To welcome customers back so soon. Good evening and thanks for joining us at everybody im Vicki Liviakis and im grant lotus not as bad as it was last night, but this Atmospheric River continues to pass through parts of the bay area tonight. Prompting several weather alerts in our region. The rain is falling in Santa Cruz County tonight streets there as you can see. Pretty slick and water is standing in some areas of Boulder Creek. Flood advisory has expired within just the past hour. But a Flash Flood Watch is in effect that curation orders and warnings remain in place near the burn zones in san mateo and santa cruz counties see her on the map the areas shaded in yellow are under evacuation warnings. The areas in red have evacuation orders in place. Is rain and snow knocked out power for more than half a million pg e customers in northern california. Nearly 75 of those customers have their power back on right now, but 16,000 customers in the bay area. Theyre still in the dark tonight a
Issues. We will wrap it up in about 15 minutes. Here it is, jeff was talking about it. We mentioned it also. That mudslide near salinas. Here is new video in our newsroom. Debris and mudflows causing significant damage to homes and roads. Mud pushed up against the homes spilling over onto the street. Firefighters say at least two people were hurt and nearly 50 horses were rescued. Look at that sludge and mud and mess right there. The mudflow is from the river fire zone from last august. While the bay area escaped flooding and mudslides for now, many areas instead got snow. Jodi hernandez went to one spot that just last week was the site of a brush fire. Reporter parts of the bay area look more like the sierra today after the storm delivered a good dose of snow. Its been crazy weather lately, right . Reporter ashley and Payton Wilcox spent the morning playing in the snow. As Mother Nature brought yet another surprise to parts of the bay area. Its been interesting definitely this year. R
The damage is only beginning to be uncovered. Local ranchers are stepping in to help with heavy equipment. In the east bay sky 7 was over the floor store this afternoon where the rain caused extensive flooding as you can see. People working there could only stare at the amount of water at their feet. They couldnt believe it. And in foster city a tree uprooted and nearly crashed through the roof of foster city landing Apartment Building in foster city. The tree is blocking access to several garages. Good evening. Im dan ashley. And im ama daetz. Thank you for joining us. Lets get right to abc 7 news meteorologist sandhya patel for whats happening right now. Sandhya. Yeah, ama and dan, the storm leaving behind a path of destruction. And as you take a look at live doppler 7 not done yet. The focus has been since this morning right around the big sur area, the Central Coast, you will notice some heavier rain right around morgan hill, gil gilroy. As we take you back in time the last few hou
Sidewalk, and crashed into all of the people sitting over there. The 69yearold driver was attempting to park when he absently hit the gas and accelerated forward. Happened in an area set up in front of the dynasty chinese restaurant. We have live coverage. Our reporter spoke with witnesses about what happens. Reporter a chaotic and shocking scene, it happened during lunchtime. The outdoor seating area was packed, when the vehicle came toward the diners, they ran for cover. A dramatic video on facebook shows the moments after the car crashed into the outdoor area of the dynasty chinese restaurant. Collapse canopies, tables and chairs toppled over, and bystanders rushed to help those under pinned under the car, this is a 9yearold man pressed on the gas instead of the brakes. Frantic cries for help came as other victims throughout the parking lot were tended to. I heard wheels screeching like you get ready for a spin out to. The car was going ten, 15 Miles Per Hour, and then suddenly sped
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