While the thirsty south bay definitely needs rain experts at the santa clara Water District says this storm will do very little to change the big picture. Unfortunately wthe current levels in our reservoir and the current snow pack and current water conditions in the delta, this rain will help a very small amount but wont have an overall benefit to us. Reporter the storm did have an impact of a different kind on these people waiting to get home. They learned to go with the flow, having lunch al frisco on the back of a motorcycle and doing homework in the back of a car. Water district leaders remind you that this is a good time to get out those buckets and try to harvest this rain. As you know its a hot commodity. Thank you. The sky over San Francisco looked unstable as it went from sunny to cloudy to stormy and then back to sunny again. But the short breaks of dry weather actually gave people a chance to clean up from the mess of the firstround of storms. We go to berkeley for more. Re
Bloom were going to begin with spencer christian. And live doppler 7 hd. Taking a look at live doppler 7 hd. We have rain, showers covering the entire bay area. So some areas are stormier than others the east bay getting the stormiest weather of weve got Lightning Strikes along interack and south ward. Into the south bay weve got a wide area of steady rainfall with heavy down pours strong winds and small hail stones as you may have witnessed. This is the movement of a continue continuing to push eastward. Were seeing thunderstorm patterns continuing to push central valley. Ill show you what is coming up next later. Thank you. Rain came down hard in the east bay z there is more lightning again today. And problems from weather. Abc7 news is live in moraga tonight with our coverage from that part of the bay area. Jonathan . Rain still coming down here. And you know there is Something Else with it. In most parts of the country, thunder and lightning just a fact of life. It came from the sk
To put a dent in the drought . Mike nico. A few sprinkles falling right now as another storm is approaching San Francisco. You can see behind me we do have some breaks in the cloud cover. And that sun is whats going to help energize that storm to come through. Yesterday we talked about. 5 to about 1 inch of rain. Thats what you see over the past 24 hours in most neighborhoods. Lets talk about whats happening up north. This is where weve seen the steadier scattered showers. San rafael, mill valley, larksberg, rich month, hercules and rodeo going to get some scattered showers here. Over San Francisco down to san mateo. Look whats developing off the coast. Another thunderstorm heading towards half moon bay, pescadero. Could head into the peninsula. What to expect the rest of the afternoon, downpours, hail, locally breezy conditions. Our strongest storms will be this afternoon. You think were seeing snow now . Wait until the levels drop to 2800 feet into the nighttime hours. Its going to l
A tsunami warning is in place after Officials Say they identified a nearly seven foot wave. U. S. Geological survey says it struck 61 miles northwest, hitting an area that has been rocked by numerous quakes over two weeks. Cnnchile showing people walking calmly throughout the streets. Lots of people out on the streets feeling that shake. So far, there have been no reports of injuries or damage. None can be seen in this video. We are on the story well update you with more information as soon as we get it during this hour and our breaking news continues on twitter. Good evening, and thanks for joining us. Our other top story, storms moving through the bay area, bringing rain, wind, hail, thunder and lightning. Yes. Weve just received word the axes game has been rained out. The makeup game will be tomorrow at 6 00 p. M. Lets take a look now on the left. You can see green and some yellow indicating rain. Ask on the right, our camera where you can see the affect the rain is having on the ev
Went into the water. [ pause ] once again, a pittsburg man died when his car plunged into that canal. These are the images from chopper 5 crews pulling the car out of the water at east leland road. The man was reported missing yesterday. And crews eventually got the car out. A major cleanup in oakland after a huge oak tree fell smashing three cars. The recent rain may have weakened the roots. Kpix 5 reporter anne makovec says it was a close call for a man who was just walking by. Reporter this car is one of three that felt the wrath of this falling oak tree in oakland last night. Its roots ripped from the earth in this yard on el dorado avenue at about 10 p. M. Just missed me. Reporter he had just walked past it with his dog. Heard the crackling, turned around thought it was thunder, saw the transformer blow and everything came down. Reporter including a treehouse that once belonged to this 10yearold who lives in this house. I was just shocked because that tree was leaning down. It was