Umbrella. We have lots of rain showers to the north and to the south and pocket of yellow with moderate to heavy downpours now in throughout windsor and santa rosa and cloverdale. Tamales you hear the heavy rain. Fairfield light rain, vacaville, rio vista junction. Theres a swath of precipitation around oakland on highway 13 connecting to 580. We have the rain streaming back to the 580 680 corridor. Santa cruz mountains which has already seen half a foot of rain yesterday alone light to moderate rainfall continues in the ben lomond area. Right now river levels 33 approaching 34 feet at the Russian River near Johnsons Beach in guerneville. We anticipate it to recede later today but its cresting now. High wind advisory not for today. Tomorrow its going to be very windy again very similar conditions to yesterday. Here is the setup. We now have a series of little cold fronts that are going to begin to roll through on thursday. Today just some light precipitation here and there mostly right
Sot arne huddin trapped in slidearne huddin, of capitola, is talking about the huge landslide that came down here on northbound highway 17 Tuesday Morning, slamming into his truck, he says, like a runaway train. Sot arne huddin northbound when the slide hit, huddins truck was picked up like a toy and tossed over the Center Divide and into the southbound lanes. Huddin was trapped for about ten agonizing minutes, as rocks and debris fell around him. By the time people stopped to help he had crawled out on his own, bloodying his hands in the escape. Sot arne huddinthe slide, the same one that crushed a news van last month is now twice as big and as you can see, its still moving. The chp says it might have been worse. Sot troy vincent chpthe northbound lanes will be closed for a least 24 hours. Until caltrans can assess the potential for the earth to keep moving, traffic will share the southbound lanes. There were other, smaller slides and a lot of flooding elsewhere on 17 as well. On his
In the mountains. Good afternoon, im michelle griego. Im kenny choi. We have Live Team Coverage right now. Anne makovec is following stormrelated problems in the north bay. Maria medina is in the Santa Cruz Mountains. But first, Roberta Gonzales tracking the latest storm warnings from our weather center. Yeah. And were jumping all over it because just as were going on air for our noon newscast i have warnings going up, warnings coming down and this is the deal. Our live hidef Doppler Radar still picking up some pretty heavy rain showers in throughout the northern portion of the bay area which has been hammered since 4 a. M. So theres standing water from healdsburg to san rafael. The peninsula from San Francisco all the way to sfo, some moderate precipitation and gusty winds. Threehour delays at sfo on some arriving flights. Look at the san mateo bridge leading into the east bay. Pretty moderate rainfall at this time near hayward and up towards the richmond area. Otherwise, were filling
Through the San Ramon Valley light to moderate rainfall. That cell just drifted across 101 in morgan hill. Santa cruz mountains seeing clearing. Peninsula, san bruno a moderate cell just blew through your neighborhood. Meanwhile we have a Flood Warning in effect until 8 30 this morning for the red zone right there. Central Sonoma County and Mark West Creek. Reporter anne makovec is going to give us the latest details on the Russian River. We anticipate moderate flooding today around johnson beach. Lets start with the Traffic Alert we have been dealing with for a few days now. This is in Scotts Valley area. Highway 17 down to one lane in both directions. Traffic is moving. There are workers and cones to look for out that way. That should be finishing up by the end of the weekend. Heres the bay bridge toll plaza heading into San Francisco. Looking good. There is a lot of storm damage across the bay area. We saw rain flooding and mudslides. The storm has knocked out power, damaged homes a
The downpour has been pretty much nonstop. Road crews continue to clear away rocks and mudslides on some of the most travelled roads. In the santa cruz mountains. That work turned tragic today on highway 17. Kron 4s rob fladeboe has been on the scene all day. He joins us live with late details on a worker who died on the job. Rob . aaapkgaaanats this was the chaotic scene just after noon here in the closed northbound lanes of highway 17 where crews have been working to clear a rock slide. Two men somehow run over by a dump truck. Sot officer Trista Drake Chpnats this motorist witnessed the accident and flagged down the chp. Sot woman who witnessed accident the witness too emotional to describe what shed seen. One of the the men was pronounced dead at the scene. Trapped beneath the trucks rear wheels for a time, the other man, his hand visible as was eventually pulled free, was consious and speaking says the chp. All of this happening in heavy rain as traffic passed bysot officer trisa