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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story will no longer be updated.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Updated, 12 p.m. Sunday:\u003c/strong> More rain and snow fell during the weekend in \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/science-weather-landslides-and-mudslides-california-climate-environment-69b594ed7f68a6701543ae7b9560f7e6?utm_source=homepage&utm_medium=TopNews&utm_campaign=position_07\">storm-battered California\u003c/a>, making travel dangerous and prompting new evacuation orders over flooding concerns along a swollen river near Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bands of thunderstorms with gusty winds started Saturday in the north and spread south, with yet another atmospheric river storm following close behind Sunday, the National Weather Service said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Up to 2 inches of rain was predicted for the saturated Sacramento Valley, where residents of semi-rural Wilton, home to about 5,000 people, were ordered to evacuate as the Cosumnes River continued to rise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another 3 inches of snow and gusty winds were expected in the Sierra Nevada. Interstate 80, a key highway from the San Francisco Bay Area to Lake Tahoe ski resorts, reopened after being closed most of Saturday because of slick roads, snow and whiteout conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The University of California Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab tweeted Sunday morning that it received 21.5 inches of snow in 24 hours. Its snowpack of about 10 feet was expected to grow several more feet by Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A backcountry avalanche warning was issued for the central Sierra, including the greater Lake Tahoe area, through Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Highway Patrol rescued three people whose car slid off a rain-slicked road and ended up teetering at the edge of a cliff in the Santa Cruz Mountains on Friday. The occupants of the car “were scared for their lives and were in disbelief” when they were pulled safely from the car as \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/CHPSantaCruz/\">the vehicle’s front end hung precariously over the cliff’s edge\u003c/a>, the highway patrol said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We cannot stress this enough. Please ONLY drive if it’s necessary,” the statement said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just to the south in Santa Cruz County, the tiny community of Felton Grove along the San Lorenzo River was under an evacuation warning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The swollen Salinas River swamped farmland in Monterey County. To the east, flood warnings were in effect for Merced County in the agricultural Central Valley, where Gov. Gavin Newsom visited Saturday to take stock of problems and warn of still more possible danger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not done,” Newsom said. He urged people to be vigilant about safety for a few more days, when the last of a parade of nine atmospheric rivers was expected to move through.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Southern California, winter storm warnings and advisories were in place for mountain areas, where many roads remained impassable because of mud and rock slides. Two northbound lanes of Interstate 5 near Castaic in northern Los Angeles County were closed indefinitely after a hillside collapsed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The series of storms has dumped rain and snow on California since late December, cutting power to thousands, swamping roads, unleashing debris flows, and triggering \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/science-weather-landslides-and-mudslides-california-climate-environment-69b594ed7f68a6701543ae7b9560f7e6?utm_source=homepage&utm_medium=TopNews&utm_campaign=position_07\">landslides\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>President Joe Biden declared a major disaster in the state and ordered federal aid to supplement local recovery efforts in affected areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least 19 storm-related deaths have occurred, and a \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-natural-disasters-paso-robles-0ed27eb4cf8696fa57d9bf4e170538bc\">5-year-old boy remained missing\u003c/a> after being swept out of his mother’s car by floodwaters in San Luis Obispo County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dry days are in this week’s forecast for California starting on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Updated, 6:30 p.m. Saturday:\u003c/strong> Sacramento County’s Office of Emergency Services has issued an evacuation order for the Wilton Area due to an anticipated rise in the Cosumnes River levels. The evacuation orders are an upgrade from the warning earlier and will be in effect from 4:32 p.m. Saturday to 4:32 a.m. Sunday. Areas impacted are within the area of Highway 16 and Grantline West to Highway 99, South to Valensin, and North East to Dillard and Highway 16.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-11938170\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/Screen-Shot-2023-01-14-at-4.49.18-PM-800x622.png\" alt=\"A flood chart showing potential flooding.\" width=\"800\" height=\"622\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/Screen-Shot-2023-01-14-at-4.49.18-PM-800x622.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/Screen-Shot-2023-01-14-at-4.49.18-PM-1020x793.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/Screen-Shot-2023-01-14-at-4.49.18-PM-160x124.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/Screen-Shot-2023-01-14-at-4.49.18-PM.png 1240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An evacuation shelter is located at the Chabolla Center, 600 Chabolla Avenue, Galt, CA 95632. Call 211 for additional information. Report flooded roads by calling 311.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of 3 p.m. Saturday, \u003ca href=\"https://www.pgecurrents.com/articles/3635-county-outage-information-update-1-10-8-00-pm\">PG&E had 5,258 customers without power\u003c/a> in the nine Bay Area counties, with another 5,326 customers without power in Santa Cruz County. For more information, see PG&E’s \u003ca href=\"https://pgealerts.alerts.pge.com/outagecenter/\">power outage map\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Updated, 3:30 p.m. Saturday:\u003c/strong> The National Weather Service issued a flood watch and wind advisory for the Bay Area that runs from 3 a.m. Saturday through 9 a.m. Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Locations prone to tidal flooding in coastal areas will likely see coastal flooding caused by a combination of high tidal cycles, onshore winds, heavy runoff and continued rainfall, the weather service said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More evacuation orders were issued in Santa Cruz County today, for the \u003ca href=\"https://www.co.santa-cruz.ca.us/Portals/0/County/CAO/press%20releases/2023/PR%201.14.23%20South%20County%20evac.pdf\">low-lying areas of Corralitos or Salsipuedes Creeks (PDF)\u003c/a>, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=514415440877803&set=pcb.514415770877770\">Rio Del Mar Esplanade\u003c/a>, and the low-lying residences along \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=514376710881676&set=pcb.514378467548167\">Soquel Wharf Road, Soquel Village and 3060 Porter Street\u003c/a>. County officials also said evacuations were underway in \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/sccounty/status/1614366980852842496\">Holohan/East Lake/College, PAJ-E015, E024, E026, E027, E028\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Lorenzo River rose rapidly today, \u003ca href=\"https://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=mtr&gage=btec1&refresh=true\">reaching major flooding stage by midday before dropping back to moderate flooding stage\u003c/a> by 3 p.m. Emergency evacuations were underway in Felton Grove in Santa Cruz County as water levels rise, county officials said Saturday morning. Shelter sites at Cabrillo College and the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds remain open, county officials said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Great visit from our federal, state and local officials to survey storm damage throughout Santa Cruz County. Thank you \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RepJimmyPanetta?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepJimmyPanetta\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SenJohnLaird?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SenJohnLaird\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/AsmDawnAddis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AsmDawnAddis\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/AsmGailPellerin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AsmGailPellerin\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Bruce_McPherson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Bruce_McPherson\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/zachfriend55?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@zachfriend55\u003c/a> as well as \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/CAStateParksSC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CAStateParksSC\u003c/a> for hosting this stop at SeacliffSB. \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/ISPLMEtrA8\">pic.twitter.com/ISPLMEtrA8\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Santa Cruz County (@sccounty) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/sccounty/status/1614102709027901440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 14, 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Monterey County, evacuation orders have been issued for low-lying areas of Carmel River, the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office said Saturday in an alert sent out at 1 p.m. The order includes the Carmel River north of Klondike Canyon Road/Carmel Valley Road and south of Rancho San Carlos Road. The order upgraded evacuation warnings to evacuation orders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Evacuation warnings for areas near Las Lomas were also effective immediately until further notice due to the storm, county officials said just after noon Saturday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>U.S. Highway 1 is closed in Point Reyes between Mesa and Cypress roads, Marin County officials said Saturday morning. PG&E is responding due to power lines that went down, officials said on social media. The closure is expected to last for most of the day. About 851 PG&E customers are affected by the outage, according to officials, who added that residents and the traveling public should avoid the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JUST IN\u003cbr>Have you heard about the atmospheric rivers hitting CA but aren't sure what they are? Learn all about atmospheric rivers & how \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/NOAA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NOAA\u003c/a> researches them in this new web article that explores the causes & impacts of these intense weather events: \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/Et7NFlvgvz\">https://t.co/Et7NFlvgvz\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/CP1jImsRkJ\">pic.twitter.com/CP1jImsRkJ\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— NOAA Research (@NOAAResearch) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/NOAAResearch/status/1613584352432263169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 12, 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Updated, 2 p.m. Saturday:\u003c/strong> Storm-battered California got more wind, rain and snow today, raising flooding concerns, causing power outages and making travel dangerous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bands of rain with gusty winds started in the north and spread south, with more storms expected to follow into early next week, the National Weather Service said, adding “lighter rainfall could continue Sunday with another ramp-up late Sunday into early Monday ahead of a second system.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 68,000 utility customers were without electricity by late morning, according to \u003ca href=\"https://poweroutage.us/\">poweroutage.us\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flood warnings were issued for the region north of San Francisco Bay, including Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino and Marin counties.[aside postID=\"news_11936674\" hero=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/9087DD7B-BAED-4FD6-86F7-DAB5EA222B31-1-1020x680.jpg\"]A \u003ca href=\"https://www.marinij.com/2023/01/13/fairfax-landslide-damages-homes-as-marin-storm-trials-continue/\">landslide in Fairfax, Marin County\u003c/a>, damaged six apartments and displaced 19 residents as the county continued to grapple with the effects of a drenching month, reported the Marin Independent Journal on Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The slide happened at a complex on Olema Road, sending mud and debris at the residences and in some spots breaking through walls, doors and windows, said Marin County Fire Department Chief Jason Weber in an interview with Marin Independent Journal reporter Alex N. Gecan. No injuries were reported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Due to the fact that our soils are completely saturated, we’re going to see quite a bit of land movement around the county,” Weber said. “Those that live on or around hillsides need to be cognizant of this, and make sure that their drainage is working.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To the south, warnings were posted for parts of counties including San Mateo and Santa Cruz, where the tiny community of Felton Grove along the San Lorenzo River was ordered evacuated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county of Santa Cruz on Friday \u003ca href=\"https://www.co.santa-cruz.ca.us/portals/0/county/CAO/press%20releases/2023/AssistanceRequest.01.13.2023.pdf\">formally requested state and federal assistance (PDF)\u003c/a> through the California Disaster Assistance Act on behalf of the region “to assist with losses and emergency repairs as a result of damages cause by the atmospheric winter storms which began on December 30, 2022.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The swollen Salinas River swamped farmland in Monterey County, and to the east, flood warnings were in effect for the San Joaquin Valley community of Merced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Slick roads, snow and whiteout conditions plagued highways through the Sierra Nevada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab tweeted Saturday morning that it received 21.3 inches of snow in 24 hours and that its snowpack of about 10 feet was expected to grow several more feet by Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A backcountry \u003ca href=\"https://www.sierraavalanchecenter.org/\">avalanche warning\u003c/a> was issued for the central Sierra, including the greater Lake Tahoe area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original story, 5:30 p.m. Friday:\u003c/strong> California will see another round of stormy weather through the weekend and into next week, in an unwelcome continuation of the atmospheric river pattern that has been soaking the state for the last two weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a brief respite of dry weather on Thursday, rain — heavy at times — returned to the Bay Area Friday morning, with the possibility of more thunderstorms Friday afternoon and into the evening, particularly in the North Bay, according to the National Weather Service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forecasters say a new, similar cold front is likely to bring more intense rain Saturday morning, raising a new round of flood concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A wind advisory has also been issued for the Bay Area for Saturday, from 4 a.m. to noon, with possible gusts of up to 50 mph possible in higher elevations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a result, falling debris, downed power lines and downed trees are once again expected to threaten human life throughout the storm’s duration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a brief lull Sunday morning, yet another storm system, this time a warm front, is expected to reach the region by Sunday afternoon, with lighter but more consistent rain expected through Monday, said Eleanor Dhuyvetter, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service based in Monterey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know especially with the [49ers] playoff game tomorrow, people might be out and about, so do make sure to be aware of flash-flood warnings and especially be cautious with driving,” she said. “We’ve seen videos of a lot of potholes and sinkholes, which do creep up in areas that have had a lot of water … and that’s a lot of areas right now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new wave of precipitation prompted the NWS to issue a \u003ca href=\"https://www.weather.gov/mtr/\">new flood watch\u003c/a> Friday for the entire Bay Area and Central Coast, remaining in effect through Monday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The North Bay and Santa Cruz and Monterey counties face the highest risk of flooding, high winds and high surf with waves of 20 to 25 feet during the storm, according to the weather service, as both areas are forecasted to receive between 4 and 6 inches of rain along the coast and at higher elevations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/NWSBayArea/status/1613636978066747392\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are not out of the woods yet,” Nancy Ward, director of the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, said during a Friday media briefing. “People will become complacent, but the ground is saturated. It is extremely, extremely dangerous.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The threat to communities remains and waters will continue to rise even after these storms have passed,” Ward added. She said that the state is still gathering information from local governments about damage suffered so far in the recent storms, but estimated that the price tag for recovery could top $1 billion.\u003cbr>\n.\u003cbr>\nDeanne Criswell, chief of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said during Friday’s briefing that the Biden administration is still reviewing a request from Gov. Gavin Newsom to declare the storms a major disaster, a step that would clear the way for increased federal aid to the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Sonoma County, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnrfc.noaa.gov/graphicalRVF.php?id=GUEC1\">guidance\u003c/a> from the California-Nevada River Forecast Center suggests the Russian River at Guerneville will crest late Sunday morning 1.5 feet above flood level. Nearby streams, including Mark West Creek east of Guerneville, are also at flood level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flood warnings were also \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnrfc.noaa.gov/graphicalRVF.php?id=SPRC1&scale=0\">in effect Friday for the Salinas River\u003c/a>, near the city of Salinas, in Monterey County, about 90 miles south of San Francisco. Drone footage from late Thursday shows a levee breaking and the river beginning to overflow its banks. Dhuyvetter said the river remains in a “minor flood stage” and is expected to crest later on Friday, before midnight, then come back down. She said she could not comment on which specific levees might have failed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flood concerns also continue along Bear Creek, a tributary of the Merced River that flooded earlier this week and inundated the town of Planada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least 20,000 acres of farmland in the Salinas Valley, the so-called “salad bowl of the world,” were at risk of flooding, according to NWS reports. As of Friday, some 6,000 people were under evacuation orders throughout California, said Ward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/abc7newsbayarea/status/1613961623026139137\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Monterey County’s Department of Emergency Management and the county Sheriff’s Office, flooding is expected on state Highway 68, River Road, Reservation Road, Blanco Road, several secondary roads and possibly state Highway 1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Evacuation orders are already in effect for low-lying areas along the Salinas River from north of Highway 68 to the coast. Evacuation order information for Monterey County \u003ca href=\"https://montereyco.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=905a9458324b4868804d96b5593eb978\">can be found here\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Power outages continue to roil the region due to downed trees and power lines caused by high winds, which have reached hurricane strength in some parts of the state. On Friday, 20,000 households were without power, said Ward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since late December, California has been drenched by a relentless string of “atmospheric river” storms, with the normally drought-plagued state averaging more than 9 inches of rainfall a day over the last 18 days — a remarkable amount that has seen some locations meet their average annual rainfall already, said David Lawrence, meteorologist with the National Weather Service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storms have also spurred an onslaught of flooding, fallen trees, power outages and debris flows, and resulted in at least 19 storm-related deaths. Half of those have involved motorists, with some of the deaths preventable if drivers had heeded road closure signs, said Sean Duryee, acting commissioner of the California Highway Patrol.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With more rain and snow predicted through the weekend and into next week, the state’s Office of Emergency Services said it was preparing resources, including swift-water rescue teams and firefighting personnel, across eight counties in Central and Northern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story includes reporting from KQED’s Dan Brekke and Emma Silvers, The Associated Press and Bay City News.\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>This story will no longer be updated.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Updated, 12 p.m. Sunday:\u003c/strong> More rain and snow fell during the weekend in \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/science-weather-landslides-and-mudslides-california-climate-environment-69b594ed7f68a6701543ae7b9560f7e6?utm_source=homepage&utm_medium=TopNews&utm_campaign=position_07\">storm-battered California\u003c/a>, making travel dangerous and prompting new evacuation orders over flooding concerns along a swollen river near Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bands of thunderstorms with gusty winds started Saturday in the north and spread south, with yet another atmospheric river storm following close behind Sunday, the National Weather Service said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Up to 2 inches of rain was predicted for the saturated Sacramento Valley, where residents of semi-rural Wilton, home to about 5,000 people, were ordered to evacuate as the Cosumnes River continued to rise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another 3 inches of snow and gusty winds were expected in the Sierra Nevada. Interstate 80, a key highway from the San Francisco Bay Area to Lake Tahoe ski resorts, reopened after being closed most of Saturday because of slick roads, snow and whiteout conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The University of California Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab tweeted Sunday morning that it received 21.5 inches of snow in 24 hours. Its snowpack of about 10 feet was expected to grow several more feet by Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A backcountry avalanche warning was issued for the central Sierra, including the greater Lake Tahoe area, through Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Highway Patrol rescued three people whose car slid off a rain-slicked road and ended up teetering at the edge of a cliff in the Santa Cruz Mountains on Friday. The occupants of the car “were scared for their lives and were in disbelief” when they were pulled safely from the car as \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/CHPSantaCruz/\">the vehicle’s front end hung precariously over the cliff’s edge\u003c/a>, the highway patrol said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We cannot stress this enough. Please ONLY drive if it’s necessary,” the statement said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just to the south in Santa Cruz County, the tiny community of Felton Grove along the San Lorenzo River was under an evacuation warning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The swollen Salinas River swamped farmland in Monterey County. To the east, flood warnings were in effect for Merced County in the agricultural Central Valley, where Gov. Gavin Newsom visited Saturday to take stock of problems and warn of still more possible danger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not done,” Newsom said. He urged people to be vigilant about safety for a few more days, when the last of a parade of nine atmospheric rivers was expected to move through.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Southern California, winter storm warnings and advisories were in place for mountain areas, where many roads remained impassable because of mud and rock slides. Two northbound lanes of Interstate 5 near Castaic in northern Los Angeles County were closed indefinitely after a hillside collapsed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The series of storms has dumped rain and snow on California since late December, cutting power to thousands, swamping roads, unleashing debris flows, and triggering \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/science-weather-landslides-and-mudslides-california-climate-environment-69b594ed7f68a6701543ae7b9560f7e6?utm_source=homepage&utm_medium=TopNews&utm_campaign=position_07\">landslides\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>President Joe Biden declared a major disaster in the state and ordered federal aid to supplement local recovery efforts in affected areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least 19 storm-related deaths have occurred, and a \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-natural-disasters-paso-robles-0ed27eb4cf8696fa57d9bf4e170538bc\">5-year-old boy remained missing\u003c/a> after being swept out of his mother’s car by floodwaters in San Luis Obispo County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dry days are in this week’s forecast for California starting on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Updated, 6:30 p.m. Saturday:\u003c/strong> Sacramento County’s Office of Emergency Services has issued an evacuation order for the Wilton Area due to an anticipated rise in the Cosumnes River levels. The evacuation orders are an upgrade from the warning earlier and will be in effect from 4:32 p.m. Saturday to 4:32 a.m. Sunday. Areas impacted are within the area of Highway 16 and Grantline West to Highway 99, South to Valensin, and North East to Dillard and Highway 16.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-11938170\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/Screen-Shot-2023-01-14-at-4.49.18-PM-800x622.png\" alt=\"A flood chart showing potential flooding.\" width=\"800\" height=\"622\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/Screen-Shot-2023-01-14-at-4.49.18-PM-800x622.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/Screen-Shot-2023-01-14-at-4.49.18-PM-1020x793.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/Screen-Shot-2023-01-14-at-4.49.18-PM-160x124.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/Screen-Shot-2023-01-14-at-4.49.18-PM.png 1240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An evacuation shelter is located at the Chabolla Center, 600 Chabolla Avenue, Galt, CA 95632. Call 211 for additional information. Report flooded roads by calling 311.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of 3 p.m. Saturday, \u003ca href=\"https://www.pgecurrents.com/articles/3635-county-outage-information-update-1-10-8-00-pm\">PG&E had 5,258 customers without power\u003c/a> in the nine Bay Area counties, with another 5,326 customers without power in Santa Cruz County. For more information, see PG&E’s \u003ca href=\"https://pgealerts.alerts.pge.com/outagecenter/\">power outage map\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Updated, 3:30 p.m. Saturday:\u003c/strong> The National Weather Service issued a flood watch and wind advisory for the Bay Area that runs from 3 a.m. Saturday through 9 a.m. Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Locations prone to tidal flooding in coastal areas will likely see coastal flooding caused by a combination of high tidal cycles, onshore winds, heavy runoff and continued rainfall, the weather service said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More evacuation orders were issued in Santa Cruz County today, for the \u003ca href=\"https://www.co.santa-cruz.ca.us/Portals/0/County/CAO/press%20releases/2023/PR%201.14.23%20South%20County%20evac.pdf\">low-lying areas of Corralitos or Salsipuedes Creeks (PDF)\u003c/a>, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=514415440877803&set=pcb.514415770877770\">Rio Del Mar Esplanade\u003c/a>, and the low-lying residences along \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=514376710881676&set=pcb.514378467548167\">Soquel Wharf Road, Soquel Village and 3060 Porter Street\u003c/a>. County officials also said evacuations were underway in \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/sccounty/status/1614366980852842496\">Holohan/East Lake/College, PAJ-E015, E024, E026, E027, E028\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Lorenzo River rose rapidly today, \u003ca href=\"https://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=mtr&gage=btec1&refresh=true\">reaching major flooding stage by midday before dropping back to moderate flooding stage\u003c/a> by 3 p.m. Emergency evacuations were underway in Felton Grove in Santa Cruz County as water levels rise, county officials said Saturday morning. Shelter sites at Cabrillo College and the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds remain open, county officials said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Great visit from our federal, state and local officials to survey storm damage throughout Santa Cruz County. Thank you \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RepJimmyPanetta?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepJimmyPanetta\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SenJohnLaird?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SenJohnLaird\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/AsmDawnAddis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AsmDawnAddis\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/AsmGailPellerin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AsmGailPellerin\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Bruce_McPherson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Bruce_McPherson\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/zachfriend55?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@zachfriend55\u003c/a> as well as \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/CAStateParksSC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CAStateParksSC\u003c/a> for hosting this stop at SeacliffSB. \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/ISPLMEtrA8\">pic.twitter.com/ISPLMEtrA8\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Santa Cruz County (@sccounty) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/sccounty/status/1614102709027901440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 14, 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Monterey County, evacuation orders have been issued for low-lying areas of Carmel River, the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office said Saturday in an alert sent out at 1 p.m. The order includes the Carmel River north of Klondike Canyon Road/Carmel Valley Road and south of Rancho San Carlos Road. The order upgraded evacuation warnings to evacuation orders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Evacuation warnings for areas near Las Lomas were also effective immediately until further notice due to the storm, county officials said just after noon Saturday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>U.S. Highway 1 is closed in Point Reyes between Mesa and Cypress roads, Marin County officials said Saturday morning. PG&E is responding due to power lines that went down, officials said on social media. The closure is expected to last for most of the day. About 851 PG&E customers are affected by the outage, according to officials, who added that residents and the traveling public should avoid the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JUST IN\u003cbr>Have you heard about the atmospheric rivers hitting CA but aren't sure what they are? Learn all about atmospheric rivers & how \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/NOAA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NOAA\u003c/a> researches them in this new web article that explores the causes & impacts of these intense weather events: \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/Et7NFlvgvz\">https://t.co/Et7NFlvgvz\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/CP1jImsRkJ\">pic.twitter.com/CP1jImsRkJ\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— NOAA Research (@NOAAResearch) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/NOAAResearch/status/1613584352432263169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 12, 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Updated, 2 p.m. Saturday:\u003c/strong> Storm-battered California got more wind, rain and snow today, raising flooding concerns, causing power outages and making travel dangerous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bands of rain with gusty winds started in the north and spread south, with more storms expected to follow into early next week, the National Weather Service said, adding “lighter rainfall could continue Sunday with another ramp-up late Sunday into early Monday ahead of a second system.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 68,000 utility customers were without electricity by late morning, according to \u003ca href=\"https://poweroutage.us/\">poweroutage.us\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flood warnings were issued for the region north of San Francisco Bay, including Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino and Marin counties.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story will no longer be updated. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Update, 6:15 p.m. Wednesday:\u003c/strong> The body of a 43-year-old Ukiah woman was \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/sonoma.sheriff/posts/pfbid0EUopLZweo6aLz38eLT2PHomYTgq7NnUUfyTRp9WwGHKJ5rjtCLbcHXpwnYuwxynKl\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">recovered from a submerged vehicle in Forestville today\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, according to the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dispatch reported receiving a 911 call from a driver that her car was stuck in floodwaters in the 6000 block of Trenton-Healdsburg Road, Forestville. The caller reported there was water in the car before the line was disconnected. Dispatch immediately tried to call back several times with no response.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deputies from the Sheriff’s Office, fire personnel from Sonoma County Fire District and the California Highway Patrol\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> arrived Tuesday but couldn’t locate the vehicle, calling off the search at sunset when it became too dangerous to continue. The search resumed Wednesday when they found the vehicle submerged in 8\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">–\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10 feet of flood water approximately 100 yards off the road.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The woman was identified as Daphne Fontino by the Sonoma County Coroner’s Office, according to a \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/sonoma.sheriff/posts/pfbid0EUopLZweo6aLz38eLT2PHomYTgq7NnUUfyTRp9WwGHKJ5rjtCLbcHXpwnYuwxynKl\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">news release\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office. This brings the \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-01-10/tracking-the-deaths-from-californias-winter-storms\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">total number of confirmed deaths\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as a result of storm events since Dec. 30 to 19, \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Los Angeles Times\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is reporting.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This morning we found a in a submerged car in the 6000 block of Trenton-Healdsburg Road, Forestville, with one occupant who had died. The occupant is Daphne Fontino, 43, Ukiah. Our deepest condolences to her family and friends. Details on our Facebook page. \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/BO7qmJdvnG\">pic.twitter.com/BO7qmJdvnG\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Sonoma Sheriff (@sonomasheriff) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/sonomasheriff/status/1613241647357390848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Hollister last night, a swift water rescue team made up of personnel from the Oakland Fire Department and members of seven other local agencies \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/news/2023/swift-water-rescue-team-saves-two-adults-from-submerged-vehicle-in-hollister-ca-on-tuesday\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rescued two men after their truck was overwhelmed\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by fast-moving floodwaters in the vicinity of \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">595 Hospital Road, according to the City of Oakland.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The vehicle became stuck and was subsequently submerged in high water as the two passengers found themselves trapped on top of the vehicle. The rescue team used multiple ladders and other technical rescue tools to reach them and help them to safety. The men declined medical treatment but did not appear to be suffering from any injuries.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“The technical skill and communication involved in the rescue was phenomenal, and I hope this incident is a reminder for everyone about the dangers of attempting to drive through powerful and unpredictable storm water,” said Oakland Fire Chief Reginald Freeman. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, Pacific Gas and Electric said power outages continued to affect more than 15,956 customers in the Bay Area as of 4 p.m. Wednesday, 13,059 of whom are in the South Bay, with \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1,304 PG&E customers without power in the North Bay, 1,457 on the Peninsula, 131 in the East Bay, and five without power in San Francisco.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Update, 4:45 p.m. Wednesday: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The PBF refinery in Martinez has released more than 11 million gallons of refinery-processed wastewater and storm water into the Carquinez Strait during the successive storms that have slammed the region over the last two weeks, according to the latest estimates from Bay Area water regulators.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That’s close to double the estimate from last Friday — the same day local residents complained of an odor coming from the facility, which has had a number of significant spills in recent years.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eileen White, executive officer of the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board, said the discharge volume is now up to 11.2 million gallons for the Martinez refinery, but emphasized that “everything is still estimated.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">White also confirmed that Chevron’s Richmond refinery is releasing wastewater into the bay as well, but it’s still unclear how much.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“It sounds like it’s ongoing, so we won’t have a spill volume until later,” she said. “Everyone’s still in the response mode, with three more atmospheric rivers forecasted for the next week.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The spills are among \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a number of local instances\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in which the recent torrential rains have overwhelmed infrastructure like storm drains, sewer lines and treatment plants, forcing significant amounts of wastewater into local waterways.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Update, 1:40 p.m. Wednesday: \u003c/b>Another day, another storm. Wednesday delivered more heavy rain to much of the Bay Area, a day after the region was hit with an extremely rare cocktail of hail, thunder and lightning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yesterday’s storm system, part of the recent unrelenting series of atmospheric river events blasting California, has now moved well inland and is currently bringing mountain snows across the Intermountain West and into much of the central Rockies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But now, \u003ca href=\"https://origin.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/hpcdiscussions.php?disc=pmdspd\">“an enormous cyclone rotating well off the West Coast” is responsible for this latest round\u003c/a> of heavy precipitation and gusty winds in Northern California, according to the National Weather Service. The North Bay is forecast to get the worst of today’s storm, with the potential for 2–3 inches of rain through the day, along with up to another 2 inches on Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 2–3 inches of rain are expected to fall in the East Bay Wednesday, along with 1–2 inches in Santa Cruz County and up to 1.5 inches in the South Bay, in San Francisco and down the Peninsula.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aside from the North Bay, Thursday should bring a brief respite (relatively speaking) to the rest of the Bay Area, with just 0.1–0.5 inches expected, before \u003ci>another\u003c/i> storm front moves through the region Friday through Sunday. That storm is expected to drop 1–2 inches in San Francisco and on the Peninsula, 1.5–3 inches in Santa Cruz County, and 1–2 inches in the South Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, in the North Bay, up to 4 inches are expected over the weekend, spurring new concerns of the Russian River flooding. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association/NWS California Nevada River Forecast Center had \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnrfc.noaa.gov/graphicalRVF.php?id=GUEC1\">predicted the Russian River would experience a double-crested flood\u003c/a>, but that prediction has been revised and the Russian River \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnrfc.noaa.gov/graphicalRVF.php?id=GUEC1\">is not expected to reach flood levels\u003c/a> again in the coming days. As of Wednesday, the Sonoma Sheriff’s Office lifted the evacuation warning for all residents living near the Russian River floodway and its tributaries just south of Healdsburg to Jenner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.scoe.org/cs/blank/print/htdocs/storm-update.html\">Full school closures in four school districts of Sonoma County\u003c/a> remain in place Wednesday “due to storm related impacts,” according to the Sonoma County Office of Education. The affected school districts are Fort Ross Elementary, Horicon, Kashia and Montgomery Elementary, with no virtual or in-person classes. The school districts have been closed since last week, with Horicon since Jan. 4 and the others since Jan. 5. The announcement included the caveat that officials at school districts make decisions independent of the county office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/GOESEast?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GOESEast\u003c/a> monitors the U.S. today, a storm system associated with recent atmospheric river activity has moved well inland, bringing rain and mountain snow across the Intermountain West and into much of the central Rockies. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Latest: \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/wJGBXDcNu2\">https://t.co/wJGBXDcNu2\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/BBXfXHUw66\">pic.twitter.com/BBXfXHUw66\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— NOAA Satellites (@NOAASatellites) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/NOAASatellites/status/1613238902093156353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 5:30 p.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> A rare display of hail, thunder and lightning hit parts of the Bay Area on Tuesday, the latest wrinkle in a series of dramatic winter storms that have slammed the region with heavy rain and high winds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pea-sized hail fell in numerous cities in the area, including in Berkeley, but no damage was reported as a result.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/KathyLee510/status/1612861403068772353?s=20&t=-p1ji8JblKAJGa8jz3ClGg\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A flood watch was in effect for much of the Bay Area through Tuesday afternoon as swollen rivers, creeks and streams threatened to overflow their banks, according to the National Weather Service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several areas of Monterey and Santa Cruz counties remained under evacuation orders or warnings as of Tuesday afternoon. Monterey County residents are encouraged to check whether they are in an area under evacuation order by \u003ca href=\"https://bit.ly/3Za0Xc0\">typing in their address here\u003c/a>. Santa Cruz County residents can do the same \u003ca href=\"https://aware.zonehaven.com/search\">via the Zonehaven platform\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, communities along the Russian River breathed a collective sigh of relief when evacuation warnings were lifted late Tuesday morning after officials determined that the river had crested at 31.7 feet earlier in the morning, just shy of the 32-foot flood stage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 4 p.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday afternoon surveyed flood-damaged small businesses in Capitola Village, a community near Santa Cruz that has been particularly hard-hit by relentless storm surges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re soaked. This place is soaked,” he said, warning that additional storms in the coming days, even if less severe, will pack a mighty punch. “And now just more modest precipitation could have equal or greater impact in terms of the conditions on the ground.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom said an emergency declaration by President Biden now includes 31 California counties and means that “direct assistance will be forthcoming when conditions are right and we’ve assessed the damage.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not walking away,” he said, pledging to help small businesses recover. “Obviously, they’re going to have to assess their own insurance liabilities and it all will be determinative in terms of where we land. But we’ll do our best.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/rachaelmyrow/status/1612943504619237376\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom said he wanted to be careful to not “overpromise” and leave people “wanting and angry.” But, he added, “obviously the state, its intention, as is the federal government, is to help in the short run and the long run to be there for these businesses.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 2:45 p.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>BART is reporting major delays at the Richmond station in the Berryessa, Richmond and Millbrae directions. There is a major power outage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 2:30 p.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>As thunderstorms rolled across the Bay Area, lightning struck some of San Francisco’s landmarks, including Sutro Tower and the Transamerica Pyramid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/hairessy/status/1612914815848308737?s=20&t=jJZMneLyAGl-C_PIeNG-Tg\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/BettyKPIX/status/1612943337493004288\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 2:15 p.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>Around 40 people in some 29 RVs sought refuge at the Forestville Youth Park in Sonoma County’s Forestville, after being forced to evacuate nearby RV parks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Darby, a Maribel resident who declined to give his last name, has been stationed at the park since Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He, along with around 28 other RVs, totaling some 40 people, moved their RVs to the park after flooding at the Mirabel RV Park and Guerneville’s River Bend RV Park sent people searching for higher ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been actually pretty crazy,” Darby said. “We’re not home. We don’t have electricity. We don’t have sewer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although evacuation orders lifted Tuesday, a power outage at the Mirabel RV Park means residents aren’t expected to return until Friday, said Tim Miller, executive director at West County Community Services, which has been helping provide some prepared meals, portable toilets and handwashing stations for the storm refugees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11937695\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/69499143389__D36A8A0C-D653-4D4C-9860-56B164042D27-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11937695 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/69499143389__D36A8A0C-D653-4D4C-9860-56B164042D27-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A line of RVs and cars along a rainy road, apparently during a sunny break in the storm, under tall, leafless trees and alongside a green athletic field.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/69499143389__D36A8A0C-D653-4D4C-9860-56B164042D27-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/69499143389__D36A8A0C-D653-4D4C-9860-56B164042D27-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/69499143389__D36A8A0C-D653-4D4C-9860-56B164042D27-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/69499143389__D36A8A0C-D653-4D4C-9860-56B164042D27-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/69499143389__D36A8A0C-D653-4D4C-9860-56B164042D27-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/69499143389__D36A8A0C-D653-4D4C-9860-56B164042D27-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/69499143389__D36A8A0C-D653-4D4C-9860-56B164042D27-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">About 29 RVs sought refuge at the Forestville Youth Park in Forestville after storms pummeled the Bay Area and prompted evacuation orders for two nearby RV parks along the Russian River, Monday, Jan. 9, 2023. \u003ccite>(Danielle Venton/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday, Miller said county workers also emptied refuse tanks for the RV dwellers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Which is terrific,” he said, “because people have been here for a while.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 20 years of working for the Red Cross and West County Community Services, Miller said he’s seen more intense flooding at the Russian River, but nothing quite so long-lasting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s just gone on for a really long time,” he said. “People living in RVs are pretty self-sufficient, but it’s expensive to live away from home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without access to plumbing or power, the bills for potable water and food that can be eaten without refrigeration add up, Miller said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For people who are low-income, whether you’re homeless or in an RV, when you lose power or are displaced, the cost of living goes up,” he said. “And, that’s really taxing emotionally and financially.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12:15 p.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> The National Weather Service is reporting that \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/NWSSacramento/status/1612872985437962240/photo/1\">thunderstorms will be possible Tuesday across Northern California\u003c/a>. And, a flash flood warning was issued for parts of San Francisco, Daly City and South San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most likely time frame for the thunderstorms was estimated to be from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. Potential impacts could include lightning, small hail, heavy rain, strong wing gusts and possible funnel clouds or even brief tornados.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12:10 p.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration posted a time-lapse video to Twitter Tuesday showing the massive atmospheric river that’s been battering the West Coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The time-lapse spans from Jan. 6 through Jan. 10.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/NOAASatellites/status/1612883133652926465\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12 p.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office lifted an evacuation warning late Tuesday morning that had been in place since Jan. 4 for the Russian River.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The order affected thousands of people in low-lying areas between Healdsburg and Jenner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Early Tuesday morning, around 3 a.m., the river crested fractions of an inch below flood stage and is now expected go down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some roads are still closed, however, owing to flooded creeks and downed trees. The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors is planning to adopt an emergency declaration today, opening up a pathway for state and federal aid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11937692\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/9087DD7B-BAED-4FD6-86F7-DAB5EA222B31.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11937692\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/9087DD7B-BAED-4FD6-86F7-DAB5EA222B31-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"rain pours off an overpass on a stormy gray day in San Francisco\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/9087DD7B-BAED-4FD6-86F7-DAB5EA222B31-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/9087DD7B-BAED-4FD6-86F7-DAB5EA222B31-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/9087DD7B-BAED-4FD6-86F7-DAB5EA222B31-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/9087DD7B-BAED-4FD6-86F7-DAB5EA222B31-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/9087DD7B-BAED-4FD6-86F7-DAB5EA222B31.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rain pours off of the Central Freeway overpass near Folsom and 13th Streets in San Francisco on Jan. 10, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11:45 a.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> The \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/weather/article/California-storm-rain-update-17706756.php\">San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/a> reported Tuesday that millions of gallons of stormwater mixed with raw sewage has made its way into creeks, the San Francisco Bay, and city streets as recent rains overwhelm sewers and treatment plants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eileen White, executive officer of the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board told the Chronicle there were 90 reports of unauthorized wastewater or raw sewage discharges around the Bay Area between Dec. 30 and Jan. 3, totaling 14 million gallons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another 8 million gallons of unauthorized discharges were reported during the storm on Jan. 4 and Jan. 5.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv id=\"paywall\" class=\"content-wrapper\">\n\u003cp>“Don’t jump in puddles,” White told the Chronicle. “Especially in San Francisco — you want to be careful that there [could be] sewage in that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11:35 a.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>As of 11 a.m., at least 75,808 Pacific Gas and Electric households in the Bay Area were without power — down from the more than 93,700 customers without power earlier in the morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents in the South Bay were bearing the brunt of the outages, with 46,636 customers without power, followed by the Peninsula with 15,520 homes in the dark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the North Bay, 6,198 homes were without power; in San Francisco, the number was 3,909; and in the East Bay, 3,545 households were experiencing outages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11:30 a.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>Officials in Santa Clara County say the recent storms have significantly affected county-maintained roads, causing closures due to mudslides, flooding and downed trees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crews are working to reopen the roads, including:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>New Avenue from Leavesley to Buenavista due to wires on road\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Mt. Charlie due to tree down with power lines\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Idylwild due to tree down with power lines\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Gist Road due to tree down with power lines\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Bear Creek Road due to two slip outs\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Castro Valley Road from Santa Teresa to Highway 101 due to flooding\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Frazer Lake at Highway 152 to the San Benito County line due to flooding\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Uvas Road from Watsonville Road to the Uvas Reservoir boat ramp\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Bolsa Road from Highway 25 to Bloomfield due to flooding\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Bloomfield Road from 152 to Frazer Lake due to flooding\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Black Road from Thompson to Skyline due to mudslide\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Santa Teresa Blvd. from Highland to California due to flooding\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Calaveras Road from Felter Road to Alameda County line\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Mines Road from Del Puerto Road to Alameda County line due to two washouts\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sierra Road from Skyview Drive to Felter Road due to slide/storm debris\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Mesa Road from Santa Teresa to Highway101 due to flooding\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Mt. Madonna Road (dirt section) from 1.75 miles east of Redwood Retreat Road to Summit Road in Gilroy\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/PecpCZ6W5NuoDJXJtzk8_B?domain=sccgov.us5.list-manage.com\">More emergency road closure information is available at www.sccgov.org/roadclosures.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11:15 a.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>The death tally from the recent storms has now risen to 15 as of 8 a.m., said Brian Ferguson, spokesperson for the California Office of Emergency Services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state began tracking weather-related deaths since the Dec. 30 storm, with one additional death reported overnight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is no estimate yet for the total cost of storm-related damage, he said, but “because of the scope of the damage, we do estimate that it will be substantial.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11937648\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455546837-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11937648\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455546837-800x536.jpg\" alt=\"firefighters work to remove a tree from the road after a storm\" width=\"800\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455546837-800x536.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455546837-1020x683.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455546837-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455546837-1536x1028.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455546837-2048x1371.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455546837-1920x1286.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco firefighters remove a large tree branch that fell onto a parked car due to high winds from the early Tuesday morning storm, Jan. 10, 2022. The San Francisco Bay Area and much of California continues to get drenched by powerful atmospheric river events that have brought high winds and flooding rains, toppling trees, flooding roads and cutting power to tens of thousands. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11 a.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> Mary Ellen Carroll, executive director of San Francisco’s Department of Emergency Management said in a tweet Tuesday that \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SFDEM_MEC/status/1612864285629382656\">overnight wind and rain in the city caused 40 trees to fall or have damage\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“More rain, wind, high surf and possibly thunder and lighting on deck for today,” she said. “Be careful out there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crews were out Tuesday clearing the debris. Residents can text their ZIP code to AlertSF at 888-777 for road closures and areas to avoid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/SFFDPIO/status/1612881982865956866\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10:45 a.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>The San Francisco Department of Parks and Recreation reported Tuesday that several parks were closed due to the storms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The TPC Harding, Fleming, Golden Gate Park, Lincoln Park and Sharp Park golf courses were closed, along with the Japanese Tea Garden, the San Francisco Botanical Garden, SOMA West Skate Park, Grattan Playground, Peixotto Playground, Stern Grove, Pine Lake, the Great Highway and all grass fields.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10:30 a.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>The CHP is reporting a number of road closures as a result of the wet weather battering the Bay Area Tuesday. Public transit also is affected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Alameda County, State Route 84 between Niles Canyon and Pleasanton Sunol roads in Fremont is blocked due to flooding and a landslide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, the Great Highway south of Sloat Boulevard is closed due to storm-related erosion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Further south, in San Mateo County, State Route 35 north of La Honda Road is blocked in both directions, due to downed wires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in Santa Clara County, the connector ramp to southbound State Route 87 on southbound Interstate 280 in San José is closed, as is the right lane in the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Santa Cruz County, State Route 9 east of Graham Hill Road is blocked in both directions due to downed wires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/Caltrain/status/1612864447483367424\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, BART is running trains at slower speeds due to the wet weather. The agency is asking passengers to add 20 minutes to their planned travel times to factor in the delays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amtrak’s Capitol Corridors trains are also delayed, and as of 9:30 a.m., the Valley Transportation Authority reported the Green Line light rail continues to be replaced by buses between Diridon and Fruitdale stations, due to a power outage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For more information on road closures and transit delays, visit \u003ca href=\"http://511.org/alerts/critical\">511.org/alerts/critical\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 9 a.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>At least 93,742 Bay Area households were without power Tuesday morning, according to PG&E.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents in the South Bay were bearing the brunt of the outages, with 52,911 homes without power, followed by the Peninsula, with 19,053.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were 8,221 people without power in the East Bay; 7,414 in the dark in the North Bay; and 6,143 households without power in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 8:30 a.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>A flood warning for the Russian River near Guerneville has been downgraded to an advisory, according to the National Weather Service’s Brooke Bingaman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s still in ‘monitor’ stage,” Bingaman said. “That’s near flood stage, but not quite. So, folks near Guerneville and along the Russian River should still be vigilant.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With another bout of rain expected Wednesday, Bingaman said the forecast could change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11937592\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455327013-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11937592\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455327013-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"a person is seen from the back looking at a tree floating down a river in a storm\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455327013-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455327013-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455327013-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455327013-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455327013-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455327013-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A resident looks at a boat that is caught in a tree in the Russian River on Jan. 9, 2023 in Rio Nido, California. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 7:30 a.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> A series of punishing storms continued to dump rain Tuesday across the Bay Area, with winds of up to 70 mph and a flood watch in effect until the afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 189,000 PG&E customers are without power this morning, as the storm brought \u003ca href=\"https://www.pgecurrents.com/articles/3629-pg-e-crews-full-force-restoring-power-amid-historic-storm-conditions-northern-central-california\">more than 100 cloud-to-ground lightning strikes as of 5:30 a.m.\u003c/a>, company officials said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The thunderstorm began offshore around the southern portion of Marin County through the Big Sur coastline, said Brooke Bingaman, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the storm moved inland, San Francisco and Santa Cruz bore the brunt of it, she said, with the thunder rousing many from their sleep. But, it’s not the last of the storms for this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area can expect intermittent showers later today, along with the chance of thunderstorms later in the morning and into the afternoon. More rain is expected Wednesday morning and in the early afternoon, followed by another storm over the weekend, Bingaman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the ground already saturated and more rain flowing into rivers and creeks, she said the effects of the storm will continue to be felt for days or even weeks after the rain stops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The weather has definitely been unrelenting recently, and I know that it feels like we’re in a boxing ring and it’s just round after round,” Bingaman said. “We appreciate the fact that people are still paying attention to the advice [the National Weather Service is] giving and they’re listening to local officials, and we just ask that people continue doing that until we definitely get back into a dry spell.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least 14 people have died as a result of the storm — more than the past two years of wildfires combined — officials from the governor’s office said Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our message to Californians is simple: be hyper-vigilant,” Governor Gavin Newsom said in a statement. “There are still several days of severe winter weather ahead, and we need all Californians to be alert and heed the advice of emergency officials.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday, Newsom planned to unveil his budget for the upcoming fiscal year, which begins in July. The proposal includes\u003ca href=\"https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/4cKACOYZQzi208O8Hk0qMM?domain=mclist.us7.list-manage.com\"> $202 million\u003c/a> in new investments for long-term flood prevention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 7 a.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office issued an immediate evacuation order for residents in the low-lying areas of the Salinas River early Tuesday morning, after flooding south of San Lucas in the county’s southeastern corner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents are being told to evacuate the following areas located south of San Lucas on the east side of U.S. Highway 101: Zone G-028A, south of Lockwood San Lucas Road, and north and west of Cattleman Road.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 9 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> Lynda Hopkins described the past week as a marathon marked with an occasional sprint.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sonoma County supervisor, whose district encompasses the coast and the Russian River towns of Guerneville and Forestville, said she’s been busy keeping up with water levels that sometimes rise fast and recede just as quickly in between rounds of storm.[aside postID=news_11937103 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS61892_008_KQED_WoodStreetFlooding_01052023-qut-1020x680.jpg']“This has been a grind: a series of atmospheric rivers really devastating the electrical grid as well as our roads and infrastructure in western Sonoma County,” Hopkins told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents have been closely watching the river as it comes close to flood level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hopkins said county authorities prioritized evacuating residents who live in trailers and low-lying areas. The trailer parks provide affordable housing for people who make up the area’s workforce, but some of those residents don’t have trucks to move their trailers to higher ground, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county also opened community support centers to help residents who lost power recharge their electronic devices and to give out care packages that include a battery pack. She also heard from many small-business owners who were hampered by power outages and workers who had to evacuate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m expecting the economic ramifications of the flood to be substantial,” she said. “Even if the river doesn’t rise as high as we originally feared it would, we are looking at many millions, possibly tens of millions of dollars of infrastructure damage from this storm series, and we have had major catastrophic road failures.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1/9/23 9:52AM: Moscow Rd near Monte Rio \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/2yPYwse9Bo\">pic.twitter.com/2yPYwse9Bo\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Sonoma Sheriff (@sonomasheriff) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/sonomasheriff/status/1612523317168336898?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 7:30 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> Evacuation orders have been lifted in many parts of Santa Cruz County as water levels near rivers and creeks begin to recede.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Authorities on Monday morning ordered residents who live near the rain-swollen San Lorenzo River and four other creeks to leave. Major flooding in the mountain community of Felton led firefighters to go by jetski and inflatable rescue boat to reach stranded residents. In one street intersection, the water reached as high as the bottom of a stop sign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FELTON GROVE FLOODING | Water rescue checking on Felton Grove residents (Credit: Rachel Oliveira)\u003cbr>The latest: \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/z8iHvTVtFN\">https://t.co/z8iHvTVtFN\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/H38wYnHIvx\">pic.twitter.com/H38wYnHIvx\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— KSBW Action News 8 (@ksbw) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ksbw/status/1612507596069511168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Watsonville, residents in areas at risk of flooding were evacuated Monday morning as water seeped into homes. Orders remained in place for areas near the Pajaro River as authorities continued to monitor the levees that\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>hold the water back. A breach in the levees in 1995 caused widespread damage to homes and farms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There was a knock at the door and as we’re leaving … the water was already underneath [the] car so we have to make it out fast,” Dan Morales, 74, told KQED at an evacuation center set up at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds in Watsonville.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s the only reason we’re here because [were it not] for the sheriff, we would have still been at home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC Santa Cruz announced classes will be held online on Tuesday because of rapidly changing impacts of the storm. \u003ca href=\"https://news.ucsc.edu/2023/01/storm-impacts.html\">Student dorms were without power for most of Monday and power lines were in the roadway in parts of the campus\u003c/a>, according to the university’s website.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Evacuation orders have been lifted in many parts of the County. Some zones remain in an evacuation warning. Check your zone at \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/s5GvnC3vMN\">https://t.co/s5GvnC3vMN\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/6DhEL1vIYc\">pic.twitter.com/6DhEL1vIYc\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Santa Cruz County (@sccounty) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/sccounty/status/1612637845017223170?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 10, 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 6 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> The latest atmospheric river is causing flooding and widespread evacuations in many parts of California, and a second wave tonight is expected to bring isolated but intense thunderstorms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The unstable atmosphere could pack in strong winds, hail and a small chance of tornadoes, said Sean Miller, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Bay Area office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Not everybody is going to see it, but … for the folks that do see it, these thunderstorms can produce heavier rain rates,” Miller said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And with the region already soaked from a series of atmospheric rivers that began on New Year’s Eve, Miller said, these thunderstorms could cause more flooding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11937527\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11937527 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246117469-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A mangled, twisted asphalt mountain road with yellow tape strung across it.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246117469-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246117469-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246117469-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246117469.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of road damage after storms and heavy rain in the Santa Cruz Mountains above Silicon Valley in Scotts Valley, on Jan. 9, 2023. \u003ccite>(Neal Waters/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The weather service issued a flood watch for a large portion of Northern and Central California, with 6 to 12 inches of rain expected through Wednesday in the already saturated Sacramento-area foothills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Miller said the storms are anticipated to hit the Bay Area from 1 a.m. to 3 a.m., 5 a.m. to 7 a.m. and later Tuesday morning. He urged morning commuters to drive with caution or avoid getting in their cars if they can.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We could have more issues with localized flooding in places that didn’t already receive it,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Gilroy, traffic on both sides of U.S. 101 came to a standstill Monday afternoon when flooding overtook the roadway and there was no way for vehicles to turn around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Highway 101 has turned into a moving river this afternoon. Do not drive into these flood waters, putting yourself and everyone around you at risk. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/TurnAroundDontDrown?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TurnAroundDontDrown\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/CAwx?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CAwx\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/CAflood?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CAflood\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/Vtn5EkcskG\">pic.twitter.com/Vtn5EkcskG\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— NWS Bay Area (@NWSBayArea) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/NWSBayArea/status/1612579355322101761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In this scenario, California Highway Patrol Officer Custodio Lopez advised motorists to pull over if it’s safe to do so and call 911 to report the flood. Make sure your now-stationary car is visible to others so you don’t get hit, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 5-year-old boy was swept away Monday morning after the truck he was riding in became stranded in floodwaters near Paso Robles in Central California. Bystanders were able to pull the boy’s mother out of the truck, but he was carried out of the vehicle and swept downstream, officials with the Cal Fire/San Luis Obispo County Fire Department said. There was no evacuation order in the area at the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Firefighters searched for the boy for more than five hours, but called off the search Monday afternoon because the current and rising water levels of the Salinas River were too dangerous for divers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the Central Coast, continuous rain, overflowing creeks and flooded roadways led the Santa Barbara County sheriff to evacuate nearly 10,000 people. The coastal community of Montecito was evacuated on the fifth anniversary of a mudslide that killed 23 people and destroyed more than 100 homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>President Joe Biden issued an emergency declaration Monday to support storm response and relief efforts in more than a dozen counties, including Sacramento, Los Angeles and Santa Cruz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Head on a swivel! Damaged infrastructure, flooded roads, downed trees and power lines, and more! There are many hazards right now, with more wind on the way tonight. Please stay home and stay safe! \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/CaWx?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CaWx\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/California?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#California\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/d0Z6JCTobn\">pic.twitter.com/d0Z6JCTobn\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— CAL FIRE CZU (@CALFIRECZU) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/CALFIRECZU/status/1612591005815177216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services reported Monday that at least 14 people have died as a result of violent weather during the past 11 days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 91,000 homes and businesses were without power as of 5 p.m. Monday, \u003ca href=\"https://poweroutage.us/area/state/california\">according to PowerOutage.us\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PG&E said it brought in crews from out of state and Canada to cope with widespread damage to its power grid. The company is also providing power via portable electric generators to roughly 6,000 customers in Humboldt and Mendocino counties and bracing for the next round of storms, which could result in more outages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These storms have caused widespread power outages. Trees weakened by the drought in saturated soil have come down. Flooding and mudslides have affected many areas,” Pacific Gas and Electric COO Adam Wright said during a media briefing Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This has created a double whammy, if you will: a loss of power from downed wires and poles, and restricted access to make assessments and repairs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles, expects a break in the rain after Jan. 18.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That is my best guess right now, which is good because it will give the rivers in Northern California, and now in Central California, a chance to come down,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 3:45 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> The Bay Area is experiencing a brief respite in stormy conditions late Monday, after 8 inches of rain fell over 12 hours. But the pause will be brief with more heavy rain and winds expected to bring several more inches early Tuesday “\u003ca href=\"https://origin.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/hpcdiscussions.php?disc=pmdspd\">as a parade of strong wet Pacific systems pushes more heavy precipitation across California\u003c/a>,” according to the National Weather Service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some northbound lanes of U.S. 101, a key coastal route, were closed, along with several other highways and local roads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Santa Cruz County, evacuation orders for up to 32,000 residents remained in place near rain-swollen rivers and creeks, said Melodye Serino, deputy county administrative officer. The San Lorenzo River was declared at flood stage, and drone footage showed numerous homes sitting in muddy brown water, the top halves of autos peeking out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11937497\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11937497\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115084-800x483.jpg\" alt=\"Flooded houses with people walking through it.\" width=\"800\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115084-800x483.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115084-1020x616.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115084-160x97.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115084.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People walk along a flooded road near the San Lorenzo River in Felton, on Jan. 9, 2023. \u003ccite>(Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A large, muddy slide blocked both lanes of southbound Highway 17, a key but windy route into Santa Cruz from the San Francisco Bay Area. Vehicles were turned back at the summit as crews arrived to clean up. In Northern California, California Highway Patrol shared video of large boulders skidding down hillsides to block state roads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 35,000 customers remained without power in Sacramento, down from more than 350,000 a day earlier after gusts of 60 mph knocked majestic trees into power lines, according to the Sacramento Municipal Utility District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 1 p.m. Monday: \u003c/strong>Some Bay Area cities are opening or expanding shelters as storms create unsafe conditions for the unhoused community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Oakland, the nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://omnicommons.org/\">Omni Commons\u003c/a> has opened a 24-hour volunteer-run emergency shelter at 4799 Shattuck Ave. until noon Wednesday for people experiencing homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/TheWaterAway/status/1611776064824709122\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Omni Commons is currently prioritizing families, women and people who identify as LGBTQ+.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Volunteer Geraldo Amador says the space can accommodate 30 to 40 people on a first-come, first-served basis beginning at 8 a.m. every day. While intakes stop at 11 p.m., individuals can stay at the shelter overnight. Hot meals, sanitary products, COVID-19 tests, masks, bathrooms and beds with clean sheets are being provided.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of people we’ve talked to just need a place to not be in the rain,” said Amador. “They love that we were able to provide it to them free of charge and not have a lot of expectations in terms of if they can stay in the space for specific amounts of time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Contra Costa County, Contra Costa Health Services (CCH) and community organizations are \u003ca href=\"https://cchealth.org/press-releases/2023/0108-Contra-Costa-Agencies-Expanding-Capacity-at-Homeless-Shelters-This-Week-as-Another-Big-Storm-Approaches.php\">expanding capacity at shelters in the county\u003c/a> for unsheltered individuals and families, as well as increasing outreach to deliver supplies to those who remain outdoors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anyone needing assistance with shelter placement should contact the Contra Costa Crisis Center by calling 211.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CCH has also temporarily expanded hours and staffing for the CORE unhoused-outreach program to help facilitate shelter placements and deliver supplies such as tarps, blankets, sleeping bag, gloves and beanies to unsheltered people who remain outdoors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outreach teams are in need of — in order of importance — sleeping bags, gloves and beanies, tarps and blankets. Donations can be dropped off at 2400 Bisso Lane, Suite D in Concord.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11937103/warming-shelters-flood-bomb-cyclone-storm-bay-area\">For more on where to find shelter throughout the nine-county Bay Area, go to our resource page.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12 p.m. Monday: \u003c/strong>The entire Bay Area is under a flood watch due to a series of major storms, with areas of greatest concern along the coast and in the North Bay, according to the National Weather Service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At about 6:45 p.m. Saturday, the NWS issued a flood watch through Tuesday for the entire Bay Area and Central Coast, urging residents to prepare for widespread flooding, mudslides and the rapid rise of creeks and rivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sonoma County along the Russian River from Jenner to Guerneville, and parts of Monterey County along the Carmel River, were elevated to flood warnings — the highest flood alert in the Weather Service’s three-tiered system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of Santa Cruz County is under a flash flood warning until further notice. \u003ca href=\"https://aware.zonehaven.com/zones/US-CA-XCZ-CTL-E010?z=12.857381202840443&latlon=37.0075651410922%2C-121.940576729805\">An evacuation map for Santa Cruz County is here.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11937475\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11937475\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115453-800x455.jpg\" alt=\"A bird's eye view of houses with flood waters flowing between them.\" width=\"800\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115453-800x455.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115453-1020x580.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115453-160x91.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115453.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An aerial view of flooded homes in Felton, Santa Cruz County, on Jan. 9, 2023. \u003ccite>(Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A flood advisory was issued for most of the East Bay, South Bay, San Francisco and the Peninsula at about 10 a.m. Monday, and is expected to last until 4 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of our rivers and streams today are really at some of their limits,” said NWS meteorologist Brayden Murdock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The risk of flooding is likely to be highest tonight for the region’s most affected areas as heavy rains continue and runoff from higher elevations filter down to already swollen waterways and saturated soils, Murdock said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The current storm has already had a widespread impact across the Bay Area, with flooded roadways, downed trees and power lines creating hazardous driving conditions and leaving more than 14,000 PG&E customers without power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of 11:30 a.m., there were 7,823 without power in the North Bay, 3,763 on the Peninsula, 1,791 in the East Bay, 605 in the South Bay and 94 in San Francisco, according to Pacific Gas and Electric.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storm has led to dozens of school closures in Santa Cruz County, the North Bay and San Joaquin County. Evacuation warnings and orders have been issued for parts of Monterey, Santa Cruz and Sonoma counties, as well as parts of Vacaville in Solano County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The wet weather is expected to continue for at least the next week or so, with the largest amount of rainfall in the North Bay, Murdock said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The wet time is going to continue and our long-term outlook still shows wet conditions,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles, expects a break in the rain after Jan. 18.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That is my best guess right now, which is good because it will give the rivers in Northern California, and now in Central California, a chance to come down,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original story, 9 a.m. Monday: \u003c/strong>Californians grappled with flooding and mudslides Monday as the latest in a series of powerful storms walloped the state, shuttering schools, toppling trees and leaving tens of thousands without power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Evacuation orders were issued in Santa Cruz County for residents living near rapidly rising rivers and creeks. The San Lorenzo River was declared at flood stage, and video on social media showed the rushing river overflowing its banks, and inundating a nearby neighborhood with muddy water. Officials warned mudslides and flooding were blocking roads and urged residents to stay home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/abc7newsbayarea/status/1612502376753303552\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Monterey County, evacuation orders were issued for low-lying areas of the Carmel River.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/TessKenny12/status/1612512010696069121\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elsewhere in Northern California, several school districts were closed due to the storms, including many campuses in Sonoma County. \u003ca href=\"https://www.scoe.org/pub/htdocs/storm-update.html\">Click here for a full list of Sonoma County districts and schools closed as of 11 a.m. Monday.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area, Sunday night’s storm saw gusts of up to 70 mph and caused outages that left around 16,000 Bay Area residents without power, according to PG&E. In Sacramento, more than 36,000 customers remained without power Monday morning, down from more than 350,000 a day earlier after \u003ca href=\"https://www.smud.org/en/Customer-Support/Outage-Status\">gusts of 60 mph knocked trees into power lines\u003c/a>, according to the Sacramento Municipal Utility District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11937204,news_11937216,news_11936674\" label=\"Related Posts\"]The National Weather Service warned of a “relentless parade of atmospheric rivers” — storms that are long plumes of moisture stretching out into the Pacific and are capable of dropping staggering amounts of rain and snow. The rain and snow expected over the next couple of days come after California has already been walloped by storms that last week knocked out power to thousands, flooded streets and battered the coastline with high surf.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>President Joe Biden issued an emergency declaration Monday for California to support storm response and relief efforts in more than a dozen counties including Sacramento, Santa Cruz and Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom said 12 people died as a result of violent weather during the past 10 days, and he warned that this week’s storms could be even more dangerous. He urged people to stay home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first of the newest, heavier storms prompted the weather service to issue a flood watch for a large swath of Northern and Central California, with 6 to 12 inches of rain expected through Wednesday in the already saturated Sacramento-area foothills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Aptos, the coastal community in Santa Cruz County, crews put down sandbags ahead of high tide. The area flooded last week, leaving sand piles and debris in the streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11937478\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11937478\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115180-800x509.jpg\" alt=\"A flooded city neighborhood with a man riding by on a road bike.\" width=\"800\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115180-800x509.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115180-1020x648.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115180-160x102.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115180.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A man rides his bicycle on a flooded roadway in Aptos, Santa Cruz County, on Jan. 9, 2023. \u003ccite>(Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the Los Angeles area, stormy conditions were expected to return Monday, with the potential for up to 8 inches in foothill areas. High surf was expected through Tuesday, with large waves on west-facing beaches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since Dec. 26, San Francisco received more than 10 inches of rain, while Mammoth Mountain, a popular ski area in the Eastern Sierra, got nearly 10 feet of snow, the National Weather Service reported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storms won’t be enough to officially end California’s ongoing drought — but they have helped.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Climatologist Michael Anderson said at a news briefing late Saturday that officials were closely monitoring Monday’s incoming storm and another behind it and were keeping an eye on three other systems farther out in the Pacific.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles, said Californians can expect to see a break in the rain after Jan. 18.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That is my best guess right now, which is good because it will give the rivers in Northern California, and now in Central California, a chance to come down,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story includes reporting from The Associated Press, Bay City News and KQED’s Ted Goldberg, Danielle Venton, Emily Hung and Rachael Myrow.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>This story will no longer be updated. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Update, 6:15 p.m. Wednesday:\u003c/strong> The body of a 43-year-old Ukiah woman was \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/sonoma.sheriff/posts/pfbid0EUopLZweo6aLz38eLT2PHomYTgq7NnUUfyTRp9WwGHKJ5rjtCLbcHXpwnYuwxynKl\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">recovered from a submerged vehicle in Forestville today\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, according to the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dispatch reported receiving a 911 call from a driver that her car was stuck in floodwaters in the 6000 block of Trenton-Healdsburg Road, Forestville. The caller reported there was water in the car before the line was disconnected. Dispatch immediately tried to call back several times with no response.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deputies from the Sheriff’s Office, fire personnel from Sonoma County Fire District and the California Highway Patrol\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> arrived Tuesday but couldn’t locate the vehicle, calling off the search at sunset when it became too dangerous to continue. The search resumed Wednesday when they found the vehicle submerged in 8\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">–\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10 feet of flood water approximately 100 yards off the road.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The woman was identified as Daphne Fontino by the Sonoma County Coroner’s Office, according to a \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/sonoma.sheriff/posts/pfbid0EUopLZweo6aLz38eLT2PHomYTgq7NnUUfyTRp9WwGHKJ5rjtCLbcHXpwnYuwxynKl\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">news release\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office. This brings the \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-01-10/tracking-the-deaths-from-californias-winter-storms\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">total number of confirmed deaths\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as a result of storm events since Dec. 30 to 19, \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Los Angeles Times\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is reporting.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This morning we found a in a submerged car in the 6000 block of Trenton-Healdsburg Road, Forestville, with one occupant who had died. The occupant is Daphne Fontino, 43, Ukiah. Our deepest condolences to her family and friends. Details on our Facebook page. \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/BO7qmJdvnG\">pic.twitter.com/BO7qmJdvnG\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Sonoma Sheriff (@sonomasheriff) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/sonomasheriff/status/1613241647357390848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Hollister last night, a swift water rescue team made up of personnel from the Oakland Fire Department and members of seven other local agencies \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/news/2023/swift-water-rescue-team-saves-two-adults-from-submerged-vehicle-in-hollister-ca-on-tuesday\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rescued two men after their truck was overwhelmed\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by fast-moving floodwaters in the vicinity of \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">595 Hospital Road, according to the City of Oakland.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The vehicle became stuck and was subsequently submerged in high water as the two passengers found themselves trapped on top of the vehicle. The rescue team used multiple ladders and other technical rescue tools to reach them and help them to safety. The men declined medical treatment but did not appear to be suffering from any injuries.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“The technical skill and communication involved in the rescue was phenomenal, and I hope this incident is a reminder for everyone about the dangers of attempting to drive through powerful and unpredictable storm water,” said Oakland Fire Chief Reginald Freeman. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, Pacific Gas and Electric said power outages continued to affect more than 15,956 customers in the Bay Area as of 4 p.m. Wednesday, 13,059 of whom are in the South Bay, with \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1,304 PG&E customers without power in the North Bay, 1,457 on the Peninsula, 131 in the East Bay, and five without power in San Francisco.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Update, 4:45 p.m. Wednesday: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The PBF refinery in Martinez has released more than 11 million gallons of refinery-processed wastewater and storm water into the Carquinez Strait during the successive storms that have slammed the region over the last two weeks, according to the latest estimates from Bay Area water regulators.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That’s close to double the estimate from last Friday — the same day local residents complained of an odor coming from the facility, which has had a number of significant spills in recent years.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eileen White, executive officer of the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board, said the discharge volume is now up to 11.2 million gallons for the Martinez refinery, but emphasized that “everything is still estimated.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">White also confirmed that Chevron’s Richmond refinery is releasing wastewater into the bay as well, but it’s still unclear how much.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“It sounds like it’s ongoing, so we won’t have a spill volume until later,” she said. “Everyone’s still in the response mode, with three more atmospheric rivers forecasted for the next week.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The spills are among \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a number of local instances\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in which the recent torrential rains have overwhelmed infrastructure like storm drains, sewer lines and treatment plants, forcing significant amounts of wastewater into local waterways.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Update, 1:40 p.m. Wednesday: \u003c/b>Another day, another storm. Wednesday delivered more heavy rain to much of the Bay Area, a day after the region was hit with an extremely rare cocktail of hail, thunder and lightning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yesterday’s storm system, part of the recent unrelenting series of atmospheric river events blasting California, has now moved well inland and is currently bringing mountain snows across the Intermountain West and into much of the central Rockies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But now, \u003ca href=\"https://origin.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/hpcdiscussions.php?disc=pmdspd\">“an enormous cyclone rotating well off the West Coast” is responsible for this latest round\u003c/a> of heavy precipitation and gusty winds in Northern California, according to the National Weather Service. The North Bay is forecast to get the worst of today’s storm, with the potential for 2–3 inches of rain through the day, along with up to another 2 inches on Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 2–3 inches of rain are expected to fall in the East Bay Wednesday, along with 1–2 inches in Santa Cruz County and up to 1.5 inches in the South Bay, in San Francisco and down the Peninsula.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aside from the North Bay, Thursday should bring a brief respite (relatively speaking) to the rest of the Bay Area, with just 0.1–0.5 inches expected, before \u003ci>another\u003c/i> storm front moves through the region Friday through Sunday. That storm is expected to drop 1–2 inches in San Francisco and on the Peninsula, 1.5–3 inches in Santa Cruz County, and 1–2 inches in the South Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, in the North Bay, up to 4 inches are expected over the weekend, spurring new concerns of the Russian River flooding. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association/NWS California Nevada River Forecast Center had \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnrfc.noaa.gov/graphicalRVF.php?id=GUEC1\">predicted the Russian River would experience a double-crested flood\u003c/a>, but that prediction has been revised and the Russian River \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnrfc.noaa.gov/graphicalRVF.php?id=GUEC1\">is not expected to reach flood levels\u003c/a> again in the coming days. As of Wednesday, the Sonoma Sheriff’s Office lifted the evacuation warning for all residents living near the Russian River floodway and its tributaries just south of Healdsburg to Jenner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.scoe.org/cs/blank/print/htdocs/storm-update.html\">Full school closures in four school districts of Sonoma County\u003c/a> remain in place Wednesday “due to storm related impacts,” according to the Sonoma County Office of Education. The affected school districts are Fort Ross Elementary, Horicon, Kashia and Montgomery Elementary, with no virtual or in-person classes. The school districts have been closed since last week, with Horicon since Jan. 4 and the others since Jan. 5. The announcement included the caveat that officials at school districts make decisions independent of the county office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/GOESEast?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GOESEast\u003c/a> monitors the U.S. today, a storm system associated with recent atmospheric river activity has moved well inland, bringing rain and mountain snow across the Intermountain West and into much of the central Rockies. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Latest: \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/wJGBXDcNu2\">https://t.co/wJGBXDcNu2\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/BBXfXHUw66\">pic.twitter.com/BBXfXHUw66\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— NOAA Satellites (@NOAASatellites) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/NOAASatellites/status/1613238902093156353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 5:30 p.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> A rare display of hail, thunder and lightning hit parts of the Bay Area on Tuesday, the latest wrinkle in a series of dramatic winter storms that have slammed the region with heavy rain and high winds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pea-sized hail fell in numerous cities in the area, including in Berkeley, but no damage was reported as a result.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 2:15 p.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>Around 40 people in some 29 RVs sought refuge at the Forestville Youth Park in Sonoma County’s Forestville, after being forced to evacuate nearby RV parks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Darby, a Maribel resident who declined to give his last name, has been stationed at the park since Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He, along with around 28 other RVs, totaling some 40 people, moved their RVs to the park after flooding at the Mirabel RV Park and Guerneville’s River Bend RV Park sent people searching for higher ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been actually pretty crazy,” Darby said. “We’re not home. We don’t have electricity. We don’t have sewer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although evacuation orders lifted Tuesday, a power outage at the Mirabel RV Park means residents aren’t expected to return until Friday, said Tim Miller, executive director at West County Community Services, which has been helping provide some prepared meals, portable toilets and handwashing stations for the storm refugees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11937695\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/69499143389__D36A8A0C-D653-4D4C-9860-56B164042D27-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11937695 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/69499143389__D36A8A0C-D653-4D4C-9860-56B164042D27-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A line of RVs and cars along a rainy road, apparently during a sunny break in the storm, under tall, leafless trees and alongside a green athletic field.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/69499143389__D36A8A0C-D653-4D4C-9860-56B164042D27-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/69499143389__D36A8A0C-D653-4D4C-9860-56B164042D27-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/69499143389__D36A8A0C-D653-4D4C-9860-56B164042D27-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/69499143389__D36A8A0C-D653-4D4C-9860-56B164042D27-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/69499143389__D36A8A0C-D653-4D4C-9860-56B164042D27-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/69499143389__D36A8A0C-D653-4D4C-9860-56B164042D27-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/69499143389__D36A8A0C-D653-4D4C-9860-56B164042D27-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">About 29 RVs sought refuge at the Forestville Youth Park in Forestville after storms pummeled the Bay Area and prompted evacuation orders for two nearby RV parks along the Russian River, Monday, Jan. 9, 2023. \u003ccite>(Danielle Venton/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday, Miller said county workers also emptied refuse tanks for the RV dwellers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Which is terrific,” he said, “because people have been here for a while.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 20 years of working for the Red Cross and West County Community Services, Miller said he’s seen more intense flooding at the Russian River, but nothing quite so long-lasting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s just gone on for a really long time,” he said. “People living in RVs are pretty self-sufficient, but it’s expensive to live away from home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without access to plumbing or power, the bills for potable water and food that can be eaten without refrigeration add up, Miller said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For people who are low-income, whether you’re homeless or in an RV, when you lose power or are displaced, the cost of living goes up,” he said. “And, that’s really taxing emotionally and financially.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12:15 p.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> The National Weather Service is reporting that \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/NWSSacramento/status/1612872985437962240/photo/1\">thunderstorms will be possible Tuesday across Northern California\u003c/a>. And, a flash flood warning was issued for parts of San Francisco, Daly City and South San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most likely time frame for the thunderstorms was estimated to be from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. Potential impacts could include lightning, small hail, heavy rain, strong wing gusts and possible funnel clouds or even brief tornados.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12:10 p.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration posted a time-lapse video to Twitter Tuesday showing the massive atmospheric river that’s been battering the West Coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The time-lapse spans from Jan. 6 through Jan. 10.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors is planning to adopt an emergency declaration today, opening up a pathway for state and federal aid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11937692\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/9087DD7B-BAED-4FD6-86F7-DAB5EA222B31.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11937692\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/9087DD7B-BAED-4FD6-86F7-DAB5EA222B31-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"rain pours off an overpass on a stormy gray day in San Francisco\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/9087DD7B-BAED-4FD6-86F7-DAB5EA222B31-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/9087DD7B-BAED-4FD6-86F7-DAB5EA222B31-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/9087DD7B-BAED-4FD6-86F7-DAB5EA222B31-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/9087DD7B-BAED-4FD6-86F7-DAB5EA222B31-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/9087DD7B-BAED-4FD6-86F7-DAB5EA222B31.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rain pours off of the Central Freeway overpass near Folsom and 13th Streets in San Francisco on Jan. 10, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11:45 a.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> The \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/weather/article/California-storm-rain-update-17706756.php\">San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/a> reported Tuesday that millions of gallons of stormwater mixed with raw sewage has made its way into creeks, the San Francisco Bay, and city streets as recent rains overwhelm sewers and treatment plants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eileen White, executive officer of the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board told the Chronicle there were 90 reports of unauthorized wastewater or raw sewage discharges around the Bay Area between Dec. 30 and Jan. 3, totaling 14 million gallons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another 8 million gallons of unauthorized discharges were reported during the storm on Jan. 4 and Jan. 5.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv id=\"paywall\" class=\"content-wrapper\">\n\u003cp>“Don’t jump in puddles,” White told the Chronicle. “Especially in San Francisco — you want to be careful that there [could be] sewage in that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11:35 a.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>As of 11 a.m., at least 75,808 Pacific Gas and Electric households in the Bay Area were without power — down from the more than 93,700 customers without power earlier in the morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents in the South Bay were bearing the brunt of the outages, with 46,636 customers without power, followed by the Peninsula with 15,520 homes in the dark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the North Bay, 6,198 homes were without power; in San Francisco, the number was 3,909; and in the East Bay, 3,545 households were experiencing outages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11:30 a.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>Officials in Santa Clara County say the recent storms have significantly affected county-maintained roads, causing closures due to mudslides, flooding and downed trees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crews are working to reopen the roads, including:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>New Avenue from Leavesley to Buenavista due to wires on road\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Mt. Charlie due to tree down with power lines\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Idylwild due to tree down with power lines\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Gist Road due to tree down with power lines\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Bear Creek Road due to two slip outs\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Castro Valley Road from Santa Teresa to Highway 101 due to flooding\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Frazer Lake at Highway 152 to the San Benito County line due to flooding\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Uvas Road from Watsonville Road to the Uvas Reservoir boat ramp\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Bolsa Road from Highway 25 to Bloomfield due to flooding\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Bloomfield Road from 152 to Frazer Lake due to flooding\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Black Road from Thompson to Skyline due to mudslide\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Santa Teresa Blvd. from Highland to California due to flooding\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Calaveras Road from Felter Road to Alameda County line\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Mines Road from Del Puerto Road to Alameda County line due to two washouts\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sierra Road from Skyview Drive to Felter Road due to slide/storm debris\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Mesa Road from Santa Teresa to Highway101 due to flooding\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Mt. Madonna Road (dirt section) from 1.75 miles east of Redwood Retreat Road to Summit Road in Gilroy\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/PecpCZ6W5NuoDJXJtzk8_B?domain=sccgov.us5.list-manage.com\">More emergency road closure information is available at www.sccgov.org/roadclosures.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11:15 a.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>The death tally from the recent storms has now risen to 15 as of 8 a.m., said Brian Ferguson, spokesperson for the California Office of Emergency Services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state began tracking weather-related deaths since the Dec. 30 storm, with one additional death reported overnight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is no estimate yet for the total cost of storm-related damage, he said, but “because of the scope of the damage, we do estimate that it will be substantial.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11937648\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455546837-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11937648\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455546837-800x536.jpg\" alt=\"firefighters work to remove a tree from the road after a storm\" width=\"800\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455546837-800x536.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455546837-1020x683.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455546837-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455546837-1536x1028.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455546837-2048x1371.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455546837-1920x1286.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco firefighters remove a large tree branch that fell onto a parked car due to high winds from the early Tuesday morning storm, Jan. 10, 2022. The San Francisco Bay Area and much of California continues to get drenched by powerful atmospheric river events that have brought high winds and flooding rains, toppling trees, flooding roads and cutting power to tens of thousands. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11 a.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> Mary Ellen Carroll, executive director of San Francisco’s Department of Emergency Management said in a tweet Tuesday that \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SFDEM_MEC/status/1612864285629382656\">overnight wind and rain in the city caused 40 trees to fall or have damage\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“More rain, wind, high surf and possibly thunder and lighting on deck for today,” she said. “Be careful out there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crews were out Tuesday clearing the debris. Residents can text their ZIP code to AlertSF at 888-777 for road closures and areas to avoid.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>In addition, BART is running trains at slower speeds due to the wet weather. The agency is asking passengers to add 20 minutes to their planned travel times to factor in the delays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amtrak’s Capitol Corridors trains are also delayed, and as of 9:30 a.m., the Valley Transportation Authority reported the Green Line light rail continues to be replaced by buses between Diridon and Fruitdale stations, due to a power outage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For more information on road closures and transit delays, visit \u003ca href=\"http://511.org/alerts/critical\">511.org/alerts/critical\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 9 a.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>At least 93,742 Bay Area households were without power Tuesday morning, according to PG&E.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents in the South Bay were bearing the brunt of the outages, with 52,911 homes without power, followed by the Peninsula, with 19,053.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were 8,221 people without power in the East Bay; 7,414 in the dark in the North Bay; and 6,143 households without power in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 8:30 a.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>A flood warning for the Russian River near Guerneville has been downgraded to an advisory, according to the National Weather Service’s Brooke Bingaman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s still in ‘monitor’ stage,” Bingaman said. “That’s near flood stage, but not quite. So, folks near Guerneville and along the Russian River should still be vigilant.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With another bout of rain expected Wednesday, Bingaman said the forecast could change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11937592\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455327013-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11937592\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455327013-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"a person is seen from the back looking at a tree floating down a river in a storm\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455327013-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455327013-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455327013-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455327013-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455327013-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455327013-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A resident looks at a boat that is caught in a tree in the Russian River on Jan. 9, 2023 in Rio Nido, California. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 7:30 a.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> A series of punishing storms continued to dump rain Tuesday across the Bay Area, with winds of up to 70 mph and a flood watch in effect until the afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 189,000 PG&E customers are without power this morning, as the storm brought \u003ca href=\"https://www.pgecurrents.com/articles/3629-pg-e-crews-full-force-restoring-power-amid-historic-storm-conditions-northern-central-california\">more than 100 cloud-to-ground lightning strikes as of 5:30 a.m.\u003c/a>, company officials said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The thunderstorm began offshore around the southern portion of Marin County through the Big Sur coastline, said Brooke Bingaman, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the storm moved inland, San Francisco and Santa Cruz bore the brunt of it, she said, with the thunder rousing many from their sleep. But, it’s not the last of the storms for this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area can expect intermittent showers later today, along with the chance of thunderstorms later in the morning and into the afternoon. More rain is expected Wednesday morning and in the early afternoon, followed by another storm over the weekend, Bingaman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the ground already saturated and more rain flowing into rivers and creeks, she said the effects of the storm will continue to be felt for days or even weeks after the rain stops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The weather has definitely been unrelenting recently, and I know that it feels like we’re in a boxing ring and it’s just round after round,” Bingaman said. “We appreciate the fact that people are still paying attention to the advice [the National Weather Service is] giving and they’re listening to local officials, and we just ask that people continue doing that until we definitely get back into a dry spell.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least 14 people have died as a result of the storm — more than the past two years of wildfires combined — officials from the governor’s office said Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our message to Californians is simple: be hyper-vigilant,” Governor Gavin Newsom said in a statement. “There are still several days of severe winter weather ahead, and we need all Californians to be alert and heed the advice of emergency officials.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday, Newsom planned to unveil his budget for the upcoming fiscal year, which begins in July. The proposal includes\u003ca href=\"https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/4cKACOYZQzi208O8Hk0qMM?domain=mclist.us7.list-manage.com\"> $202 million\u003c/a> in new investments for long-term flood prevention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 7 a.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office issued an immediate evacuation order for residents in the low-lying areas of the Salinas River early Tuesday morning, after flooding south of San Lucas in the county’s southeastern corner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents are being told to evacuate the following areas located south of San Lucas on the east side of U.S. Highway 101: Zone G-028A, south of Lockwood San Lucas Road, and north and west of Cattleman Road.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 9 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> Lynda Hopkins described the past week as a marathon marked with an occasional sprint.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sonoma County supervisor, whose district encompasses the coast and the Russian River towns of Guerneville and Forestville, said she’s been busy keeping up with water levels that sometimes rise fast and recede just as quickly in between rounds of storm.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“This has been a grind: a series of atmospheric rivers really devastating the electrical grid as well as our roads and infrastructure in western Sonoma County,” Hopkins told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents have been closely watching the river as it comes close to flood level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hopkins said county authorities prioritized evacuating residents who live in trailers and low-lying areas. The trailer parks provide affordable housing for people who make up the area’s workforce, but some of those residents don’t have trucks to move their trailers to higher ground, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county also opened community support centers to help residents who lost power recharge their electronic devices and to give out care packages that include a battery pack. She also heard from many small-business owners who were hampered by power outages and workers who had to evacuate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m expecting the economic ramifications of the flood to be substantial,” she said. “Even if the river doesn’t rise as high as we originally feared it would, we are looking at many millions, possibly tens of millions of dollars of infrastructure damage from this storm series, and we have had major catastrophic road failures.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1/9/23 9:52AM: Moscow Rd near Monte Rio \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/2yPYwse9Bo\">pic.twitter.com/2yPYwse9Bo\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Sonoma Sheriff (@sonomasheriff) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/sonomasheriff/status/1612523317168336898?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 7:30 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> Evacuation orders have been lifted in many parts of Santa Cruz County as water levels near rivers and creeks begin to recede.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Authorities on Monday morning ordered residents who live near the rain-swollen San Lorenzo River and four other creeks to leave. Major flooding in the mountain community of Felton led firefighters to go by jetski and inflatable rescue boat to reach stranded residents. In one street intersection, the water reached as high as the bottom of a stop sign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FELTON GROVE FLOODING | Water rescue checking on Felton Grove residents (Credit: Rachel Oliveira)\u003cbr>The latest: \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/z8iHvTVtFN\">https://t.co/z8iHvTVtFN\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/H38wYnHIvx\">pic.twitter.com/H38wYnHIvx\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— KSBW Action News 8 (@ksbw) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ksbw/status/1612507596069511168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Watsonville, residents in areas at risk of flooding were evacuated Monday morning as water seeped into homes. Orders remained in place for areas near the Pajaro River as authorities continued to monitor the levees that\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>hold the water back. A breach in the levees in 1995 caused widespread damage to homes and farms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There was a knock at the door and as we’re leaving … the water was already underneath [the] car so we have to make it out fast,” Dan Morales, 74, told KQED at an evacuation center set up at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds in Watsonville.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s the only reason we’re here because [were it not] for the sheriff, we would have still been at home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC Santa Cruz announced classes will be held online on Tuesday because of rapidly changing impacts of the storm. \u003ca href=\"https://news.ucsc.edu/2023/01/storm-impacts.html\">Student dorms were without power for most of Monday and power lines were in the roadway in parts of the campus\u003c/a>, according to the university’s website.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Evacuation orders have been lifted in many parts of the County. Some zones remain in an evacuation warning. Check your zone at \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/s5GvnC3vMN\">https://t.co/s5GvnC3vMN\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/6DhEL1vIYc\">pic.twitter.com/6DhEL1vIYc\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Santa Cruz County (@sccounty) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/sccounty/status/1612637845017223170?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 10, 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 6 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> The latest atmospheric river is causing flooding and widespread evacuations in many parts of California, and a second wave tonight is expected to bring isolated but intense thunderstorms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The unstable atmosphere could pack in strong winds, hail and a small chance of tornadoes, said Sean Miller, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Bay Area office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Not everybody is going to see it, but … for the folks that do see it, these thunderstorms can produce heavier rain rates,” Miller said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And with the region already soaked from a series of atmospheric rivers that began on New Year’s Eve, Miller said, these thunderstorms could cause more flooding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11937527\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11937527 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246117469-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A mangled, twisted asphalt mountain road with yellow tape strung across it.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246117469-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246117469-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246117469-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246117469.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of road damage after storms and heavy rain in the Santa Cruz Mountains above Silicon Valley in Scotts Valley, on Jan. 9, 2023. \u003ccite>(Neal Waters/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The weather service issued a flood watch for a large portion of Northern and Central California, with 6 to 12 inches of rain expected through Wednesday in the already saturated Sacramento-area foothills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Miller said the storms are anticipated to hit the Bay Area from 1 a.m. to 3 a.m., 5 a.m. to 7 a.m. and later Tuesday morning. He urged morning commuters to drive with caution or avoid getting in their cars if they can.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We could have more issues with localized flooding in places that didn’t already receive it,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Gilroy, traffic on both sides of U.S. 101 came to a standstill Monday afternoon when flooding overtook the roadway and there was no way for vehicles to turn around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Highway 101 has turned into a moving river this afternoon. Do not drive into these flood waters, putting yourself and everyone around you at risk. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/TurnAroundDontDrown?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TurnAroundDontDrown\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/CAwx?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CAwx\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/CAflood?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CAflood\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/Vtn5EkcskG\">pic.twitter.com/Vtn5EkcskG\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— NWS Bay Area (@NWSBayArea) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/NWSBayArea/status/1612579355322101761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In this scenario, California Highway Patrol Officer Custodio Lopez advised motorists to pull over if it’s safe to do so and call 911 to report the flood. Make sure your now-stationary car is visible to others so you don’t get hit, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 5-year-old boy was swept away Monday morning after the truck he was riding in became stranded in floodwaters near Paso Robles in Central California. Bystanders were able to pull the boy’s mother out of the truck, but he was carried out of the vehicle and swept downstream, officials with the Cal Fire/San Luis Obispo County Fire Department said. There was no evacuation order in the area at the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Firefighters searched for the boy for more than five hours, but called off the search Monday afternoon because the current and rising water levels of the Salinas River were too dangerous for divers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the Central Coast, continuous rain, overflowing creeks and flooded roadways led the Santa Barbara County sheriff to evacuate nearly 10,000 people. The coastal community of Montecito was evacuated on the fifth anniversary of a mudslide that killed 23 people and destroyed more than 100 homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>President Joe Biden issued an emergency declaration Monday to support storm response and relief efforts in more than a dozen counties, including Sacramento, Los Angeles and Santa Cruz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Head on a swivel! Damaged infrastructure, flooded roads, downed trees and power lines, and more! There are many hazards right now, with more wind on the way tonight. Please stay home and stay safe! \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/CaWx?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CaWx\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/California?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#California\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/d0Z6JCTobn\">pic.twitter.com/d0Z6JCTobn\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— CAL FIRE CZU (@CALFIRECZU) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/CALFIRECZU/status/1612591005815177216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services reported Monday that at least 14 people have died as a result of violent weather during the past 11 days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 91,000 homes and businesses were without power as of 5 p.m. Monday, \u003ca href=\"https://poweroutage.us/area/state/california\">according to PowerOutage.us\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PG&E said it brought in crews from out of state and Canada to cope with widespread damage to its power grid. The company is also providing power via portable electric generators to roughly 6,000 customers in Humboldt and Mendocino counties and bracing for the next round of storms, which could result in more outages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These storms have caused widespread power outages. Trees weakened by the drought in saturated soil have come down. Flooding and mudslides have affected many areas,” Pacific Gas and Electric COO Adam Wright said during a media briefing Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This has created a double whammy, if you will: a loss of power from downed wires and poles, and restricted access to make assessments and repairs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles, expects a break in the rain after Jan. 18.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That is my best guess right now, which is good because it will give the rivers in Northern California, and now in Central California, a chance to come down,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 3:45 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> The Bay Area is experiencing a brief respite in stormy conditions late Monday, after 8 inches of rain fell over 12 hours. But the pause will be brief with more heavy rain and winds expected to bring several more inches early Tuesday “\u003ca href=\"https://origin.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/hpcdiscussions.php?disc=pmdspd\">as a parade of strong wet Pacific systems pushes more heavy precipitation across California\u003c/a>,” according to the National Weather Service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some northbound lanes of U.S. 101, a key coastal route, were closed, along with several other highways and local roads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Santa Cruz County, evacuation orders for up to 32,000 residents remained in place near rain-swollen rivers and creeks, said Melodye Serino, deputy county administrative officer. The San Lorenzo River was declared at flood stage, and drone footage showed numerous homes sitting in muddy brown water, the top halves of autos peeking out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11937497\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11937497\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115084-800x483.jpg\" alt=\"Flooded houses with people walking through it.\" width=\"800\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115084-800x483.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115084-1020x616.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115084-160x97.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115084.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People walk along a flooded road near the San Lorenzo River in Felton, on Jan. 9, 2023. \u003ccite>(Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A large, muddy slide blocked both lanes of southbound Highway 17, a key but windy route into Santa Cruz from the San Francisco Bay Area. Vehicles were turned back at the summit as crews arrived to clean up. In Northern California, California Highway Patrol shared video of large boulders skidding down hillsides to block state roads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 35,000 customers remained without power in Sacramento, down from more than 350,000 a day earlier after gusts of 60 mph knocked majestic trees into power lines, according to the Sacramento Municipal Utility District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 1 p.m. Monday: \u003c/strong>Some Bay Area cities are opening or expanding shelters as storms create unsafe conditions for the unhoused community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Oakland, the nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://omnicommons.org/\">Omni Commons\u003c/a> has opened a 24-hour volunteer-run emergency shelter at 4799 Shattuck Ave. until noon Wednesday for people experiencing homelessness.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Hot meals, sanitary products, COVID-19 tests, masks, bathrooms and beds with clean sheets are being provided.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of people we’ve talked to just need a place to not be in the rain,” said Amador. “They love that we were able to provide it to them free of charge and not have a lot of expectations in terms of if they can stay in the space for specific amounts of time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Contra Costa County, Contra Costa Health Services (CCH) and community organizations are \u003ca href=\"https://cchealth.org/press-releases/2023/0108-Contra-Costa-Agencies-Expanding-Capacity-at-Homeless-Shelters-This-Week-as-Another-Big-Storm-Approaches.php\">expanding capacity at shelters in the county\u003c/a> for unsheltered individuals and families, as well as increasing outreach to deliver supplies to those who remain outdoors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anyone needing assistance with shelter placement should contact the Contra Costa Crisis Center by calling 211.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CCH has also temporarily expanded hours and staffing for the CORE unhoused-outreach program to help facilitate shelter placements and deliver supplies such as tarps, blankets, sleeping bag, gloves and beanies to unsheltered people who remain outdoors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outreach teams are in need of — in order of importance — sleeping bags, gloves and beanies, tarps and blankets. Donations can be dropped off at 2400 Bisso Lane, Suite D in Concord.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11937103/warming-shelters-flood-bomb-cyclone-storm-bay-area\">For more on where to find shelter throughout the nine-county Bay Area, go to our resource page.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12 p.m. Monday: \u003c/strong>The entire Bay Area is under a flood watch due to a series of major storms, with areas of greatest concern along the coast and in the North Bay, according to the National Weather Service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At about 6:45 p.m. Saturday, the NWS issued a flood watch through Tuesday for the entire Bay Area and Central Coast, urging residents to prepare for widespread flooding, mudslides and the rapid rise of creeks and rivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sonoma County along the Russian River from Jenner to Guerneville, and parts of Monterey County along the Carmel River, were elevated to flood warnings — the highest flood alert in the Weather Service’s three-tiered system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of Santa Cruz County is under a flash flood warning until further notice. \u003ca href=\"https://aware.zonehaven.com/zones/US-CA-XCZ-CTL-E010?z=12.857381202840443&latlon=37.0075651410922%2C-121.940576729805\">An evacuation map for Santa Cruz County is here.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11937475\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11937475\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115453-800x455.jpg\" alt=\"A bird's eye view of houses with flood waters flowing between them.\" width=\"800\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115453-800x455.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115453-1020x580.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115453-160x91.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115453.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An aerial view of flooded homes in Felton, Santa Cruz County, on Jan. 9, 2023. \u003ccite>(Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A flood advisory was issued for most of the East Bay, South Bay, San Francisco and the Peninsula at about 10 a.m. Monday, and is expected to last until 4 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of our rivers and streams today are really at some of their limits,” said NWS meteorologist Brayden Murdock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The risk of flooding is likely to be highest tonight for the region’s most affected areas as heavy rains continue and runoff from higher elevations filter down to already swollen waterways and saturated soils, Murdock said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The current storm has already had a widespread impact across the Bay Area, with flooded roadways, downed trees and power lines creating hazardous driving conditions and leaving more than 14,000 PG&E customers without power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of 11:30 a.m., there were 7,823 without power in the North Bay, 3,763 on the Peninsula, 1,791 in the East Bay, 605 in the South Bay and 94 in San Francisco, according to Pacific Gas and Electric.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storm has led to dozens of school closures in Santa Cruz County, the North Bay and San Joaquin County. Evacuation warnings and orders have been issued for parts of Monterey, Santa Cruz and Sonoma counties, as well as parts of Vacaville in Solano County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The wet weather is expected to continue for at least the next week or so, with the largest amount of rainfall in the North Bay, Murdock said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The wet time is going to continue and our long-term outlook still shows wet conditions,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles, expects a break in the rain after Jan. 18.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That is my best guess right now, which is good because it will give the rivers in Northern California, and now in Central California, a chance to come down,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original story, 9 a.m. Monday: \u003c/strong>Californians grappled with flooding and mudslides Monday as the latest in a series of powerful storms walloped the state, shuttering schools, toppling trees and leaving tens of thousands without power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Evacuation orders were issued in Santa Cruz County for residents living near rapidly rising rivers and creeks. The San Lorenzo River was declared at flood stage, and video on social media showed the rushing river overflowing its banks, and inundating a nearby neighborhood with muddy water. Officials warned mudslides and flooding were blocking roads and urged residents to stay home.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The National Weather Service warned of a “relentless parade of atmospheric rivers” — storms that are long plumes of moisture stretching out into the Pacific and are capable of dropping staggering amounts of rain and snow. The rain and snow expected over the next couple of days come after California has already been walloped by storms that last week knocked out power to thousands, flooded streets and battered the coastline with high surf.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>President Joe Biden issued an emergency declaration Monday for California to support storm response and relief efforts in more than a dozen counties including Sacramento, Santa Cruz and Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom said 12 people died as a result of violent weather during the past 10 days, and he warned that this week’s storms could be even more dangerous. He urged people to stay home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first of the newest, heavier storms prompted the weather service to issue a flood watch for a large swath of Northern and Central California, with 6 to 12 inches of rain expected through Wednesday in the already saturated Sacramento-area foothills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Aptos, the coastal community in Santa Cruz County, crews put down sandbags ahead of high tide. The area flooded last week, leaving sand piles and debris in the streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11937478\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11937478\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115180-800x509.jpg\" alt=\"A flooded city neighborhood with a man riding by on a road bike.\" width=\"800\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115180-800x509.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115180-1020x648.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115180-160x102.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115180.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A man rides his bicycle on a flooded roadway in Aptos, Santa Cruz County, on Jan. 9, 2023. \u003ccite>(Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the Los Angeles area, stormy conditions were expected to return Monday, with the potential for up to 8 inches in foothill areas. High surf was expected through Tuesday, with large waves on west-facing beaches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since Dec. 26, San Francisco received more than 10 inches of rain, while Mammoth Mountain, a popular ski area in the Eastern Sierra, got nearly 10 feet of snow, the National Weather Service reported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storms won’t be enough to officially end California’s ongoing drought — but they have helped.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Climatologist Michael Anderson said at a news briefing late Saturday that officials were closely monitoring Monday’s incoming storm and another behind it and were keeping an eye on three other systems farther out in the Pacific.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles, said Californians can expect to see a break in the rain after Jan. 18.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That is my best guess right now, which is good because it will give the rivers in Northern California, and now in Central California, a chance to come down,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story includes reporting from The Associated Press, Bay City News and KQED’s Ted Goldberg, Danielle Venton, Emily Hung and Rachael Myrow.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Raising questions about whether California’s elaborate system of flood protections will hold, another dangerous storm is barreling toward the Sacramento Valley, where rains already punched through some levees, and floods killed at least one person.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last weekend’s storms have already tested the flood-prevention infrastructure across the region, which sits at the confluence of two major rivers and bears the brunt of heavy rains. “It’s a bathtub, basically,” said Beth Salyers, deputy district engineer for the federal Army Corps of Engineers in Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An estimated 1.3 million people and $223 billion worth of property in the Central Valley are protected by the state-federal systems of levees, dams and other structures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California spends $48 million annually to operate flood protections but needs much more — “$3.2 billion over the next five years of implementation,” according to the state’s \u003ca href=\"http://cvfpb.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Central_Valley_Flood_Protection_Plan_Update_2022_ADOPTED.pdf\">Central Valley Flood Protection Plan (PDF)\u003c/a>, a document produced in 2012 and updated last month. Of that, the state’s responsibility ranges from $1.8 billion to $2.8 billion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An estimated $25 billion to $30 billion in funding over 30 years could help the state “avoid the astronomical cost of catastrophic flooding in the Central Valley estimated to be as high as $1 trillion, in addition to an incalculable toll on lives and public well-being,” the plan says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11936746\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11936746\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/An-aerial-view-shows-flooded-fields-800x450.png\" alt=\"Flooding area aerial view\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/An-aerial-view-shows-flooded-fields-800x450.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/An-aerial-view-shows-flooded-fields-160x90.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/An-aerial-view-shows-flooded-fields.png 975w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An aerial view shows flooded fields off River Road near Locke on Jan. 3, 2022. \u003ccite>(Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>So far, this winter’s storms have been severe but not catastrophic: The New Year’s Eve storm “stalled out” over the watershed of the Cosumnes River. Portions of privately owned levees on the river gave way, flooding nearby areas. The levees, constructed to reclaim the land for agriculture, are generally rated only to handle a 10-year flood, according to Sacramento County officials. The breeching of the levees shut down Highway 99 and stranded motorists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the region’s two major reservoirs held, and the Sacramento and American rivers did not experience major floods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The investments we’ve made to the flood system have absolutely helped,” said Gary Lippner, the Department of Water Resources’ deputy director of flood management and dam safety. “At the larger scale, our system is much more ready for high-water events.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Central Valley has a long, painful history of deluges: \u003ca href=\"https://cw3e.ucsd.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Dettinger_Ingram_sciam13.pdf\">The Great Flood of 1861–2 (PDF)\u003c/a>, triggered by weeks of rain and snow, is still remembered as the worst disaster ever to befall California, inundating the entire valley, killing thousands of people statewide and devastating the economy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state’s capital city was built in a floodplain and requires an extensive system of dams and levees to protect it. Even now, federal, state and local authorities are in the midst of upgrading those defenses, particularly in the Sacramento region, where multiyear, multibillion-dollar projects are underway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Major improvements have been made in the region and more also are underway, thanks to about $1.8 billion in state and federal funds. The Army Corps and state have been upgrading about 45 miles of levees over a five-year period, and work on the final 2.8 miles is scheduled to begin in the spring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the structural upgrades are raising levee heights, boring as deep as 150 feet to reinforce levees to prevent seepage and piling rocks on riverbanks to reduce erosion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All of the work that we’ve done along the American and Sacramento rivers are helping the current situation. We are not seeing flooding off these rivers,” Salyers said. The completed projects are now weather-tested, she said, and “performing the way we wanted them to.”[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Beth Salyers, deputy district engineer, US Army Corps of Engineers\"]‘All of the work that we’ve done along the American and Sacramento rivers are helping the current situation. We are not seeing flooding off these rivers.’ [/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State officials expressed confidence that the Central Valley’s levees and bypasses will contain the deluges coming this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We do have a significant amount of capacity within the bypass system in that 1,600 miles of levee, and I don’t anticipate … there to be emergency management needs,” Lippner said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But every flood-protection system has its limits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, Daniel Swain, a UCLA climate scientist who studies extreme weather events, warned in a scientific report that \u003ca href=\"https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abq0995\">a major atmospheric river-type flood event could, in the worst of scenarios, cause $1 trillion in damage in the Central Valley\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Swain and his co-author, Xingying Huang of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, warned that a storm could station itself over the state for weeks on end, producing 3 feet or more of rain, inundating major population centers and disrupting economic activity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michael Anderson, a climatologist with the California Department of Water Resources, noted that impacts from the upcoming storm system could escalate to a “worst-case scenario” if it “becomes an unrelenting series of storms.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forecasters are warning residents in the Sacramento region and the Bay Area to prepare today for yet another assault, this time from a “\u003ca href=\"https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/what-is-a-bomb-cyclone/433474\">bomb cyclone\u003c/a>” spinning in the Pacific that will not make landfall but will amplify rain, wind and frigid temperatures along the coast and foothills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forecasters today are expecting more \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2020/02/california-drought-floods-atmospheric-rivers-reservoir-management-hurricane-hunters/\">atmospheric rivers\u003c/a> — the powerful streams of tropical moisture that deliver most of California’s winter rainfall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This will be a high-impact event, a pretty intense storm Wednesday night,” Swain said. “The stage is set for something potentially big to happen if the model trends toward the higher end.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There will be some flooding. It’s a question of how much.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘We like rain in California, but we love snow’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In the mountains that supply these reservoirs, snow levels are now above average. The Department of Water Resources’ first snow survey of the season took place on Tuesday at Phillips Station, in the Sierra Nevada, west of Lake Tahoe. Scientists measured 55.5 inches of snow and a snow water equivalent of 17.5 inches. That’s 177% of average for this location. Statewide, snowpack levels are at 174% of average for that date.[aside tag=\"flood, atmospheroc-river\" label=\"More Related Stories\"]This is the best start to California’s snow season in 40 years, according to Department of Water Resources officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It would be hasty, though, to assume the ongoing storms and wet forecast mark an end to the prolonged drought. In 2021, record rains and heavy snowfall arrived between October and December. Then, California experienced its driest January-through-March — typically the state’s wettest months — in recorded history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Experts say consecutive storms are made more dangerous by an already-soaked landscape’s inability to absorb more water. In addition to creating swollen creeks and mudslides, incessant rain reduces soil’s ability to hold vegetation, and California’s \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2016/07/what-is-killing-californias-trees/\">millions of drought-ravaged trees\u003c/a> can easily fall over. Areas with wildfire burn scars are at risk of flash-flooding, officials said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The big wild card will be what happens next week,” Swain said. “There’s a wide range of uncertainty. If one or two of those events occur next week, then all bets are off.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although rain has fallen on Southern California, the area has largely been spared. The worst of the coming storm will mostly stop at the northern edge of Los Angeles County, Swain said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"”More\" aria-label=\"”Map”\" id=\"”datawrapper-chart-X61ZG”\" src=\"%E2%80%9Dhttps://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/X61ZG/3/%E2%80%9D\" scrolling=\"”no”\" frameborder=\"”0″\" style=\"”width:\" height=\"”692″\" data-external=\"”1″>!function(){“use\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe> [datawrapper]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jane Dolan, president of the Central Valley Flood Protection Board, advised residents throughout the Central Valley to stay on guard and take warnings and advisories to heart. “If you’re at an elevation below 200 feet, near a levee that’s older than you, pay attention to alerts,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state has established \u003ca href=\"https://news.caloes.ca.gov/with-another-significant-storm-looming-cal-oes-continues-to-deploy-resources-personnel-to-impacted-counties/\">emergency shelters\u003c/a> in Sacramento and San Mateo counties and has stockpiled 3.7 million sandbags.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some experts think the flooding from the incoming storms could be tempered by the fact that the developing system is relatively cold. This will translate into more snow and less rain, at least at high elevations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last weekend’s storm was relatively warm and produced rainfall at high elevations, where the liquid water fell on several feet of snow, melting it and magnifying the runoff into streams and rivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But today’s storm is colder. That means more precipitation will probably fall as snow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We like rain in California, but we love snow,” said \u003ca href=\"https://snri.ucmerced.edu/content/john-abatzoglou\">John Abatzoglou\u003c/a>, UC Merced professor of climatology. He said that over the weekend, rain fell at elevations of 8,000 feet or more and may have worsened lowland flooding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anderson said today’s storm will probably produce rainfall at no higher than 5,000 to 6,000 feet and snowfall above that, minimizing rain-on-snow flooding impacts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This will be a good mix of both heavy rain at the lower elevations, snowfall at the higher elevations,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Need to act with renewed urgency’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Climate modeling suggests that global warming is likely to make storms larger, stronger and more intense. It will also cause more precipitation to fall in liquid form. This translates into worsening floods just as the Central Valley’s system of levees, weirs and bypasses ages past its prime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The flood board’s updated \u003ca href=\"http://cvfpb.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Central_Valley_Flood_Protection_Plan_Update_2022_ADOPTED.pdf\">Central Valley Flood Protection Plan (PDF)\u003c/a>, released last month, warns of “1,000-year storm events … and the need to act with renewed urgency and purpose before the next large flood event occurs in the Central Valley.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plan calls on nature-based solutions, like restored floodplains, and infrastructural improvements, like fortified levees near urban areas, to help reduce the impacts of higher-energy storm systems expected as a result of the warming climate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of the historic floodplains along the Central Valley’s rivers have been separated from the water by levees. Scientists now say that restoring floodplains can be an effective flood control strategy by allowing surging rivers to spill their banks and shed their energy on unpopulated flatlands, rather than bursting through aging levees surrounding populated areas. Floodplains also provide fish and wildlife habitat and serve as groundwater percolation beds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11936751\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11936751\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/Flood_image3-800x450.png\" alt=\"View of flooding with some green grass amidst water\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/Flood_image3-800x450.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/Flood_image3-160x90.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/Flood_image3.png 975w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A field off Interstate 5 near Mokelumne City is flooded on Jan. 3, 2022. \u003ccite>(Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When a lot of rain falls in a short span of time, it’s difficult for many regions to handle, especially low-lying coastal areas. Last weekend downtown San Francisco was drenched with nearly 6 inches of rain and incoming high tide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It takes a lot of time for that water to find a way out,” said Mark Dickman, associate director for data at the U.S. Geological Survey in Sacramento. “There’s just nowhere for it to go.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a persistent and familiar challenge: what to do with water when there’s too much and how to manage when there isn’t enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are built for this,” said Jeffrey Mount, a water specialist at the Public Policy Institute of California. “We built the system around the notion that we get occasionally wet years and mostly dry years. But, unlike the Colorado River Basin, where they can capture and control four years of runoff, we are full after one year. Our ability to store surface water is limited.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is the nature of a semi-arid climate that we will see this whiplash — the three driest years on record and, if this year continues, we will get a year like 2017, the wettest on record. We have not figured out how to better take advantage of these wet years to get us through the dry.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While it takes decades to change traditional approaches to flood control, Mount said the current projects are a step in the right direction. “I see a lot of really good things coming out of this,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Will it be a drought-buster?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The ongoing rains are already boosting California’s water storage system. Major reservoirs are rising, some rapidly. Folsom Lake was 29% full on Dec. 20, and as of Jan. 2 it jumped to 61%. The much larger Lake Oroville jumped from 29% to 38% in the same window — an increase of more than 300,000 acre-feet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the drought isn’t over yet and the West Coast remains dominated by a “weak to moderate” La Niña system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As recently as the fall, scientists predicted California was in for a fourth year of drought and predicted the rare occurrence of a third consecutive La Niña, the El Niño counterpart associated with dry Southern California weather and, generally, 50-50 odds of drought farther north.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Abatzoglou of UC Merced said he suspects more rain will fall this month than fell from January through June last year. But he noted that recent forecasts for dry weather have not proven perfectly accurate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Forecasts were anticipating a dry January, February and March,” he said. “January is now going to be wet.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Raising questions about whether California’s elaborate system of flood protections will hold, another dangerous storm is barreling toward the Sacramento Valley, where rains already punched through some levees, and floods killed at least one person.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last weekend’s storms have already tested the flood-prevention infrastructure across the region, which sits at the confluence of two major rivers and bears the brunt of heavy rains. “It’s a bathtub, basically,” said Beth Salyers, deputy district engineer for the federal Army Corps of Engineers in Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An estimated 1.3 million people and $223 billion worth of property in the Central Valley are protected by the state-federal systems of levees, dams and other structures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California spends $48 million annually to operate flood protections but needs much more — “$3.2 billion over the next five years of implementation,” according to the state’s \u003ca href=\"http://cvfpb.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Central_Valley_Flood_Protection_Plan_Update_2022_ADOPTED.pdf\">Central Valley Flood Protection Plan (PDF)\u003c/a>, a document produced in 2012 and updated last month. Of that, the state’s responsibility ranges from $1.8 billion to $2.8 billion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An estimated $25 billion to $30 billion in funding over 30 years could help the state “avoid the astronomical cost of catastrophic flooding in the Central Valley estimated to be as high as $1 trillion, in addition to an incalculable toll on lives and public well-being,” the plan says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11936746\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11936746\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/An-aerial-view-shows-flooded-fields-800x450.png\" alt=\"Flooding area aerial view\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/An-aerial-view-shows-flooded-fields-800x450.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/An-aerial-view-shows-flooded-fields-160x90.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/An-aerial-view-shows-flooded-fields.png 975w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An aerial view shows flooded fields off River Road near Locke on Jan. 3, 2022. \u003ccite>(Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>So far, this winter’s storms have been severe but not catastrophic: The New Year’s Eve storm “stalled out” over the watershed of the Cosumnes River. Portions of privately owned levees on the river gave way, flooding nearby areas. The levees, constructed to reclaim the land for agriculture, are generally rated only to handle a 10-year flood, according to Sacramento County officials. The breeching of the levees shut down Highway 99 and stranded motorists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the region’s two major reservoirs held, and the Sacramento and American rivers did not experience major floods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The investments we’ve made to the flood system have absolutely helped,” said Gary Lippner, the Department of Water Resources’ deputy director of flood management and dam safety. “At the larger scale, our system is much more ready for high-water events.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Central Valley has a long, painful history of deluges: \u003ca href=\"https://cw3e.ucsd.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Dettinger_Ingram_sciam13.pdf\">The Great Flood of 1861–2 (PDF)\u003c/a>, triggered by weeks of rain and snow, is still remembered as the worst disaster ever to befall California, inundating the entire valley, killing thousands of people statewide and devastating the economy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state’s capital city was built in a floodplain and requires an extensive system of dams and levees to protect it. Even now, federal, state and local authorities are in the midst of upgrading those defenses, particularly in the Sacramento region, where multiyear, multibillion-dollar projects are underway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Major improvements have been made in the region and more also are underway, thanks to about $1.8 billion in state and federal funds. The Army Corps and state have been upgrading about 45 miles of levees over a five-year period, and work on the final 2.8 miles is scheduled to begin in the spring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the structural upgrades are raising levee heights, boring as deep as 150 feet to reinforce levees to prevent seepage and piling rocks on riverbanks to reduce erosion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All of the work that we’ve done along the American and Sacramento rivers are helping the current situation. We are not seeing flooding off these rivers,” Salyers said. The completed projects are now weather-tested, she said, and “performing the way we wanted them to.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jane Dolan, president of the Central Valley Flood Protection Board, advised residents throughout the Central Valley to stay on guard and take warnings and advisories to heart. “If you’re at an elevation below 200 feet, near a levee that’s older than you, pay attention to alerts,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state has established \u003ca href=\"https://news.caloes.ca.gov/with-another-significant-storm-looming-cal-oes-continues-to-deploy-resources-personnel-to-impacted-counties/\">emergency shelters\u003c/a> in Sacramento and San Mateo counties and has stockpiled 3.7 million sandbags.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some experts think the flooding from the incoming storms could be tempered by the fact that the developing system is relatively cold. This will translate into more snow and less rain, at least at high elevations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last weekend’s storm was relatively warm and produced rainfall at high elevations, where the liquid water fell on several feet of snow, melting it and magnifying the runoff into streams and rivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But today’s storm is colder. That means more precipitation will probably fall as snow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We like rain in California, but we love snow,” said \u003ca href=\"https://snri.ucmerced.edu/content/john-abatzoglou\">John Abatzoglou\u003c/a>, UC Merced professor of climatology. He said that over the weekend, rain fell at elevations of 8,000 feet or more and may have worsened lowland flooding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anderson said today’s storm will probably produce rainfall at no higher than 5,000 to 6,000 feet and snowfall above that, minimizing rain-on-snow flooding impacts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This will be a good mix of both heavy rain at the lower elevations, snowfall at the higher elevations,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Need to act with renewed urgency’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Climate modeling suggests that global warming is likely to make storms larger, stronger and more intense. It will also cause more precipitation to fall in liquid form. This translates into worsening floods just as the Central Valley’s system of levees, weirs and bypasses ages past its prime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The flood board’s updated \u003ca href=\"http://cvfpb.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Central_Valley_Flood_Protection_Plan_Update_2022_ADOPTED.pdf\">Central Valley Flood Protection Plan (PDF)\u003c/a>, released last month, warns of “1,000-year storm events … and the need to act with renewed urgency and purpose before the next large flood event occurs in the Central Valley.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plan calls on nature-based solutions, like restored floodplains, and infrastructural improvements, like fortified levees near urban areas, to help reduce the impacts of higher-energy storm systems expected as a result of the warming climate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of the historic floodplains along the Central Valley’s rivers have been separated from the water by levees. Scientists now say that restoring floodplains can be an effective flood control strategy by allowing surging rivers to spill their banks and shed their energy on unpopulated flatlands, rather than bursting through aging levees surrounding populated areas. Floodplains also provide fish and wildlife habitat and serve as groundwater percolation beds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11936751\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11936751\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/Flood_image3-800x450.png\" alt=\"View of flooding with some green grass amidst water\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/Flood_image3-800x450.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/Flood_image3-160x90.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/Flood_image3.png 975w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A field off Interstate 5 near Mokelumne City is flooded on Jan. 3, 2022. \u003ccite>(Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When a lot of rain falls in a short span of time, it’s difficult for many regions to handle, especially low-lying coastal areas. Last weekend downtown San Francisco was drenched with nearly 6 inches of rain and incoming high tide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It takes a lot of time for that water to find a way out,” said Mark Dickman, associate director for data at the U.S. Geological Survey in Sacramento. “There’s just nowhere for it to go.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a persistent and familiar challenge: what to do with water when there’s too much and how to manage when there isn’t enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are built for this,” said Jeffrey Mount, a water specialist at the Public Policy Institute of California. “We built the system around the notion that we get occasionally wet years and mostly dry years. But, unlike the Colorado River Basin, where they can capture and control four years of runoff, we are full after one year. Our ability to store surface water is limited.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is the nature of a semi-arid climate that we will see this whiplash — the three driest years on record and, if this year continues, we will get a year like 2017, the wettest on record. We have not figured out how to better take advantage of these wet years to get us through the dry.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While it takes decades to change traditional approaches to flood control, Mount said the current projects are a step in the right direction. “I see a lot of really good things coming out of this,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Will it be a drought-buster?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The ongoing rains are already boosting California’s water storage system. Major reservoirs are rising, some rapidly. Folsom Lake was 29% full on Dec. 20, and as of Jan. 2 it jumped to 61%. The much larger Lake Oroville jumped from 29% to 38% in the same window — an increase of more than 300,000 acre-feet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the drought isn’t over yet and the West Coast remains dominated by a “weak to moderate” La Niña system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As recently as the fall, scientists predicted California was in for a fourth year of drought and predicted the rare occurrence of a third consecutive La Niña, the El Niño counterpart associated with dry Southern California weather and, generally, 50-50 odds of drought farther north.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Abatzoglou of UC Merced said he suspects more rain will fall this month than fell from January through June last year. But he noted that recent forecasts for dry weather have not proven perfectly accurate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 6 p.m. Friday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area’s first real winter storm of the year touched down early Thursday morning and is expected to continue into the afternoon, in what forecasters say will be \u003ca href=\"https://www.weather.gov/wrh/wxtable\">a “powerhouse” system\u003c/a> delivering heavy rain and frigid weather across the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s going to be a legit winter storm, and everybody should prepare for it as such,” said meteorologist Brian Garcia of the National Weather Service’s San Francisco Bay Area office, who advised people to stay indoors, if possible. “Watch out for falling branches, falling trees. … With the wind, we could see some localized power outages.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/NWSBayArea/status/1597949820202803200\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Weather conditions will likely “deteriorate” through the early morning on Thursday, Garcia said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Intermittent downpours could bring as much as 3 inches of rain to coastal areas in Sonoma County and around Mt. Tamalpais in Marin County, and could cause flooding on highways and areas with limited drainage, like Marin City.[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Brian Garcia, meteorologist, NWS\"]‘It’s going to be a legit winter storm, and everybody should prepare for it as such.’[/pullquote]Most parts of the Bay Area will receive up to 1.5 inches of rain on Thursday, paired with 30–45 mph wind gusts and temperatures dropping into the 40s, before clearing up by Friday. A second but weaker system is expected to bring more rain Friday night through Sunday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is really kind of the first typical winter storm that we’ve had for the season,” said Garcia. “We’ve had a couple other fronts roll through and bring us a little bit of rain. But this one kind of brings it all with the wind, the rain and the cold temperatures following.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The coldest weather is forecast for early Friday morning after the storm has passed, with temperatures expected to dip into the mid-30s to low-40s throughout most of the Bay Area, before rising into the mid-to-high 40s by Saturday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amid the imminent cold, wet conditions, local officials and service providers are scrambling to temporarily expand access to warming centers and other shelters for the thousands of unsheltered people living throughout the Bay Area who remain uniquely vulnerable to harsh weather conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, with \u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.org/scorecards/safety-net/homeless-population\">an unhoused population of nearly 8,000\u003c/a>, finding shelter in the rain and the expected 40-degree lows on Thursday and Friday nights will prove crucial, with \u003ca href=\"https://hsh.sfgov.org/services/how-to-get-services/accessing-temporary-shelter/\">various temporary shelters and warming centers\u003c/a> available for those exposed to the elements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our \u003ca href=\"https://hsh.sfgov.org/services/the-homelessness-response-system/outreach/homeless-outreach-team/\">Homeless Outreach Team\u003c/a> is expanding our work today through the weekend,” said Emily Cohen, spokesperson for the San Francisco Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing. “We’ll be conducting wellness checks throughout the city, handing out emergency blankets, checking for symptoms of hypothermia, talking to folks and inviting them into shelter or directing them to the nearest warming centers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cohen adds that San Francisco public libraries will be open during the day and that the city will be expanding its shelter capacity at three sites — \u003ca href=\"https://hsh.sfgov.org/services/how-to-get-services/accessing-temporary-shelter/\">Sanctuary, MSC South and Next Door Shelter\u003c/a> — where people will be able to self-refer and request a shelter bed to stay overnight. People can also go to locations of the \u003ca href=\"https://hsh.sfgov.org/services/how-to-get-services/accessing-temporary-shelter/\">Interfaith Winter Shelter\u003c/a>, a roving shelter that goes to different faith congregations throughout the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan data-pm-slice='1 1 [\"paragraph-wrapper\",null,\"paragraph\",{\"id\":\"p40-0\"}]'>“We certainly do not have shelter beds for every person experiencing homelessness in our community,” said Cohen, regarding capacity at the shelters. “We estimate that we have over 7,700 people experiencing homelessness in our community on any given night. But on any given day, we tend to have enough vacancies within the system to make offers of shelter to people living outside. The outreach team is equipped daily with shelter beds, and they go out and offer them to folks living outdoors. And if folks accept those offers, we will facilitate their immediate placement.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Santa Clara County — home to \u003ca href=\"https://news.sccgov.org/news-release/county-santa-clara-and-city-san-jose-release-preliminary-results-2022-point-time\">more than 10,000 unhoused residents \u003c/a>— temperatures in some places are expected to drop to the low 30s on Thursday night, spurring officials to convert libraries and various other community facilities into \u003ca href=\"https://emergencymanagement.sccgov.org/residents/cold-weather-safety?utm_campaign=preparescc-vanity-redirect&utm_medium=redirect&utm_source=vanity&mc_cid=0a9622393a&mc_eid=a80b3fa145\">warming centers for the most vulnerable residents\u003c/a>, with free transportation also available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county on Monday also opened a temporary overnight shelter program in Mountain View — at Los Altos United Methodist Church — for women and families that is scheduled to operate daily from 3 p.m. to 9 a.m. through March.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People need a place to go, particularly when it’s cold and wet outside,” said Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian, who proposed the shelter years ago. “It’s as simple as that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farther north, in Santa Rosa, where some 1,650 residents are experiencing homelessness, city officials on Tuesday night opened\u003ca href=\"https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/sonoma-county-homelessness-advocates-call-for-beefed-up-winter-response-as/\"> a temporary warming center\u003c/a> — at Catholic Charities’ new downtown Caritas Center — which is expected to remain open until at least Thursday morning. In Marin County, Marin Health and Human Services is opening the shelter from 3 p.m. Friday to 10 a.m. Saturday at 3240 Kerner Blvd. in San Rafael. People are encouraged to sign in by 8 p.m. Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Sonoma County, a freeze warning was issued Wednesday as overnight temperatures are expected to drop to as low as the upper 20s and lower 30s through Monday, which could result in snow and black ice, according to county officials. The county advised unhoused residents to \u003ca href=\"https://socoemergency.org/emergency/extreme-cold/\">locate the nearest shelter\u003c/a>, all of which operate on a first-come, first-served basis, with many offering wraparound services. The city of Sonoma will be extending its temporary shelter at the Sonoma Veterans Memorial Building for Friday evening through Saturday morning. The veterans building is located at 126 First St. W. and will be open from 7 p.m. Friday to 9 a.m. Saturday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Vallejo, an overnight winter warming shelter that had opened on Thursday evening has been extended through Friday evening at the Norman C. King Recreation Center at 545 Magazine St. from 8 p.m. Friday until 7 a.m. Saturday. People looking to get out of the cold are encouraged to bring their own sleeping bags or blankets. Space is limited, so entrants are also asked to only bring one small bag of personal items.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storm is also forecast to dump a heavy layer of snow on the Tahoe region and much of the Sierra, with wind gusts reaching 100 mph on ridges and mountaintops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for much of the Sierra that starts at 10 p.m. Wednesday and stretches into Friday, with the heaviest snowfall expected at Tahoe on Thursday, when as much as 3 inches an hour could produce whiteout conditions on Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Travel will be very difficult with hazardous conditions,” the NWS said Wednesday. “Strong winds could cause damage to trees and lead to power outages.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Between 10 and 20 inches of snow is forecast around Lake Tahoe, with 1 to 2 feet at elevations above 7,000 feet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>See lists of warming centers and emergency shelters in:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.achch.org/uploads/7/2/5/4/72547769/alameda_county_winter_shelters__resources_03242021.pdf\">Alameda County (PDF)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.contracosta.ca.gov/2269/Emergency-Alerts-Resources\">Contra Costa County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://emergency.marincounty.org/\">Marin County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://hsh.sfgov.org/services/how-to-get-services/accessing-temporary-shelter/\">San Francisco\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://emergencymanagement.sccgov.org/residents/cold-weather-safety\">Santa Clara County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://socoemergency.org/emergency/extreme-cold/\">Sonoma County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story includes reporting from KQED’s Matthew Green, Ezra David Romero and The Associated Press.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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People can also go to locations of the \u003ca href=\"https://hsh.sfgov.org/services/how-to-get-services/accessing-temporary-shelter/\">Interfaith Winter Shelter\u003c/a>, a roving shelter that goes to different faith congregations throughout the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan data-pm-slice='1 1 [\"paragraph-wrapper\",null,\"paragraph\",{\"id\":\"p40-0\"}]'>“We certainly do not have shelter beds for every person experiencing homelessness in our community,” said Cohen, regarding capacity at the shelters. “We estimate that we have over 7,700 people experiencing homelessness in our community on any given night. But on any given day, we tend to have enough vacancies within the system to make offers of shelter to people living outside. The outreach team is equipped daily with shelter beds, and they go out and offer them to folks living outdoors. And if folks accept those offers, we will facilitate their immediate placement.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Santa Clara County — home to \u003ca href=\"https://news.sccgov.org/news-release/county-santa-clara-and-city-san-jose-release-preliminary-results-2022-point-time\">more than 10,000 unhoused residents \u003c/a>— temperatures in some places are expected to drop to the low 30s on Thursday night, spurring officials to convert libraries and various other community facilities into \u003ca href=\"https://emergencymanagement.sccgov.org/residents/cold-weather-safety?utm_campaign=preparescc-vanity-redirect&utm_medium=redirect&utm_source=vanity&mc_cid=0a9622393a&mc_eid=a80b3fa145\">warming centers for the most vulnerable residents\u003c/a>, with free transportation also available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county on Monday also opened a temporary overnight shelter program in Mountain View — at Los Altos United Methodist Church — for women and families that is scheduled to operate daily from 3 p.m. to 9 a.m. through March.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People need a place to go, particularly when it’s cold and wet outside,” said Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian, who proposed the shelter years ago. “It’s as simple as that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farther north, in Santa Rosa, where some 1,650 residents are experiencing homelessness, city officials on Tuesday night opened\u003ca href=\"https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/sonoma-county-homelessness-advocates-call-for-beefed-up-winter-response-as/\"> a temporary warming center\u003c/a> — at Catholic Charities’ new downtown Caritas Center — which is expected to remain open until at least Thursday morning. 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The veterans building is located at 126 First St. W. and will be open from 7 p.m. Friday to 9 a.m. Saturday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Vallejo, an overnight winter warming shelter that had opened on Thursday evening has been extended through Friday evening at the Norman C. King Recreation Center at 545 Magazine St. from 8 p.m. Friday until 7 a.m. Saturday. People looking to get out of the cold are encouraged to bring their own sleeping bags or blankets. Space is limited, so entrants are also asked to only bring one small bag of personal items.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storm is also forecast to dump a heavy layer of snow on the Tahoe region and much of the Sierra, with wind gusts reaching 100 mph on ridges and mountaintops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for much of the Sierra that starts at 10 p.m. Wednesday and stretches into Friday, with the heaviest snowfall expected at Tahoe on Thursday, when as much as 3 inches an hour could produce whiteout conditions on Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Travel will be very difficult with hazardous conditions,” the NWS said Wednesday. “Strong winds could cause damage to trees and lead to power outages.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Between 10 and 20 inches of snow is forecast around Lake Tahoe, with 1 to 2 feet at elevations above 7,000 feet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>See lists of warming centers and emergency shelters in:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.achch.org/uploads/7/2/5/4/72547769/alameda_county_winter_shelters__resources_03242021.pdf\">Alameda County (PDF)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.contracosta.ca.gov/2269/Emergency-Alerts-Resources\">Contra Costa County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://emergency.marincounty.org/\">Marin County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://hsh.sfgov.org/services/how-to-get-services/accessing-temporary-shelter/\">San Francisco\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://emergencymanagement.sccgov.org/residents/cold-weather-safety\">Santa Clara County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://socoemergency.org/emergency/extreme-cold/\">Sonoma County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story includes reporting from KQED’s Matthew Green, Ezra David Romero and The Associated Press.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Voters headed to polls as a major winter storm pounded California on Election Day, bringing rain and snow to the drought-stricken state along with possible flash flooding in areas recently scarred by wildfires, and fears that the downpours could lead to a low turnout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the heaviest rain is expected later Tuesday in Orange County, which is holding several very close U.S. House races that could determine which party controls Congress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Republican Party of Orange County urged members to vote early and avoid getting stuck in the rain on Election Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Election day lines are long and typically one to two hours long. Don’t risk getting caught waiting in the rain to cast your ballot,” an email sent by the party Monday said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storm arrived Monday and is forecast to last into midweek, bringing hopes that the precipitation could \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-nevada-storms-weather-reno-262a13360b281eba151f4a6930853171\">blunt an already moderate wildfire season in California\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in some areas, the rain posed its own problems Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A man was found dead Tuesday in a concrete channel in the city of Ontario in San Bernardino County. Officials said he and five others, who were unhoused, were swept away by rainwater that flooded the channel. Firefighters were able to pull some out of the wash as a downpour swelled the concrete drainage, but \u003ca href=\"https://www.sbsun.com/2022/11/08/rescue-under-way-in-ontario-wash-as-rainwater-traps-homeless-people/\">two remain missing\u003c/a>, the San Bernardino Sun reported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city of Duarte, in the Southern California foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/CityofDuarte/status/1589830600101273600?s=20&t=DyJbByAIZRJyWXzs7m1agQ\">issued mandatory evacuation orders\u003c/a> late Monday night for about 25 homes in the Fish Fire burn scar area. Other evacuation orders are in place through Wednesday morning for canyon areas in the Santa Ana Mountains' Bond Fire burn scar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Northern California, \u003ca href=\"https://www.weather.gov/mtr/\">meteorologists issued a flash flood watch\u003c/a> through 5 p.m. Tuesday, warning that heavy rainfall could lead to debris flows and flash flooding in the burn scars of the Colorado and River wildfires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Between 1 and 3 inches of rainfall are expected through Wednesday \u003ca href=\"https://www.weather.gov/lox/#\">in the Los Angeles area's coast and valleys\u003c/a>. The foothills and mountains could see up to 5 inches. Thunderstorms are expected to last Tuesday afternoon into the evening, National Weather Service meteorologists said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meteorologists say mountain peaks above 6,000 feet could get 6 to 12 inches of snowfall, with 20 inches possible locally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning for the greater Lake Tahoe area on Tuesday as heavy snow fell in the region, causing backups on major highways in the area. The agency warned that driving in the region would be extremely difficult, if not impossible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Be prepared for whiteout conditions and sub-zero wind chills along ridgelines and near the mountain passes,” the agency said in its alert, adding that the hazardous conditions will affect motorists during peak commute times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, stronger winds are also expected to arrive in the area beginning Saturday, and the winds could throw burning embers and create spot fires. That would be a setback for firefighters working to contain the week-old, nearly 106-square-mile blaze, which on Wednesday became the largest in the state so far this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The weekend’s forecast is “a bit of a mixed blessing here,” Fire Behavior Analyst Jonathan Pangburn said Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The forecast came as firefighters again prevented flames from entering a mountain town and reported major progress Thursday, just two days after the fire roared back to life and burned structures near Foresthill. Crews on the ground built up containment lines while water-dropping helicopters knocked down hotspots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Conditions on the ground Thursday were “looking a whole heck of a lot better,” according to fire spokesman Scott McLean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s looking really good on the west end where we had that dramatic increase of fire earlier this week,” McLean said Thursday. Flames raced up a drainage ditch into a neighborhood, but firefighters saved all the homes. Evacuation orders remained for some 11,000 residents because of the unpredictable nature of the winds, McLean said, which typically blow in the direction of several canyons and could rapidly spread flames if gusts pick up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scientists say climate change has made the West warmer and drier over the last three decades and will continue to make weather more extreme and wildfires more frequent and destructive. In the last five years, California has experienced the largest and most destructive fires in its history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This weekend’s rain is forecast to be a one-off event, said meteorologists, and likely won’t produce enough moisture to end this year’s fire season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We still have another month and a half before we might be seeing a regular progression of storms — assuming that’s going to happen this year,” said Jan Null, an adjunct professor of meteorology at San Jose State University. “In the interim, October through early November, is when we start seeing our Diablo winds here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those autumn wind events have been a key factor in recent wildfire disasters in the Bay Area, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11654027/my-world-was-burning-the-north-bay-fires-and-what-went-wrong\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the North Bay fires of 2017\u003c/a>, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11782251/kincade-fire-sonoma-county-geyserville-healdsburg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kincade Fire\u003c/a> in 2019, and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11839923/napa-county-glass-fire-at-800-acres-smoke-and-ash-spreading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Glass Fire\u003c/a> in 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Unless we get more storms after this one, things are going to dry back out in a week or two,” Null said. “The forests and wildlands are in such dry condition that this will put a temporary hold on things but not end the season.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Dan Brekke and Kevin Stark contributed to this report. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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Several structures and at least 10 cars burned near the Gold Rush-era community of Michigan Bluff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Nevada Division of Environmental Protection warned the Reno area that air quality could be very unhealthy to hazardous due to smoke from the Mosquito Fire 100 miles away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire’s cause remained under investigation. Pacific Gas and Electric notified the state Public Utilities Commission that the U.S. Forest Service placed caution tape around the base of a PG&E transmission pole but that no damage could be seen. PG&E said unspecified “electrical activity” occurred close in time to the report of the fire on September 6.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another dangerous blaze burned in stands of timber near the Big Bear Lake resort region in the San Bernardino Mountains east of Los Angeles. It was just 2% contained after scorching nearly 1,280 acres.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A surge of clouds and showers associated with Hurricane Kay off Mexico’s Baja California peninsula knocked the edge off temperatures in Southern California at times but also were a potential problem for solar generation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the initial impacts of Kay, forecasters warned that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11924709/sf-and-coast-included-in-heat-advisory-as-scorching-temperatures-increase-risk-of-blackouts-extreme-fire-danger\">the heat was not yet done\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The seemingly endless heat wave that has been plaguing California will finally be coming to an end across at least Southern California, but not before two more very hot days and very warm nights,” the Los Angeles-area weather office wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Operators of California’s power grid issued another Flex Alert call for voluntary cuts in use of electricity and expanded the period by two hours, 3 p.m. to 10 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wildfire smoke and the cloud cover created uncertainty about solar power production in afternoon hours when temperatures rise toward their peaks, said Elliot Mainzer, president and CEO of the California Independent System Operator.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was also uncertainty about wind power at the back end of the period.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CAISO has issued Flex Alerts since last week and has avoided ordering rolling power outages, although a miscommunication with one Northern California provider led to blackouts.[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Elliot Mainzer, president and CEO, CAISO\"]‘We certainly think we’re close to turning the corner, but we still have challenges ahead of us this evening.’[/pullquote]With record demand on power supplies across the West, California snapped its energy use record around 5 p.m. Tuesday with 52,061 megawatts, far above the previous high of 50,270 megawatts set July 24, 2006.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An emergency appeal for conservation that was sent to Californians’ cellphones was credited with an immediate drop in demand on the electrical grid that evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Electrical demand hit 50,184 megawatts on Wednesday, but it ended up being “a relatively quiet operation on the system,” Mainzer told a briefing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The electrical load forecast for Thursday afternoon and evening was higher, however, and the uncertainty involving the renewable energy sources made the situation a bit more complex, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We certainly think we’re close to turning the corner, but we still have challenges ahead of us this evening,” Mainzer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Storm and wind conditions associated with the approaching hurricane were likely to create a new set of risks for power shortages in Southern California, he noted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hurricane Kay was expected to be downgraded to a tropical storm before it reaches northern Baja California on Friday, the National Weather Service said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite losing hurricane strength, Kay was expected to send a surge of moisture into Southern California. 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