That area, how many folks need to be evacuated. If you do live in the area, steer clear of driving in those roads and obviously if emergency crews ask you to evacuate, you want to listen to them. Ill continue watching these images. You see some kids there, some folks in hoodies. Pretty cold out there, mike, so theyre dealing with that and so a lot happening in this area that we are working to get more information there for you. Mike, im going to check in with you because like you said, theres going to be more rain right there for them. Just some light rain, thankfully. Theyll be having heavier rain tonight. Light rain down there, temperatures about 51 degrees, nobody wants to be wet, let alone wet and cold but they look like theyre going to be safe. I saw a tweet from matt keller. We add a Flash Flood Warning. Some people had to be rescued. The Flash Flood Warning is over but you can see the rain moving towards the trivalley and also around san mateo, alameda, some light to moderate rain and thats going to be the case for the next couple of hours then just a stray showers as we head through the afternoon hours. Okay, taking a look at our traffic maps, i want to take you down to the Santa Cruz Mountains. Weve got several issues, exact same place we had them the last couple days, highway 17 at vine hill, a large tree blocking the entire northbound side overnight. They were able to establish oneway Traffic Control in the southbound lanes, exactly what we had yesterday, got that rolling around 4 00 this morning but taking its toll on the northbound side of the road. So keep that in mind this morning, you are going to have delays once again coming up from scotts valley. Southbound highway 17 past the cats restaurant, we have a land slide in lane number 2 so thats the far right lane. Theyre saying they need daylight to get that cleaned up. Thats pretty minor but still dangerous if you dont have daylight and northbound 17 just before state route 9, large pothole in the right lane. As many as five vehicles have flat tires. Well check some drive times coming up. In the east bay, the storm has caused a state of emergency to be issued in benicia. City Officials Say theres been extreme flooding, downed trees, residential and commercial damage, lots of treat closures there. The Industrial Area of park and channel roads was flooded because lake herman overflowed. Benicia police tell us no one was hurt or has called for help. One of the big issues in the north bay, the fast rising Russian River, its going to crest sooner than first expected. Amy hollyfield is on her way there right now. Lets check in with her along highway 116 in petaluma. Reporter hi, natasha. We are on our way to guerneville. We have been driving through rain a lot during this journey but getting a little break right now here in petaluma. But the situation is expected to be worse today in guerneville than its been all week and theyve already had a very rough week. Heres a look at the Fire Department riding through the neighborhood streets in rescue boat trying to get people out of their home, help them get out of their home if they were trapped. They said they did all they could, knocked on all the doors they could. They did pull a few people to dry ground. Those people feeling very worried about leaving their homes behind. Some people told us the mood yesterday really changed in guerneville as the rain kept coming. Everybody was calm and now its kind of a state of panic, all of a sudden, like, hey, its going to flood. Here we are. Reporter the river has already flooded. Neighborhoods today supposed to be worse. They think the rivers going to get 38 feet high or even more and they consider 40 feet a major flood. This is going to be more than 6 feet over flood stage. Officials say that theyre hoping that residents who havent evacuated will do so. But theyre hoping theyve gotten everyone out. Residents say its been very stressful but everyones been helping each other. We will have live reports from guerneville just as soon as we can get there. Live from petaluma, Amy Hollyfield, abc7 news. Amy, thank you. We do want to bring you a piece of information just into our news room. Montera middle school in oakland will be closed today because of a power outage. School officials tell us a tree took out the power yesterday. Its not back on yet. Again, Montera Middle School will be closed today. More flooding in San Francisco on alameda boulevard near 280. Water pouring down from the interstate helped to flood the road. Cars were still trying to go through it. Chp showed up overnight to help direct people to go around the water. As you can see a lot of people made it through that water. Marin county officials are keeping an eye on creeks after they rose above flood levels last night. Evacuations were briefly ordered in downtown san anselmo and parts of ross valley. They were over capacity last night. That and the threat of more rain caused officials to make the call to sound flood sirens and order evacuations. We have several cells still off the coast that were looking at and we believe that those cells are going to be pushing into the area. If they get stalled in the water shed, it could have another 2 feet of rise. Creek levels are receding now. Evacuation orders in downtown san anselmo were lifted. The Santa Cruz Sheriffs Office tweeted this video of heavy rain last night on circle drive in felton grove, around 11 00, they said water was 2 inches deep. This morning, water levels were slowly receding. Main street in downtown martinez is reopened this morning after that flooding, the rushing water. Video taken late last night shows water gushing down the streets. Cars couldnt get through but one brave man actually took his bike out and went that way instead. Alhambra creek came over its banks. Take a look at all that debris. Soccer balls and toys left out in yards washed up in a big pile there. Lets take you to danville now. A heritage oak measuring about 40 feet crashed into a home. This in the Alameda Diablo neighborhood. A truck parkd outside was crushed by the weight of the limbs there and water began leaking into the living area. The homeowner believed it was the weather making all the noise. I thought at first it was thunder. It sounded like thunder and then at that point we were in the kitchen and then you could see stuff coming through the ceiling. Hows the house . A mess. A mess, but fortunately, no one was hurt. The Building Department was called to the site and so was pg e, a crew was trying to turn off the gas there. Its believed a combination of the soaked grounds and the gusting winds caused that tree to come down. This morning, pg e crews still working to restore power to nearly 9,000 customers. The biggest cluster in the north bay with more than 2600 in the dark, 2300 without electricity in the east bay, about 2200 in the south bay and 1300 on the peninsula. And about 200 customers in San Francisco are waiting for the lights to come back on. 6 07 now. We want to remind you if you download the abc7 news app, you can find live doppler 7 under the weather section to track the green moving in where you live. Enable push alerts when you download to get weather alerts sent straight to your phone. A new toll system at the bay bridge, added Ferry Service to the city. After the break, the major redevelopment project already in motion. Were still tracking more showers in the bay area. 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Taking a look at yet another closure, likely weather related here weve got some trees down and some power lines as well on highway 84 so that is closed at state route 35 the actual tree thats down is about 3 miles west of there but it looks like theyre forcing you off at 35 so im seeing some slight delays there approaching and we do have scattered showers this mark. Heres a look at a pretty soggy san mateo bridge, 17 minutes across right now if youre leaving hayward and heading to foster city. A former u. S. Senator booted off a jet blue flight. After the break, the reason he was escorted off the plane and his last minute plea to passengers. Passengers. Also, blizzard conditions in from the farming minds at ocean spray® a new epic flavor. Its cranberry. Its pineapple. And theres no. Sugar. Added. Cranberry pineapple 100 juice. The next big thing to hit the juice aisle. Of being there for my sons winning shot. That was it for me. Thats why im quitting with nicorette. 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Happening today, the families of the victims in the South CarolinaChurch Shooting massacre are going to speak directly to the man convicted in the shootings. A federal jury snansed dylann roof yesterday for the 2015 massacre. He is the first person to get the Death Penalty for federal hate crimes. It took jurors about three hours to decide between life and the Death Penalty. This is really cool video. Check out this drone shot of lower lake clemen tine dam in auburn. You can see all the water just gushing over the dam after sundays powerful storm. Abc7 news viewer jeff hall shot the video on monday and he couldnt fly too close because the mist was spraying up so high. In the sierra, more snow is expected to keep piling up until about 10 00 this morning, a heavy blizzard blanketed the haikt area yesterday with. The tribune reports the blizzard was declare add tier 4 storm, the highest level. Avalanche warning is expected to be lifted at 7 00 a. M. Wow. Yeah, blizzard warning through 10 00 but then a winter storm warning from 10 00 this morning until 10 00 tomorrow morning, just means its still going to snow, just not as heavy and blinding. But theyre going to get more. In terms of rain here today, were getting a break from that pounding rain. Still a little bit of wetness out there. Just some scattered showers as the day unfolds. Were seeing a lot out there, especially down across the Santa Cruz Mountains and thats the area its going to get hit again tonight heaviest so still some concerns with some mudslides, rock slides and possible Power Outages down there. Right now, ive got live doppler 7 dialed up on san ramon, diablo, danville, pleasanton, livermore, stone ridge boulevard, all a little wet. Some of our returns are heading towards union city. 880 and 237, standing water. Weve got a little bit of wet weather 880 in milpitas. And palo alto, were seeing some puddles develop there, also heres where some of the better radar returns more widespread over the Santa Cruz Mountains and theyre going to get heavier during the overnight hours. Look upstream. Notice theres not a whole lot of moisture in the air right now and thats why were going to have a relatively quiet today until tonight with pockets of moderate rain, potential for more flooding, good news, the winds will be light. Heres a look at the rain at 7 00. You can see its still out there. By 9 00, stray shower or two, same thing at about noon so were going to go from showers to sunlight, maybe a great day to capture a rainbow, hashtag it, abc7now. 5 00, pretty quite but by 9 00, 10 00, rain coming in, yellows and oranges on the peninsula and down into the Santa Cruz Mountains. Few spotty ones heading up 80 and then by 9 00, the rain starts to taper just as the commute ends. So stream and creek flooding, moderate. Tomorrow afternoon, the sun comes out and we just got more of it and warmer weather through the weekend. That is certainly welcome news. And taking a look at our traffic maps, i have some kind of half and half good news here. If youre going to be traveling many marin county, weve got some part of highway 37 back open. That was fully closed between 101 and lakeville road overnight due to sprit severe flooding. We had several vehicles get stuck in about 3 feet of water. About half an hour ago, chp let us know that they reopened the eastbound side to the road. The westbound side is closed there. Keeping an eye on that. Slight delay in both directions. Update on northbound highway 13 just past park boulevard. Just a slight delay there. Bay bridge metering lights are on this morning, sheen on the pavement this morning and a quick check of drive times today. If youre coming from walnut creek, highwa 4 coming down 680, just 11 minutes, no delays on westbound 24 and if youre coming out of the central valley, tracy to dublin 43 minutes. Amy live from new york city with a look at whats ahead for us. Reporter hey, good morning to you, natasha and reggie. Coming up next here on gma, this morning, donald trump and his team are denouncing those explosive and unsubstantiated allegations that he was personally compromised by the russians. His senior adviser, Kelleyanne Conway will join us live this morning with the latest on the trump transition and were going to take a look at president obamas emotional farewell address. Also ahead, our exclusive interview with charlie sheen, the actor opening up to michael about everything from his tiger blood comments to life after hiv diagnosis. Were going to tell you what he would change about his past if he could. Plus an incredible story. 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