The storm coming. Right rain. Into the north bay, light showers around santa rosa, napa, petaluma, to the south reports of light sfrinkles around anjose and palo alto, impressive line of moisture aimed right at us. Going to be Long Duration event next 48 hours. Its for that fact that storm impact this system gets a four. Major storm. First time weve had a four since we created this scale for abc7 two years ago. So the concerns we have over the weekend, a lot of rain in a short amount of time. Stream and creek flooding is high. Debris flows. Hydroplaning is almost certain and wind also an issue with power outages. Keeping an eye on it and time it out over the weekend in the full forecast. The Santa Cruz Mountains expected to get the most rain. Already saturated and vulnerable to storm damage. Katie is live with how the residents are getting ready. Reporter talked about Santa Cruz Office of Emergency Services tonight and tell me the Emergency Operations center will be active tomorrow at
And spread to all three floors of this building. The smoke alarms appeared to be working and the People Living in all 12 units were able to make it out. We protect the exposure around the fire building. Also, the smoke detectors went on and its great for residents to make sure and homeowners also that the smoke detectors work due to working smoke detectors, um, everyone gets out safely. Reporter the preliminary cause now possibly an electric blanket that started fire on the first floor. We know that two people were injured in the fire due to smoke inhalation. They were not sent to the hospital and will be okay. Back out here live now in oakland, beo vista closed and will be for hours. Anne makovec, kpix 5. It might not look bad this morning but local Law Enforcement is warning the entire bay area that a river of rain is headed our way. Its a once in every five to 25 year storm. And as it moves in and settled over Northern California expect to see scenes like this from the coast all the
About the big rainmaker taking aim at california. Rangers are gearing up for situations like floods that closed yosemite for weeks in 1997. They are no longer letting people in any of the entrances. People who are already in yosemite have until tomorrow at 5 p. M. To evacuated. We have Live Team Coverage on the approaching storm on the potential for flooding starting live in South Lake Tahoe with emily turner and the concern that much of the new snow at the lower elevations will melt. Reporter yeah. And the big question here is flooding. Not so much a question but concern. Because its a very strong likelihood thats going to happen. Im here at one of the Fire Departments and they have a sandbag station. There have been three deliveries of sand here. The first one was gone by 10 00. Clearly, a very popular stop. There have been many calls to the Fire Department, as well. I spoke to someone about to get sandbags. They are expecting more than a foot of rain with this storm so flooding is w
Coming up this weekend. It is an Atmospheric River heading directly to the bay area. Well talk more about river flood threats coming up in five minutes. The river of rain heading our way bringing back memories of a devastating farmers. Newman farmers are moving livestock to Higher Ground. Susie steimle reports. Reporter before every major storm it offers the tools they need to pick up sandbags and take them home before the storm. City Officials Say the anxiety they are seeing this year is unlike anything they have seen in the past 20 years. Are people worried . Yes. So far we have seen probably say about 100 residents picked up sandbags. Reporter he lived in flood prone newman for more than two decades and spent the day handing out sandbags to residents whose anxiety is at an alltime high. They are in panic mode. Reporter its in the sierra so when heavy rain hits they are bound to be under water. He says in the back of everyones minds, the images of storm in 97. That year extreme flood
Po it live from the cbs bay area studios this is kpix5 news. Tonight this is the calm before a potentially dangerous storm. It could be the strongest one to hit the bay area in a decade. Good evening. Im elizabeth cook. Im allen martin. We have Team Coverage tonight. First kpix5 chief meteorologist paul deanno. Youre tracking the radar, paul. We are and the leading edge of the storm is now here. Its raining for the majority of the bay area, just the beginning. The heaviest rain will not get here for another 22 to 24 hours from now. It will rain the majority of the day tomorrow. North bay is getting the heaviest rainfall. South to san rafael and marin county moderate rain and all moderate rain falling over San Francisco, San Mateo County and oakland. The santa cruz are already the first of many waves of rain moving through this. How much rainfall over the weekend . By sunday night our computer is predicting anywhere from 3 to 5 inch of rain everywhere in the bay area 5 inches of rain ev