hello, and thank you for joining me this sunday. i m fredricka whitfield. and we begin this hour with the west coast bracing for another round of dangerous downpours. the 11th atmospheric river so far this season is expected to hit in the coming hours. forecasters are predicting this latest storm to bring up to 6 inches of rain for parts of northern and central california. areas already facing severe flooding. more than 15 million people remain under flood watches from california to nevada and evacuation orders are already in place for parts of monterey county after a levee brief flooded homes. sheriffs are going door-to-door to help as rivers of waters rush through the communities. mike is in hard-hit monterey county. it looks like you re standing in a lake. but then, at the same time, it looks like that is like a downtown area? reporter: yeah, fredricka, good morning. this is in monterey county, california and we thought would this water recede, but this water has been he
expand. i m sure they will within the next 24 hours as that forecast holds quite a bit of rain. sunday night, into monday notice the heavier rain starting to ramp up, not only then but again rolling into tuesday morning. where the heaviest of the rain really starts to set in. and this is where we could tap into that moisture. talking about picking up four to six inches of rain. widespread along the northern coastline and then stretching down into the southern coastline of california. as that low begins to make its way further south which is why we have the moderate risk for flooding along the north coastline on monday but again the foothills of the sierra nevada and even into l.a. tuesday into wednesday. not only the moisture in the form of rain, but we ve had quite a bit of snowfall. that snow pack still impressive here on satellite.