You see the beacon atop the transamerica pyramid. Kent field almost 2 1 2 inches of rain. San francisco more than an inch, dublin a half inch to three quarters of an inch of rain. It was interesting earlier today, the peninsula specifically around san mateo almost 2 inches of rain and a lot of that came down for the morning commutes. And as we take you out courtesy of storm ranger, a look outside around the bay area tonight, the view is atop San Bruno Mountain, the site of some heavier rain earlier. There is a live view of the truck, band of radar showing light rain at times earlier in the evening. You go back to the radar view you can see how most of that shower activity has moved away from San Francisco, still seeing some light rain and misty skies around the east bay hills and more light rain as the air is force today rise above the Santa Cruz Mountains. The sampler, what is expected for your morning commute, areas of light rain, patchy fog. Temperatures in the 40s and 50s. Then as
Department urging people to stay safe. County deputy said platform bridge road near sir Francis Drake boulevard under several feet of water. Team coverage tonight is going to take you around the bay area including evacuation orders in the north bay. Lets start with sandhya tracking all of the rain and. Its ending early tomorrow morning. The rain intensity has eased u up. But if you look at radar you see wet spots. Lets close in and show you where the rain is falling right now. Not as heavy as it was earlier in the east bay. Emeryville, oakland, piedmont, park boulevard light rain as we pan around el cerrito san pablo area and seeing the rain. Its steady and light around pleasant hill. Concord pacheco area and we take you down towards the peninsula from redwood city of palo alto san mateo strad light rain. The rain we need the windshield wiper. The rain take a look Flash Flood Warning in effect until 10 30 tonight. So item primarily the burn areas still concern of flooding andthe urban
Saturated. Look at this play area under water because the ground cant take any more water. The river is just over there about 30 feet, the old timers here tell me, if the river comes up more, like last night it was almost over the riverbank, if we get 5 to 6 inches, Something Like that, they tell me it could go all the way to the road over there and make things worse. Rainwater runoff has created streams along roadways in the Santa Cruz Mountains, creating traction problems for drivers. Especially on highway 17. Its the way its been. Thats the way it is all day yesterday. And monday. Santa cruz chp had already logged 10 accidents on the highway on tuesday alone. When crashes werent holding up traffic. Mudslides and falling trees were. Weve been nonstop picking up little slides down the road. The patients and skills of drivers are sure to be tested even more. Were likely to see even more accidents. We had 10 yesterday as you heard from chp and santa cruz. I talked to them a short time a
Different tips here in the studio, exchanging ideas, and carol and i really liked your suggestion. You want to make sure that you have gas in your vehicle, ready to go, so if you do need to go somewhere, that you have that handy. And we have all these additional tips, things you may want to keep in your emergency kit on prepare nor cal. Its a section of our website. Weve made it very easy. Its on our home page, ab abc7news. Com. Back to you. Thanks, jess. All right, if you dont need to be outside, for goodness sakes, stay indoors. Dont chance it. Yeah. But if you do have to get out and about, well, we want to check in with amy hollyfield. Shes been in the north bay all morning long. And its tapered off some, then its been heavy, and whats happening right now, amy . Reporter carolyn, we have experienced exactly what mike was talking about it comes fast and furious, then it eases up. You probably saw me 30 minutes ago getting pounded with lots of wind and heavy rain. We arent experiencin
They say, yes, you could get hurt if you come out in this or you could get into a dangerous situation. I did call the police department. They said no one has been hurt. They have had no calls for service or help so everyone seems to be handling it okay but just an overwhelming situation here for this city. Amy hollyfield, abc7 news. Just for them to issue that warning is pretty dire. We take you to Sonoma County. The Russian River expected to rise to 38 feet this afternoon and that is 6 feet above flood stage. You can see the video, how high the water was late yesterday, coming up to halfway up some peoples doors in some cases. Everybody was calm and that was kind of a state of panic all of a sudden like, its going to flood. So here we are. Many of the people who live there had to move their belongings to Higher Ground and a few had to be rescued from their mobile homes. Meanwhile, highway 128 was shut down. Crews spent most of the day rerouting traffic. We saw some drivers throw cauti