closed due to a tree down with fallen wires, and a landslide and flooding shut down San Jose Road. 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According to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/national-weather-service\">National Weather Service\u003c/a>, another wave of showers on Thursday could worsen the flooding and mudslide risk as days of wet weather wear on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Today is a lull or a break in the rainfall,” said Crystal Oudit, a meteorologist with the weather service’s Bay Area office. “The concern is that Thursday going into Friday, we’re going to get another push for rain, and because the soil’s already saturated, that can increase the risk of floods again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of Wednesday morning, the Russian River at Guerneville had reached moderate flood levels, cresting at just over 36 feet around 8 a.m. It is expected to recede out of flood stage by the evening, but Oudit said a flood warning will remain in effect until Thursday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flood risk spurred evacuations of many trailer park communities along the banks of the lower Russian River near Guerneville and Healdsburg on Tuesday night. Sonoma County Supervisor Lynda Hopkins said the trailer parks and some apartments on both sides of the river around the unincorporated community can flood when the river hits 32 to 34 feet and was caught somewhat off guard by the evacuation order.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11723283\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11723283\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/GettyImages-631415386-e1549313950719.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cars drive on a flooded road in Guerneville in January 2017. The Russian River town is just downstream from Venado, a site in the northern Sonoma County hills that is one of the rainiest locations in California. On Tuesday, at least one school in Guerneville closed because of the storm, and Sonoma County alerted residents in multiple RV parks along the Russian River and creeks that flow into the waterway that flooding may occur. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>She said historically, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration overestimates flood risk and then reduces down, but has done the opposite before Sonoma’s last few major storms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That was, unfortunately, what happened yesterday was what [was expected to be] barely a flood actually wound up being a moderate flood stage for us in the lower Russian River,” she told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Steve Osborne, who lives off of residential Drake Road in Guerneville, said that even though houses in his area aren’t taking on water, they have been trapped by floodwaters since late Tuesday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said that when there’s a storm, it’s not uncommon for everyone who lives along the dead-end residential street, which has about a dozen offshoots, to get stuck because of an especially low spot as the road hits the on-ramp to the bridge that crosses the Russian River. It was sitting in about four feet of water midday Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12025572 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/Russian-River-flooding-15_qed-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the only road out from all of the homes out here,” Osborne told KQED. He said that there isn’t much he thinks can be done to alleviate the issue, since it would require a lot of real estate and expensive renovation to lift the low-lying part of the road enough to avoid flood risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even when Guerneville itself isn’t impacted, this road will close because [it’s] at such a low point,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Osborne expects the flooding to go down enough to cross the road by Wednesday night, but if there are any showers in the afternoon, it could mean at least another day of being flooded in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Creeks throughout central Sonoma County also reached moderate flood levels early Wednesday. Green Valley Creek at Martinelli Road and Colgan Creek near Sebastopol are both expected to follow a similar receding trend as the Russian River, but the risk remains high at Mark West Creek near Mirabel Heights, which is projected to crest above major flood levels. It had reached 65 feet as of 7:45 a.m., according to NWS observations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Napa, flood risk downtown at the Napa River was downgraded Wednesday morning after an earlier forecast projected major flooding risk. It hovered around 23.5 feet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The flood gates on McKinstry Street near downtown’s Oxbow Market were closed by the Napa County Flood District and the city on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>County spokesperson Linda Weinreich said that street teams were assessing mudslides that began overnight near Moore Creek Park in St. Helena and on Redwood Road near Oak Knoll and were trying to clear downed trees while there’s a break in the rain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the forecast “shows that the rains are returning tomorrow — things, of course, could change — but it’s a good time to get sandbags,” she said. “And we want people also to sign up for emergency notifications.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The return of rain on Thursday could bring downtown 1.5 inches more rainfall to Sonoma and Napa counties, according to Oudit. Gusty winds could knock down more trees and power lines, and more showers could exacerbate current road flooding and ponding near buildings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The challenge is that there’s not enough time to actually do anything,” Hopkins said. “I think that we’re all going to be waiting on pins and needles to see if that damage spreads.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Resources for Sonoma County evacuees and people who experienced flooding will be available at the West County Services Center, known to locals as the Bank of America building in downtown Guerneville, in the coming days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the storm clears later this week, Hopkins said the county will look at how to better prepare for future storms. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 1:16 p.m. Wednesday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Russian River and other North Bay waterways have reached flood stages after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025572/storm-stalls-over-bay-area-raising-risk-flooding-potential-tornado-warning\">Tuesday’s atmospheric river-fueled storm\u003c/a>, prompting evacuation orders and threatening many low-lying areas of Sonoma County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although Wednesday will bring a break from the rain, the rivers have been swollen after hours of downpour. According to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/national-weather-service\">National Weather Service\u003c/a>, another wave of showers on Thursday could worsen the flooding and mudslide risk as days of wet weather wear on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Today is a lull or a break in the rainfall,” said Crystal Oudit, a meteorologist with the weather service’s Bay Area office. “The concern is that Thursday going into Friday, we’re going to get another push for rain, and because the soil’s already saturated, that can increase the risk of floods again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of Wednesday morning, the Russian River at Guerneville had reached moderate flood levels, cresting at just over 36 feet around 8 a.m. It is expected to recede out of flood stage by the evening, but Oudit said a flood warning will remain in effect until Thursday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flood risk spurred evacuations of many trailer park communities along the banks of the lower Russian River near Guerneville and Healdsburg on Tuesday night. Sonoma County Supervisor Lynda Hopkins said the trailer parks and some apartments on both sides of the river around the unincorporated community can flood when the river hits 32 to 34 feet and was caught somewhat off guard by the evacuation order.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11723283\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11723283\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/GettyImages-631415386-e1549313950719.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cars drive on a flooded road in Guerneville in January 2017. The Russian River town is just downstream from Venado, a site in the northern Sonoma County hills that is one of the rainiest locations in California. On Tuesday, at least one school in Guerneville closed because of the storm, and Sonoma County alerted residents in multiple RV parks along the Russian River and creeks that flow into the waterway that flooding may occur. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>She said historically, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration overestimates flood risk and then reduces down, but has done the opposite before Sonoma’s last few major storms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That was, unfortunately, what happened yesterday was what [was expected to be] barely a flood actually wound up being a moderate flood stage for us in the lower Russian River,” she told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Steve Osborne, who lives off of residential Drake Road in Guerneville, said that even though houses in his area aren’t taking on water, they have been trapped by floodwaters since late Tuesday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said that when there’s a storm, it’s not uncommon for everyone who lives along the dead-end residential street, which has about a dozen offshoots, to get stuck because of an especially low spot as the road hits the on-ramp to the bridge that crosses the Russian River. It was sitting in about four feet of water midday Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the only road out from all of the homes out here,” Osborne told KQED. He said that there isn’t much he thinks can be done to alleviate the issue, since it would require a lot of real estate and expensive renovation to lift the low-lying part of the road enough to avoid flood risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even when Guerneville itself isn’t impacted, this road will close because [it’s] at such a low point,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Osborne expects the flooding to go down enough to cross the road by Wednesday night, but if there are any showers in the afternoon, it could mean at least another day of being flooded in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Creeks throughout central Sonoma County also reached moderate flood levels early Wednesday. Green Valley Creek at Martinelli Road and Colgan Creek near Sebastopol are both expected to follow a similar receding trend as the Russian River, but the risk remains high at Mark West Creek near Mirabel Heights, which is projected to crest above major flood levels. It had reached 65 feet as of 7:45 a.m., according to NWS observations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Napa, flood risk downtown at the Napa River was downgraded Wednesday morning after an earlier forecast projected major flooding risk. It hovered around 23.5 feet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The flood gates on McKinstry Street near downtown’s Oxbow Market were closed by the Napa County Flood District and the city on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>County spokesperson Linda Weinreich said that street teams were assessing mudslides that began overnight near Moore Creek Park in St. Helena and on Redwood Road near Oak Knoll and were trying to clear downed trees while there’s a break in the rain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the forecast “shows that the rains are returning tomorrow — things, of course, could change — but it’s a good time to get sandbags,” she said. “And we want people also to sign up for emergency notifications.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The return of rain on Thursday could bring downtown 1.5 inches more rainfall to Sonoma and Napa counties, according to Oudit. Gusty winds could knock down more trees and power lines, and more showers could exacerbate current road flooding and ponding near buildings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The challenge is that there’s not enough time to actually do anything,” Hopkins said. “I think that we’re all going to be waiting on pins and needles to see if that damage spreads.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Resources for Sonoma County evacuees and people who experienced flooding will be available at the West County Services Center, known to locals as the Bank of America building in downtown Guerneville, in the coming days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the storm clears later this week, Hopkins said the county will look at how to better prepare for future storms. Her office has been working on safety and evacuation procedures with parks, trying to secure contracts with towing companies ahead of time, and looking for ways to give people longer warning windows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Forestville Youth Park, where many evacuees fled Tuesday, quickly reached capacity, so the county also opened its Guerneville park-and-ride for trailers. Hopkins said during greater floods, though, that location would be underwater.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We also have to be careful if suddenly flood estimates are jumping up by a number of feet, then we run the risk of putting people in a place that could actually flood as well,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mudslides, like a large one that damaged roads and carried an unoccupied home into the river in Forestville on Tuesday afternoon, are more challenging to prepare for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The reality is that we have a lot of homes that were built along old logging roads on extraordinarily steep slopes right next to the Russian River, which is one of the most powerful, sort of flashiest rivers,” Hopkins said. “When all of that water starts coming down, it can rise very, very quickly and have a tremendous amount of force. There’s not a whole lot that we can do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hopkins said efforts will also shift to assessing damage and beginning eexpensive repairs — like to a road that fell into the Russian River during Tuesday’s mudslide — that need to be done before fire season in the spring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Those are critical evacuation routes during fire season and those kinds of projects — that kind of permitting — takes a really long time to actually get through,” she told KQED. “One of our biggest challenges is how can we deal with the flood damage in time to prepare for a wildfire season?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 4:20 p.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>A second \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/atmospheric-river\">atmospheric river\u003c/a> is drenching the already-soaked Bay Area, compounding last weekend’s heavy rainfall. Relief is expected by tonight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are going to see the Bay Area really clear out just after sunset, and it will be out of our region by around midnight,” said Brayden Murdock, a meteorologist at the weather service’s Bay Area office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco and San Mateo counties are under a \u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=CAZ006&warncounty=CAC075&firewxzone=CAZ006&local_place1=San%20Francisco%20CA&product1=Flood+Advisory&lat=37.775&lon=-122.418\">flood advisory\u003c/a> until 5:15 p.m. for minor flooding in low-lying areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the past 24 hours, up to 2 inches of rain has fallen on the San Francisco region, and up to 1.5 inches are expected this afternoon. The weather service expects flooding in San Francisco, Daly City, San Mateo, Redwood City, Palo Alto, South San Francisco, San Bruno, Pacifica, Menlo Park, Foster City, Burlingame, San Carlos, East Palo Alto, Belmont, Millbrae, Half Moon Bay, Hillsborough, Atherton, Woodside and Highlands-Baywood Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several roads in Marin County are closed due to flooding or landslides, including Shoreline Highway from Keyes Creek to Tomales, Levee Road from Shoreline Highway to Bear Valley Road, Platform Bridge-Sir Francis Drake Boulevard to Point Reyes and Petaluma Road, Shoreline Highway from Point Reyes to Olema Road.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the past four days, Mount Tamalpais has soaked up over 16 inches of rain. Occidental saw nearly 15 inches, Santa Rosa as much as 6.5 inches and San Francisco and Oakland recorded about 3 inches, while San José received less than half an inch so far.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/NWSBayArea/status/1886901056518676856\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mount Tam has been kind of our big winner so far,” Murdock said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A third system will sweep through the region on Thursday, but Murdock said it won’t bring rainfall as intense as previous storms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Out of what we’ve seen so far, this is going to be the lesser of these three surges in terms of rainfall,” Murdock said. “On Thursday, rain is not looking to be as heavy as what we’re currently seeing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thursday’s storm will be colder, but flooding remains a concern after days of heavy rain. Coastal mountains could see .25 to 1 inch of rainfall before drier weather returns this weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s going to cool down, and we might see a little bit of snow up in the mountains, but it’s going to be a lot of rain on top of already saturated soils,” said Brian Garcia, warning coordination meteorologist with weather service’s Bay Area office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 2:49 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Tuesday’s heaviest rain is hitting Sonoma and Marin counties as the Bay Area’s second atmospheric river in a week intensifies with thunderstorms, and extreme precipitation is expected to cause flooding across the North Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=CAZ506&warncounty=CAC097&firewxzone=CAZ506&local_place1=Sonoma%20CA&product1=Flood+Advisory&lat=38.2919&lon=-122.457\">flood advisory is in effect until 4:45 p.m.\u003c/a> due to excessive rainfall in parts of Sonoma and Marin counties, according to the National Weather Service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency predicts rapid river and stream rises will cause minor flooding in the region, partly due to a “\u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=MTR&wwa=severe%20thunderstorm%20warning\">line of thunderstorms\u003c/a> from 7 miles south of Dillon Beach to 34 miles southwest of Point Reyes Station, including Tomales Bay and Stinson Beach,” forecasters wrote in a severe weather statement that was extended to 3 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office said \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/sonomasheriff/posts/pfbid028iwS3GhaoKeCVaFyBA9zRAWMbFGnsPfZ7sguU5gDUezNRLr1Q3LMe95W7zKsFMsJl\">authorities responded to a mudslide\u003c/a> in Forestville that carried an unoccupied home into the Russian River around 12:30 p.m. Deputies and firefighters evacuated homes in the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forecasters note that up to 5 inches of rain have already fallen over the past day, and the atmospheric river will drop up to 1.5 more inches of precipitation, resulting in flooding at Point Reyes Station, San Geronimo, Tomales, Dillon Beach, Stinson Beach, Muir Beach, Tamalpais-Homestead Valley, Inverness, Lagunitas-Forest Knolls, Woodacre and Bolinas. Residents can expect water on roadways and overflowing drainages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/NWSBayArea/status/1886901642957885911\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meteorologists expect wind gusts of up to 70 mph will create “considerable tree damage” as well as damage to “homes, roofs and outbuildings.” Other places impacted include San Rafael, Novato, Mill Valley, San Anselmo, Larkspur, Corte Madera, Tiburon, Fairfax, Sausalito, San Geronimo, Lucas, Valley-Marinwood, Stinson Beach, Kentfield, Strawberry, Ross and Belvedere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Anyone outdoors should move to shelter inside a well-built structure and stay away from windows,” forecasters wrote. “Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12:31 p.m.:\u003c/strong> The National Weather Service issued \u003ca href=\"https://alerts.weather.gov/id/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.faeab45e8c181b1b234a7cd515e1624d9d1b50cc.001.1\">a flood advisory due to excessive rainfall\u003c/a> in southeast Marin County until 4 p.m. Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Overflowing poor drainage areas have already caused minor flooding in the advisory area. Between 2 and 6 inches of rain have fallen,” forecasters wrote in the advisory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a result, the agency expects minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas, as well as water over roadways. Bolinas Road is \u003ca href=\"https://publicworks.marincounty.gov/\">closed\u003c/a> from Azalea Hill to Highway 1 in West Marin due to debris on the roadway. Platform Bridge Road is closed to Sir Francis Drake Boulevard in West Marin due to localized flooding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parts of Marin County have received up to 5 inches of rain over the last 24 hours, and forecasters are still expecting a few inches more in the next three to six hours, said Brian Garcia, warning coordination meteorologist with the weather service’s Bay Area office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The weather service wrote locations that “will experience flooding” include San Rafael to Novato, Mill Valley, San Anselmo, Larkspur, Corte Madera, Tiburon, Fairfax, Sausalito, Kentfield, Lucas Valley-Marinwood, Strawberry, Tamalpais-Homestead, Tamalpais-Homestead Valley, Ross, Belvedere and Santa Venetia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcia said wind and rain will reach their peak in the North Bay on Tuesday afternoon and “then drag down south across the Bay Area.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The highest impacts are along the coast and the coastal ranges down across the Bay Area, probably through commute time,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11893623\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11893623\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/GettyImages-1348762271-scaled-e1635193290513.jpg\" alt='The \"Road Closed\" sign floats on a sea of brown water. A man holding a plastic bag wades through ankle-deep water beyond it.' width=\"1920\" height=\"1278\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A “road closed” sign floats on a flooded street in San Rafael, California, on Oct. 24, 2021. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original story, 10:15 a.m.: \u003c/strong>Tuesday morning’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025352/atmospheric-rivers-deliver-strong-bay-area-rain-sierra-snow\">atmospheric river\u003c/a> storm has stalled over the Bay Area and could be stronger than was initially forecast, prompting flood advisories and bringing a chance of thunderstorms, strong winds and potentially a tornado warning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storm was previously expected only to cause minor flooding. Now, flood-inducing rain is forecast to affect the entire region for the rest of Tuesday, with the North Bay receiving the most. Waterways, including the Russian River, are expected to reach flood stage, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/national-weather-service\">National Weather Service\u003c/a>. A flood watch remains for the entire Bay Area through Wednesday at 4 a.m., and a wind advisory is in effect for much of the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s kind of quasistalling wobbling between Mendocino and Marin,” said Brian Garcia, warning coordination meteorologist for the weather service’s Bay Area office, of the storm. “Stay informed today, especially if you are driving. It’s going to be dangerous.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The potential for a “landfalling waterspout or weak tornado can not be ruled out,” according to the weather service’s morning memo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s definitely a non-zero chance that we could get a spin up in the North Bay and down through the peninsula,” Garcia said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcia said San Francisco could also experience severe thunderstorm warnings, potential flash flood warnings and an “outsized” chance of a small tornado warning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970045\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970045\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Two people stand in deep water working with long tools in an urban setting.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two Mission District residents work to open a clogged drain on Mission and 21st streets in San Francisco on Jan. 10, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This is one of those times where the people in the city really need to pay attention to what’s going on outside before venturing out because they could be putting themselves in harm’s way,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jan Null, a certified consulting meteorologist at Golden Gate Weather Services, said the stormy weather somewhat mirrors November’s record-breaking storm, “where Interstate 80 seems to be a real sharp dividing line with the heavier activity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s in those areas, especially the coastal mountains, where we could see some isolated thunderstorms,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12025352 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241122-StormHitsBayArea-06-BL-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Null said the storm has brought 60 mph winds to places like Mount Tamalpais and could bring equally strong winds again on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re seeing one of those surges of energy now, and we’re going to see another one later on this afternoon with a bit of a lull sort of in the midday period,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco could see a little over 3 inches of rain, and parts of the North Bay have already received double-digit totals, Null said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Green Valley Creek at Martinelli Road in Sonoma County has reached a moderate flood stage, and a flood warning is in effect for central Sonoma County. The Russian River at Guerneville and the Napa River at St. Helena could reach a minor flood stage either late Tuesday or early Wednesday. The weather service issued a flood warning for the Russian River for late Tuesday evening until further notice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least \u003ca href=\"https://www.guernevilleschool.org/\">one school in Guerneville\u003c/a> is closed because of the storm, and Sonoma County has alerted residents in multiple RV parks along the Russian River and creeks that flow into the waterway that flooding may occur, said Sam Wallis, deputy director of emergency management for Sonoma County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11723283\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11723283\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/GettyImages-631415386-e1549313950719.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cars drive on a flooded road in Guerneville in January 2017. The Russian River town is just downstream from Venado, a site in the northern Sonoma County hills that is one of the rainiest locations in California. On Tuesday, at least one school in Guerneville closed because of the storm, and Sonoma County has alerted residents in multiple RV parks along the Russian River and creeks that flow into the waterway that flooding may occur. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We’re in the process of alerting them and letting them know that they’ve got an issue and should move to higher ground,” Wallis said. “Because we’ve had a relatively wet winter, we are beginning to see downed trees and some landslides.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wallis said portions of at least two roads in Sonoma County — Cavedale Road and Porter Creek Road — are \u003ca href=\"https://roadclosures-sonomacounty.hub.arcgis.com/\">closed due to flooding and minor landslides\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the November storm that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016676/intense-california-storm-caused-2-6-million-damage-sonoma-county\">wreaked havoc on Sonoma County\u003c/a>, killing at least two people, Wallis said the county is paying close attention to how the two atmospheric rivers develop this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One of the things we learned in November is that the situation can change drastically and quickly,” he said. “We are watching this very carefully. We’ve already seen a change, but it’s not in the same category as the November floods.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meteorologists expect Tuesday’s storm to lose momentum overnight before a short reprieve on Wednesday. On Thursday, another atmospheric storm, although smaller, will pummel the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Anything that falls on Thursday is just going to be pure runoff,” Garcia said. “So we could go into flood much easier.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the past 24 hours, up to 2 inches of rain has fallen on the San Francisco region, and up to 1.5 inches are expected this afternoon. The weather service expects flooding in San Francisco, Daly City, San Mateo, Redwood City, Palo Alto, South San Francisco, San Bruno, Pacifica, Menlo Park, Foster City, Burlingame, San Carlos, East Palo Alto, Belmont, Millbrae, Half Moon Bay, Hillsborough, Atherton, Woodside and Highlands-Baywood Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several roads in Marin County are closed due to flooding or landslides, including Shoreline Highway from Keyes Creek to Tomales, Levee Road from Shoreline Highway to Bear Valley Road, Platform Bridge-Sir Francis Drake Boulevard to Point Reyes and Petaluma Road, Shoreline Highway from Point Reyes to Olema Road.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the past four days, Mount Tamalpais has soaked up over 16 inches of rain. Occidental saw nearly 15 inches, Santa Rosa as much as 6.5 inches and San Francisco and Oakland recorded about 3 inches, while San José received less than half an inch so far.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>“Mount Tam has been kind of our big winner so far,” Murdock said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A third system will sweep through the region on Thursday, but Murdock said it won’t bring rainfall as intense as previous storms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Out of what we’ve seen so far, this is going to be the lesser of these three surges in terms of rainfall,” Murdock said. “On Thursday, rain is not looking to be as heavy as what we’re currently seeing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thursday’s storm will be colder, but flooding remains a concern after days of heavy rain. Coastal mountains could see .25 to 1 inch of rainfall before drier weather returns this weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s going to cool down, and we might see a little bit of snow up in the mountains, but it’s going to be a lot of rain on top of already saturated soils,” said Brian Garcia, warning coordination meteorologist with weather service’s Bay Area office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 2:49 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Tuesday’s heaviest rain is hitting Sonoma and Marin counties as the Bay Area’s second atmospheric river in a week intensifies with thunderstorms, and extreme precipitation is expected to cause flooding across the North Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=CAZ506&warncounty=CAC097&firewxzone=CAZ506&local_place1=Sonoma%20CA&product1=Flood+Advisory&lat=38.2919&lon=-122.457\">flood advisory is in effect until 4:45 p.m.\u003c/a> due to excessive rainfall in parts of Sonoma and Marin counties, according to the National Weather Service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency predicts rapid river and stream rises will cause minor flooding in the region, partly due to a “\u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=MTR&wwa=severe%20thunderstorm%20warning\">line of thunderstorms\u003c/a> from 7 miles south of Dillon Beach to 34 miles southwest of Point Reyes Station, including Tomales Bay and Stinson Beach,” forecasters wrote in a severe weather statement that was extended to 3 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office said \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/sonomasheriff/posts/pfbid028iwS3GhaoKeCVaFyBA9zRAWMbFGnsPfZ7sguU5gDUezNRLr1Q3LMe95W7zKsFMsJl\">authorities responded to a mudslide\u003c/a> in Forestville that carried an unoccupied home into the Russian River around 12:30 p.m. Deputies and firefighters evacuated homes in the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forecasters note that up to 5 inches of rain have already fallen over the past day, and the atmospheric river will drop up to 1.5 more inches of precipitation, resulting in flooding at Point Reyes Station, San Geronimo, Tomales, Dillon Beach, Stinson Beach, Muir Beach, Tamalpais-Homestead Valley, Inverness, Lagunitas-Forest Knolls, Woodacre and Bolinas. Residents can expect water on roadways and overflowing drainages.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Meteorologists expect wind gusts of up to 70 mph will create “considerable tree damage” as well as damage to “homes, roofs and outbuildings.” Other places impacted include San Rafael, Novato, Mill Valley, San Anselmo, Larkspur, Corte Madera, Tiburon, Fairfax, Sausalito, San Geronimo, Lucas, Valley-Marinwood, Stinson Beach, Kentfield, Strawberry, Ross and Belvedere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Anyone outdoors should move to shelter inside a well-built structure and stay away from windows,” forecasters wrote. “Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12:31 p.m.:\u003c/strong> The National Weather Service issued \u003ca href=\"https://alerts.weather.gov/id/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.faeab45e8c181b1b234a7cd515e1624d9d1b50cc.001.1\">a flood advisory due to excessive rainfall\u003c/a> in southeast Marin County until 4 p.m. Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Overflowing poor drainage areas have already caused minor flooding in the advisory area. Between 2 and 6 inches of rain have fallen,” forecasters wrote in the advisory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a result, the agency expects minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas, as well as water over roadways. Bolinas Road is \u003ca href=\"https://publicworks.marincounty.gov/\">closed\u003c/a> from Azalea Hill to Highway 1 in West Marin due to debris on the roadway. Platform Bridge Road is closed to Sir Francis Drake Boulevard in West Marin due to localized flooding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parts of Marin County have received up to 5 inches of rain over the last 24 hours, and forecasters are still expecting a few inches more in the next three to six hours, said Brian Garcia, warning coordination meteorologist with the weather service’s Bay Area office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The weather service wrote locations that “will experience flooding” include San Rafael to Novato, Mill Valley, San Anselmo, Larkspur, Corte Madera, Tiburon, Fairfax, Sausalito, Kentfield, Lucas Valley-Marinwood, Strawberry, Tamalpais-Homestead, Tamalpais-Homestead Valley, Ross, Belvedere and Santa Venetia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcia said wind and rain will reach their peak in the North Bay on Tuesday afternoon and “then drag down south across the Bay Area.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The highest impacts are along the coast and the coastal ranges down across the Bay Area, probably through commute time,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11893623\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11893623\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/GettyImages-1348762271-scaled-e1635193290513.jpg\" alt='The \"Road Closed\" sign floats on a sea of brown water. A man holding a plastic bag wades through ankle-deep water beyond it.' width=\"1920\" height=\"1278\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A “road closed” sign floats on a flooded street in San Rafael, California, on Oct. 24, 2021. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original story, 10:15 a.m.: \u003c/strong>Tuesday morning’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025352/atmospheric-rivers-deliver-strong-bay-area-rain-sierra-snow\">atmospheric river\u003c/a> storm has stalled over the Bay Area and could be stronger than was initially forecast, prompting flood advisories and bringing a chance of thunderstorms, strong winds and potentially a tornado warning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storm was previously expected only to cause minor flooding. Now, flood-inducing rain is forecast to affect the entire region for the rest of Tuesday, with the North Bay receiving the most. Waterways, including the Russian River, are expected to reach flood stage, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/national-weather-service\">National Weather Service\u003c/a>. A flood watch remains for the entire Bay Area through Wednesday at 4 a.m., and a wind advisory is in effect for much of the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s kind of quasistalling wobbling between Mendocino and Marin,” said Brian Garcia, warning coordination meteorologist for the weather service’s Bay Area office, of the storm. “Stay informed today, especially if you are driving. It’s going to be dangerous.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The potential for a “landfalling waterspout or weak tornado can not be ruled out,” according to the weather service’s morning memo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s definitely a non-zero chance that we could get a spin up in the North Bay and down through the peninsula,” Garcia said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcia said San Francisco could also experience severe thunderstorm warnings, potential flash flood warnings and an “outsized” chance of a small tornado warning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970045\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970045\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Two people stand in deep water working with long tools in an urban setting.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two Mission District residents work to open a clogged drain on Mission and 21st streets in San Francisco on Jan. 10, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This is one of those times where the people in the city really need to pay attention to what’s going on outside before venturing out because they could be putting themselves in harm’s way,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jan Null, a certified consulting meteorologist at Golden Gate Weather Services, said the stormy weather somewhat mirrors November’s record-breaking storm, “where Interstate 80 seems to be a real sharp dividing line with the heavier activity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s in those areas, especially the coastal mountains, where we could see some isolated thunderstorms,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Null said the storm has brought 60 mph winds to places like Mount Tamalpais and could bring equally strong winds again on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re seeing one of those surges of energy now, and we’re going to see another one later on this afternoon with a bit of a lull sort of in the midday period,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco could see a little over 3 inches of rain, and parts of the North Bay have already received double-digit totals, Null said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Green Valley Creek at Martinelli Road in Sonoma County has reached a moderate flood stage, and a flood warning is in effect for central Sonoma County. The Russian River at Guerneville and the Napa River at St. Helena could reach a minor flood stage either late Tuesday or early Wednesday. The weather service issued a flood warning for the Russian River for late Tuesday evening until further notice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least \u003ca href=\"https://www.guernevilleschool.org/\">one school in Guerneville\u003c/a> is closed because of the storm, and Sonoma County has alerted residents in multiple RV parks along the Russian River and creeks that flow into the waterway that flooding may occur, said Sam Wallis, deputy director of emergency management for Sonoma County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11723283\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11723283\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/GettyImages-631415386-e1549313950719.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cars drive on a flooded road in Guerneville in January 2017. The Russian River town is just downstream from Venado, a site in the northern Sonoma County hills that is one of the rainiest locations in California. On Tuesday, at least one school in Guerneville closed because of the storm, and Sonoma County has alerted residents in multiple RV parks along the Russian River and creeks that flow into the waterway that flooding may occur. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We’re in the process of alerting them and letting them know that they’ve got an issue and should move to higher ground,” Wallis said. “Because we’ve had a relatively wet winter, we are beginning to see downed trees and some landslides.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wallis said portions of at least two roads in Sonoma County — Cavedale Road and Porter Creek Road — are \u003ca href=\"https://roadclosures-sonomacounty.hub.arcgis.com/\">closed due to flooding and minor landslides\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the November storm that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016676/intense-california-storm-caused-2-6-million-damage-sonoma-county\">wreaked havoc on Sonoma County\u003c/a>, killing at least two people, Wallis said the county is paying close attention to how the two atmospheric rivers develop this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One of the things we learned in November is that the situation can change drastically and quickly,” he said. “We are watching this very carefully. We’ve already seen a change, but it’s not in the same category as the November floods.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meteorologists expect Tuesday’s storm to lose momentum overnight before a short reprieve on Wednesday. On Thursday, another atmospheric storm, although smaller, will pummel the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Anything that falls on Thursday is just going to be pure runoff,” Garcia said. “So we could go into flood much easier.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Terrill/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While regulators are still investigating those requests, which would raise rates an average of 30% for homeowners insurance and 52% for renters insurance, Monday’s letter asked the state to take quick action on an “emergency interim approval.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“State Farm General’s rate filings raise serious questions about its financial condition,” Gabriel Sanchez, California Department of Insurance press secretary, said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12025352 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241122-StormHitsBayArea-06-BL-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 1 in 5 homeowners have State Farm insurance in California, and that share has been growing in recent years, said Michael Wara, a climate and energy expert at Stanford University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“State Farm isn’t very healthy financially because it has been really trying to stay in the California market and even grow in the California market as opposed to doing what most of the other companies have done, which is to shrink,” he told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The financial health of State Farm is very significant, particularly to people in the fire footprint who now have claims to file,” Wara added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thousands of State Farm employees have assisted victims of the L.A. fires, the company said, processing nearly 8,700 claims and paying out more than $1 billion to customers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know we will ultimately pay out significantly more, as these fires will collectively be the costliest in the history of the company,” the State Farm letter said, noting that its reinsurance — basically insurance for insurance companies — will assist it in paying out claims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nevertheless, the costs of these fires will further deplete its capital.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Last year, one rating agency downgraded SFG and, with further capital deterioration as a result of the fires, additional downgrades could follow,” the letter said. “If that were to happen, customers with a mortgage might not be able to use State Farm General insurance as collateral backing for their mortgage.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Given State Farm’s obligations to policyholders who lost homes in the L.A. wildfires [and] their large share of the overall California market — if they provide data to the state Department of Insurance to substantiate their claim to have paid out their entire surplus already — it’s likely there will be some level of a negotiated emergency increase approval,” said Amy Bach, executive director of United Policyholders, a San Francisco-based nonprofit that advocates for insurance consumers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/national-weather-service\">National Weather Service\u003c/a> has issued a flood watch from 4 p.m. Monday to 4 a.m. Wednesday and a flood advisory is also in effect until 8:45 p.m. Monday for the area west of Santa Rosa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s a 15% chance that excessive rainfall could cause flash flooding in the North Bay and a 5% chance for the rest of the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now that the soils are saturated from this weekend’s rain event, we will probably get some flooding on roadway systems,” said Ryan Walbrun, a meteorologist with the weather service’s Bay Area office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storm could bring gusts up to 50 mph at higher elevations and along the coast, especially around Marin and the San Francisco peninsula. The weather service’s morning memo suggests the winds will “be more isolated in nature” and “short-lived.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12016881\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12016881\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241205-Tsunami-JY-001.jpg\" alt=\"People look out over the ocean.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1332\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241205-Tsunami-JY-001.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241205-Tsunami-JY-001-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241205-Tsunami-JY-001-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241205-Tsunami-JY-001-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241205-Tsunami-JY-001-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241205-Tsunami-JY-001-1920x1279.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People watch for a tsunami at Ocean Beach in San Francisco on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It looks like the winds are going to be strongest in [locations like] Ocean Beach in San Francisco along the Great Highway all the way down south through Santa Cruz and Monterey,” Walbrun said. “Those places would be most prone to power outages.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next atmospheric river is expected to bring a weaker storm by Thursday and Friday before drier conditions return this weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forecasters said the North Bay could receive as much as 6 inches of rain by the end of the week, and the rest of the Bay Area could expect up to 4 inches. The highest elevations in Sonoma County and Santa Cruz mountain areas could see up to 10 inches of rain in locations like Venado north of Guerneville.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12023983 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250120-YouthClimateProtest-09-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The biggest risk right now would probably be in the North Bay in places that are typically pretty flood-prone,” Walbrun said. “The atmospheric river will spend more time over the North Bay, but the system is not nearly as wet or strong as the November event,” which caused record-breaking flooding in parts of Sonoma County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Will Powers, fire inspector for the city of Santa Rosa, said the city is prepared with sandbags for residents in low-lying areas, but the larger concern is downed trees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With the soil saturation that we’ve had, the big worry is with the wind coming in and downed trees,” Powers said. “As of right now, we’re not worried about major flooding, but more nuisance flooding and stuff like that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anyone who lives in a flood-prone area should prepare to take action in case flooding occurs, Walbrun said. The weather service is monitoring several waterways that could reach flood thresholds this week: the Russian River, the Napa River, the San Lorenzo River, the Laguna de Santa Rosa, and Mark West Creek.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Right now, they aren’t forecast to go into flood stages because I don’t think the rain rates are there,” Walbrun said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘A one-two punch of winter weather’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Forecasters say the cold systems will also bring rain and moderate to heavy snow across the Sierra Nevada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re expecting a one-two punch of winter weather,” said Matthew Chyba, a meteorologist with the weather service’s Reno office. “If you’re \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11937204/lake-tahoe-weather-forecast-road-conditions-snow-chains\">traveling to the Tahoe area\u003c/a>, Wednesday might be your best bet, or wait until the weekend.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12018143\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12018143\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SouthLakeTahoeHeavenlySkiGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SouthLakeTahoeHeavenlySkiGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SouthLakeTahoeHeavenlySkiGetty-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SouthLakeTahoeHeavenlySkiGetty-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SouthLakeTahoeHeavenlySkiGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SouthLakeTahoeHeavenlySkiGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SouthLakeTahoeHeavenlySkiGetty-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of Heavenly gondola of Heavenly ski resort in South Lake Tahoe, California, on Jan. 14, 2024. \u003ccite>(Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The highest peaks in the Sierra Nevada could see up to 5 feet of snow by the end of the week. The National Weather Service has issued winter storm warnings for the Sierra Nevada from Shasta County to Tahoe. The warnings vary slightly, but most start Monday at 10 a.m. and last through Wednesday at 10 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are expecting near whiteout conditions, and we are highly discouraging travel during the time of the warning,” said Sara Purdue, a meteorologist at the weather service’s Sacramento office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After around a month without snow, ski resorts like Palisades Tahoe are ecstatic about the back-to-back storms. Maddy Condon, senior communications specialist at Palisades Tahoe, said nearly 4 feet of snow could fall on the resort west of Lake Tahoe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was a bit like Groundhog Day here in January,” Condon said. “It’s a playground out there. So when fresh snow comes, all the features and everything you can usually ride changes, creating a different experience every time. That’s why it’s always so fun to have dynamic weather come in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forecasters expect a drying-out period this weekend but said there are signals that the second half of February could return to wet weather.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Towards the end of the month, we could get more storms, which is what we expect in February, especially \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024774/bay-areas-dry-january-ending-with-pair-atmospheric-river-storms\">after a very dry January\u003c/a>,” Walbrun said. “We’re at the point where we want to get a little bit of rain here, too.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now that the soils are saturated from this weekend’s rain event, we will probably get some flooding on roadway systems,” said Ryan Walbrun, a meteorologist with the weather service’s Bay Area office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storm could bring gusts up to 50 mph at higher elevations and along the coast, especially around Marin and the San Francisco peninsula. The weather service’s morning memo suggests the winds will “be more isolated in nature” and “short-lived.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12016881\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12016881\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241205-Tsunami-JY-001.jpg\" alt=\"People look out over the ocean.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1332\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241205-Tsunami-JY-001.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241205-Tsunami-JY-001-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241205-Tsunami-JY-001-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241205-Tsunami-JY-001-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241205-Tsunami-JY-001-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241205-Tsunami-JY-001-1920x1279.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People watch for a tsunami at Ocean Beach in San Francisco on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It looks like the winds are going to be strongest in [locations like] Ocean Beach in San Francisco along the Great Highway all the way down south through Santa Cruz and Monterey,” Walbrun said. “Those places would be most prone to power outages.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next atmospheric river is expected to bring a weaker storm by Thursday and Friday before drier conditions return this weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forecasters said the North Bay could receive as much as 6 inches of rain by the end of the week, and the rest of the Bay Area could expect up to 4 inches. The highest elevations in Sonoma County and Santa Cruz mountain areas could see up to 10 inches of rain in locations like Venado north of Guerneville.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The biggest risk right now would probably be in the North Bay in places that are typically pretty flood-prone,” Walbrun said. “The atmospheric river will spend more time over the North Bay, but the system is not nearly as wet or strong as the November event,” which caused record-breaking flooding in parts of Sonoma County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Will Powers, fire inspector for the city of Santa Rosa, said the city is prepared with sandbags for residents in low-lying areas, but the larger concern is downed trees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With the soil saturation that we’ve had, the big worry is with the wind coming in and downed trees,” Powers said. “As of right now, we’re not worried about major flooding, but more nuisance flooding and stuff like that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anyone who lives in a flood-prone area should prepare to take action in case flooding occurs, Walbrun said. The weather service is monitoring several waterways that could reach flood thresholds this week: the Russian River, the Napa River, the San Lorenzo River, the Laguna de Santa Rosa, and Mark West Creek.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Right now, they aren’t forecast to go into flood stages because I don’t think the rain rates are there,” Walbrun said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘A one-two punch of winter weather’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Forecasters say the cold systems will also bring rain and moderate to heavy snow across the Sierra Nevada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re expecting a one-two punch of winter weather,” said Matthew Chyba, a meteorologist with the weather service’s Reno office. “If you’re \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11937204/lake-tahoe-weather-forecast-road-conditions-snow-chains\">traveling to the Tahoe area\u003c/a>, Wednesday might be your best bet, or wait until the weekend.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12018143\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12018143\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SouthLakeTahoeHeavenlySkiGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SouthLakeTahoeHeavenlySkiGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SouthLakeTahoeHeavenlySkiGetty-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SouthLakeTahoeHeavenlySkiGetty-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SouthLakeTahoeHeavenlySkiGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SouthLakeTahoeHeavenlySkiGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SouthLakeTahoeHeavenlySkiGetty-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of Heavenly gondola of Heavenly ski resort in South Lake Tahoe, California, on Jan. 14, 2024. \u003ccite>(Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The highest peaks in the Sierra Nevada could see up to 5 feet of snow by the end of the week. The National Weather Service has issued winter storm warnings for the Sierra Nevada from Shasta County to Tahoe. The warnings vary slightly, but most start Monday at 10 a.m. and last through Wednesday at 10 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are expecting near whiteout conditions, and we are highly discouraging travel during the time of the warning,” said Sara Purdue, a meteorologist at the weather service’s Sacramento office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After around a month without snow, ski resorts like Palisades Tahoe are ecstatic about the back-to-back storms. Maddy Condon, senior communications specialist at Palisades Tahoe, said nearly 4 feet of snow could fall on the resort west of Lake Tahoe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was a bit like Groundhog Day here in January,” Condon said. “It’s a playground out there. So when fresh snow comes, all the features and everything you can usually ride changes, creating a different experience every time. That’s why it’s always so fun to have dynamic weather come in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forecasters expect a drying-out period this weekend but said there are signals that the second half of February could return to wet weather.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Towards the end of the month, we could get more storms, which is what we expect in February, especially \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024774/bay-areas-dry-january-ending-with-pair-atmospheric-river-storms\">after a very dry January\u003c/a>,” Walbrun said. “We’re at the point where we want to get a little bit of rain here, too.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The entire Bay Area — from Santa Rosa to San José — is under flood watch until 10 p.m. Sunday as the first of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024774/bay-areas-dry-january-ending-with-pair-atmospheric-river-storms\">two atmospheric rivers\u003c/a> sweeps through the region, the National Weather Service’s Bay Area office warns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The good news is that initial flooding concerns remain low for the first few days of rain as the dry month prior will help buffer the impact of the upcoming rain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flooding concerns escalate later this weekend and into next week, as consecutive days of heavy rain could bring up to 8 inches to the North Bay, 5 inches to San Francisco and 2 inches to the South Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The weather service is closely monitoring North Bay rivers and streams, where the highest flood risk exists due to heavy rainfall, while the rest of the Bay Area faces potential nuisance flooding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not looking much in the way of flash flood conditions, but we are looking at more long-term flooding issues,” said Brayden Murdock, a meteorologist with the weather service’s Bay Area office. “That could be road closures, situations where you need to turn around, don’t drown because of some of these really low-lying spots.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Friday’s storm originating from the Gulf of Alaska is merging with a Pacific system, intensifying into an atmospheric river. By Sunday, the system may weaken, primarily impacting the North Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12023983 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250120-YouthClimateProtest-09-BL_qed.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s kind of a saving grace that this one is moving around and we can spread those rainfall amounts around the region versus it staying in one spot and accumulating big time for just a few areas,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forecasters predict the heaviest showers on Saturday, with a 15% chance of excessive rainfall in the North Bay and San Francisco. As the moisture plume shifts north on Sunday, lighter rain is expected, focusing on the North Bay. A third round of moderate showers arrives on Monday, bringing the potential for excessive rainfall in the northern region as another system moves through.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By Tuesday, the entire region faces a widespread “marginal” risk of excessive rainfall, accompanied by cold nighttime lows and strong winds. The weather service warns this combination could pose issues for residents “without adequate heat or shelter mid to late next week.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s going to be much more of a marathon than a sprint as far as the rain comes through,” Murdock said. “But over eight days, those rainfall numbers add up. The fact that this will be prolonged could cause additional issues later.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paul Lowenthal, division chief fire marshal for the Santa Rosa Fire Department, doesn’t anticipate the extreme flooding seen in November when at least \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12015534/bay-area-record-breaking-rainfall-deluge-surprises-forecasters\">two people died in Sonoma County\u003c/a> during a record-breaking storm. As the atmospheric river strikes next week, however, Lowenthal said the greatest flooding risk will emerge then.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12015556\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/SantaRosaStormGetty.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12015556\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/SantaRosaStormGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/SantaRosaStormGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/SantaRosaStormGetty-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/SantaRosaStormGetty-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/SantaRosaStormGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/SantaRosaStormGetty-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/SantaRosaStormGetty-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Rosa firefighters monitor flooding from Piner Creek with a stalled car still sitting in the water in the driveway to the Sutter North Bay Medical Plaza in Santa Rosa, California, on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. \u003ccite>(Alvin A.H. Jornada/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“There’s always potential for events like last November when we get back-to-back systems with heavy rainfall,” he said. “Fortunately, the soils aren’t completely saturated like they were during our last storm, but we anticipate a lot of localized nuisance flooding at a minimum.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lowenthal said North Bay residents should prepare by clearing gutters of debris, surveying their properties for risks and paying close attention to trees as winds pick up next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of the excessive runoff will end up likely causing rapid rises of our streams and creeks,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Andrea Rodriguez, communications manager for Sonoma Water, agrees that smaller streams and urban areas are at a higher risk of flooding, but “due to how dry the past month has been, flooding is not expected on the Russian River this weekend.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While January was unusually dry compared to the past two years, Murdock predicts a wetter February. He advised that it’s still too early to determine if the storm door will remain open for the rest of winter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, at least, “it’s open for this week,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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