Its not over yet. Live doppler 7 is tracking the new round of rain now hitting the bay area. A road ripped apart, tonight, part of a popular east bay shortcut is no more. Wading through knee high water. Flooding conditions are becoming all too familiar tonight for people on the Russian River. We are not getting much of a break from all of this wet weather. Our abc 7 News Reporters are covering the problems. And cleanup efforts from yesterdays day of downpours. Live doppler 7 tracking that new round of rain. Our next round of rain is moving in. This storm is closing in on us, lets take you into street level radar, show you where it is raining right now, the rainfall is light to moderate in intensity, youll notice Petaluma Hill road across highway 101. In San Francisco, its coming down from the richmond to the sunset district. Kensington, berkeley, you are seeing wet roadways on the peninsula. Definitely look out on our storm impact scale. This is a one. A light system through tomorrow.
Its not over yet. Live doppler 7 is tracking the new round of rain now hitting the bay area. A road ripped apart, tonight, part of a popular east bay shortcut is no more. Wading through knee high water. Flooding conditions are becoming all too familiar tonight for people on the Russian River. We are not getting much of a break from all of this wet weather. Our abc 7 News Reporters are covering the problems. And cleanup efforts from yesterdays day of downpours. Live doppler 7 tracking that new round of rain. Our next round of rain is moving in. This storm is closing in on us, lets take you into street level radar, show you where it is raining right now, the rainfall is light to moderate in intensity, youll notice Petaluma Hill road across highway 101. In San Francisco, its coming down from the richmond to the sunset district. Kensington, berkeley, you are seeing wet roadways on the peninsula. Definitely look out on our storm impact scale. This is a one. A light system through tomorrow.
Our next round of rain is moving in. This storm is closing in on us, lets take you into street level radar, show you where it is raining right now, the rainfall is light to moderate in intensity, youll notice Petaluma Hill road across highway 101. In San Francisco, its coming down from the richmond to the sunset district. Kensington, berkeley, you are seeing wet roadways on the peninsula. Definitely look out on our storm impact scale. This is a one. A light system tgh tomorrow. Especially into the morning, potential already more flooding. Snow is possible over our highest peaks. Its going to be bad. Wet and chilly, if youre walking, so bundle up. Current river stage, 37. 6 et. It crested earlier this evening, floodwaters are expected to drop below flood stage thursday morning. Parts of Sonoma County and also in the south bay through tomorrow morning. The flooding concern is there, unusually high tides will lead to more low lying flooding. Hour by hour look at exactly how long this rain
Buildings, along the river were inundated. Roads impassable. This is the second flood this week. Second blast kind of took me by surprise. I thought bee were done with it and then it came right back. Reporter most homes and businesses stayed dry on Higher Ground but had problems folks at the safeway shopping by iphone flashlight as the electricity in many downtown guerneville businesses have been out all day others relying on strangers with rowboats to get back in town. I have to get a few cans of cat food and some cigarettes for my neighbor. Were all doing pretty good. Reporter basically he wasnt rescuing you. He was just giving you a ride . Just giving me a ride to go get some things. Reporter a lot of people here taking it in stride. The fact is, the river is right now cresting. It is peaking if you will. But it will take a while for it to subside. It will stay above flood stage until they are projecting 8 00 tomorrow. Live in guerneville im joe vazquez, kpix 5. Lets go ahead and ta
Elsewhere, the creek, overflowing in hollister, farms flooded and homes. They rescued 49 residents using buses and trucks. In orrin de, the 50 foot deep sinkhole opened up below minor road, breaking sewer lines underneath. A small amount of sewage spilled into a creek that drains into san pablo reservoir. They said its not worry about contamination because of the large amount of rain theyve gotten and the water is treated. Youre watching ktvu fox 2 news at 6 30. President elect donald trump held his First Press Conference since last summer and there was a heated exchange. He battled with the media over coverage of a report that he claimed that russia had been compromising information about him. John roberts with a pushback from the president elect. Reporter to donald trump, it was merely another attempt by opponents to diminish his presidency. The release of a dues dues dossier. The allegations had been circulating for months among politicos and reporters. They say, quote, barely menti