Caused the floodwaters to rise more quickly than expected. The new prediction is eight feet crest of the Russian River no, were talking about it would crest at 37. 6 feet, thats almost 8 feet above flood stage. Niely road is closed right now. Our team caught this driver of the pickup truck trying to make it down the road despite that water, she says her friends wanted to go back to check on their cats but water came over the top of the hood and our joe vazquez caught up with her once the rescuers were able to get her out of that flooded roadway. What happened to you there . You drove through . We drove through, water came up over the front of the hood, blocked air intake and it stalled. Im assuming you thought you could get through the water as it was getting higher . Yeah. Well, it rose as we got stuck. You have any regrets about that . [ laughter ] obviously. A stuck truck. Reporter firefighters say please heed the warnings. Six inches of moving water can knock you down two feet can
The more rainshowers is pushing through San Francisco. And that is tracking to the east as well. At, 520 you will see more in burlingame. Brittney there is a flood morning in the north bay zone. This is the most vulnerable zone for us as the heaviest of downpour is falling. Brittney parts of the napa is under a Flash Flood Warning as well. Theuntil concord and fairfield. Brittney up in to concord and fairfield. At 531 noticed have your pockets on shore. Either will notice have your pockets on shore. And by age 30, we will see a little relief from the heavy rain showers. And by eight. We will seek a little relief from the heavier rain showers. Pecan brittney eighth we will still maintain a chance of cooling showers as we go into wednesday morning. And we will see a chance of rain showers cooling down as we go into wednesday morning. Reporter we have a lot of rain showers coming down. We are worried about all that rain coming down on top of the storm system that is moved through the bay
male announcer this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. This just in to the kron 4 newsroom. Pam steve breaking news at ten Severe Weather causing major problems all around the bay area. Im steve aveson. Pam and im pam moore. Within the last hour, flooding evacuations have been lifted in san anselmo. Pam but now, new problems highway 101 is shutdown at the marin county Sonoma County line. Pam tonight we have Team Coverage from chief meteorologist Brittney Shipp karnow. Reporter expecting by 3 00 a. M. And the Early Morning hours for the flooding staged to increase. Flooding continues in st. Helena p reporter a Flood Warning remained in effect. Reporter and takes water in a little bit of time to work its way down to the Russian River. However, it was the the blood but it would not come into all run 5 00 tomorrow ave. Now, it looked like our around 39. 7 ft. Reporter it is time to think about packing up your bags if you have not done so already and move to Higher Ground
He helped organize the march on washington with dr. Martin luther king jr. In 1963. Lewis has said he will not be attending fridays inauguration. 15 fellow democrats have also decided not to attend. That includes east bay congressman mark desaulnier. I think john is right. There are serious questions, unlike any other president ial election in the history of this country. Reporter Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi joined a bipartisan chorus of officials who voiced support for john lewis, tweeting ahead of Martin Luther king day 2017, let us remember that have tried to silence representative john lewis over the years, all have failed. The president elects Transition Team has reached out to the africanamerican museum in washington, d. C. For a possible visit on mlk day but those plans have not yet been finalized. Live in the newsroom, im sergio quintana, abc 7 news. Dan ashley will be in washington, d. C. On thursday and friday with live reports on president elect trumps inauguration. An edit
The u. S. I could use all of the help i can get. It prompted a response from Michigan Republican justin amash who tweeted, dude, just stop. Sergio quintana is live in the newsroom with the growing tirade and protest. Donald trump continues his twitter attack on john lewis. A man who marched with king. There is also a growing number of democratic members who are joining a boycott against the inauguration. President elect donald trump began the day with two tweets. Congressman john lewis should spend more time on fixing and helping his district which is in horrible shape and falling apart, not to mention crime infested rather than falsely complaining about the election results. All talk, talk, talk. No action or results. Sad. The president elect was responding to comments from congressman lewis saying he does not consider trump to be a legitimate president. He told nbc news hes concerned about russias involvement in the election. Georgia congressman john lewis is considered a civil right