hard in the south bay. check out this video from earlier tonight just outside our studio. yeah, you can see it was a real good downpour. >> it's not just the rain, take a look at what happened in the north bay. wind topping this tree in santa rosa. you can see those raindrops are still out there, maybe not falling right now, but the roads still look wet. >> let's get to meteorologist rob mayeda. >> totaling up the rain from sunday, it is incredible these rain totals when you consider this is mid-september, this isn't november or december. we've gotten over 2 inches of rain now in the santa cruz mountains. a lot of that rain came down between 4:00 and 7:00 tonight. north bay totals most locations getting over an inch of rain at sonoma county. through the month of september, the monthly average for the entire month is under about a quarter inch of rain. so in some cases around the bay area this afternoon, we were beating those monthly averages in about one to two hours' time. down to the santa cruz mountains still adding to those 2 inch plus rain totals. a little more there around the east bay hills. i think this is the pattern we'll see for your morning commute. low pressure off to the west bringing more showers and the chance of thunderstorms in the forecast. one thing that will change for your morning commute is the wind advisory has been canceled. so it'll be less gusty tomorrow morning. but those shower chances will be ongoing, and increasing thunderstorm chances as we move forward into the afternoon. we'll talk about that and look at the next batch of rain and how much we expect and a warmup in that seven-day forecast later in the week. we'll have a look at that in about ten minutes. the rain and the wind causing the lights to go out for some people this weekend. this church in napa one of the customers without power today, services, though, went on as usual, just without the lights. church opened its doors and its windows wide, letting in as much light as possible. speakers had to rely on their own projection instead of a microphone. >> it was good to hear everybody's voices without the headphones or instruments. >> so no microphone, nothing at all. we had community. so we were able to go and give the cups to everybody, and it was great. >> this was after napa's 6.0 magnitude earthquake in 2014, despite having no power the church ended up being packed for that service as well. the rain fell hard along the coast and up in the north bay. some of the problems caused by this wet weather. >> reporter: along highway 101, the rain showers soaked roadways and further north in santa rosa, a huge tree toppled over damaging a parked car. the park service tweeted this picture of a tree down, calling attention to the wind advisory and the conditions. >> people are buying a lot of tarps. >> in san rafael at chase aid hardware, supplies for the rain were in demand, a big change from what people were looking to buy just weeks ago. >> we had to transition quickly from ac units to our flood control type products. i think we sold upwards of about 20 pretty large portable ac units during our heat wave. one day we sold eight of them. we've gone from that to a lot of tarps. >> yesterday was a glorious day. and it was beautiful. it could not have been more perfect. >> reporter: at the mill valley fall arts festival, there were some who bundled up and kale out. but the rain didn't always cooperate. >> all of our artists were here. about half of the artists left last night, and it was specifically because they didn't want their art to get negatively impacted by the weather. we had a lot of fiber art. we have a lot of clothing, we have certain types of art that just can't get wet like painting. >> it's a lot of work to make it here, but everyone had such a good day yesterday that i think everyone feels pretty good about it. >> reporter: brett crawford saw the silver lining. >> i'm just glad to be waterproof in my ceramic creations. >> reporter: and as many people pointed out, we really need the rain. >> our team of reporters and meteorologists have been keeping an eye on this wet weather from across the bay area. all day they've been sharing videos of the rain and wind on social media. and we want to see what the rain looks like in your neighbor. another good resource during this rain is our free nbc bay area app that gives you access to our exclusive storm ranger radar which will give you a minute-by-minute look at exactly when the rain will reach your neighborhood. a man shot and killed in what investigators are calling a possible road rage shooting. happened in san lorenzo, very busy intersection. >> reporter: witnesses told us a man was driving this white toyota tacoma when he got into a road rage dispute with another car, then got out of his car and was shot by someone in that other car. >> i had my friend -- >> reporter: sunday afternoon, walter tells us he was shopping at the nearby grocery outlet. >> when i heard eight or nine, ten shots. >> reporter: walter says he ran out to look and saw the driver of the white tacoma on the ground. >> he had got out of his car, and i guess he was shot maybe point bank in the chest. the ambulance came right away. then they started cpr on him, but he had been shot too many times in the chest. >> reporter: we saw at least eight bullet casings on the ground where the shooting happened. the alameda county sheriff's office says this is a possible road rage incident. they say the gunman drove off towards nearby 880. one man we talked to said he was driving and saw it all happened. he even captured it on his car's camera, which he shared with the sheriff's office. it's one more piece of evidence that might help investigators track down the suspect. and if you have video of what happened or saw the shooting, the sheriff's office wants you to get in touch with them. nbc bay area news. we are going to keep following this as the search for the gunman continues and the investigation unfolds. we'll post the latest updates on our website nbcbayarea.com. in puerto rico tonight, more than a million residents are without power. hurricane fiona is bearing down on the region not only has the storm knocked out the island's electrical grid, it's caused a lot of flooding, and a flood of emergency calls. puerto rico's governor is warning residents to find safety and stay there. federal agencies are poised to get to work as soon as the storm passes. >> our first goal is directly after the storm we will work with our inner agency partners including the army corps to make sure we have backup generator support if the power cannot be swiptly turned back on. >> hurricane fiona is forecast to produce more than a foot of rain. the biggest concerns are the flash flooding, mudslides, and landslides. and as people in puerto rico struggle in the aftermath of that storm, a south bay group is already mobilizing to provide relief. a puerto rican civic club of san jose trying to get generators to orphanages and hospitals without power. >> reporter: as hurricane fiona delivers a one-two punch of catastrophic flooding and winds topping 80 miles an hour in puerto rico, the island is also grappling with widespread power outages. >> for the past couple of weeks, we've been dealing with an orphanage that lost power. we've dealt with hospitals, nurses using their phones to be able to tend to the nicu. this has been going on for the past couple weeks, and fiona just made it even worse. >> reporter: this is the president of the puerto rican civic club of san jose, which is working to provide generators and solar lights to her native island. she says she's worried about her relatives living there. they've described massive flooding, roads washed away, and blackouts. she says her cousin had to create this makeshift shelter in the bathroom to protect her cats. >> everything is flooded. all the rivers are completely flooded. >> reporter: catherine ramos is worried about her aunts, uncles and cousins in puerto rico and says the massive power outages are causing much bigger problems than darkness. >> a lot of elderly people are going through situations where they can't keep their insulin cold. and so it's causing them to get sick. and the issues that stem around that is ultimately we've had a lot of people die. >> reporter: she says when hurricane maria hit puerto rico, the civic club raised $300,000 for relief. now five years later the team is gearing up to help once again. in san jose, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> if you'd like to help, we posted information about relief efforts on our website. just head to nbcbayarea.com. new at 11:00, bold and somewhat confusing words from president biden about where the country stands with covid on cbs' "60 minutes" tonight, the president said the pandemic is over. >> the pandemic is over. we still have a problem with covid. we're still doing a lot of work on it. but the pandemic is over. if you notice, no one's wearing masks, everybody seems to be in pretty good shape. and so i think it's changing, and i think this is the perfect example of it. >> the president made the comments during an interview in the middle of a detroit auto show. u.s. government still designates covid-19 a public health emergency but guests worldwide have reached their lowest point since march of 2020. the president is also speaking out about growing concerns about russia's invasion of ukraine could inspire china to attack taiwan. on 60 minutes, he said u.s. forces would defend the island claimed by china if there was, quote, an unprecedented attack. when asked whether he would run for election in 2024, biden said that, quote, remains to be seen. he says it's his intention to run, but it's not a firm decision. developing tonight, new york city is eyeing legal action to stop texas governor greg abbott from sending more buses full of asylum-seekers to the city. an image of one of those buses with bay area based marin airporter logos offloading migrants is gaining negative attention. republican governors in texas, arizona, and florida have been busing migrants without notice to so-called sanctuary cities. the company is not part of the migrant transfer operation. in fact, the buses seen in the video were sold months ago. in a statement marin airporter said the company would never be a part of this, adding, the buses were supposed to be repainted by the new owners, but they have failed to do so. returning to our micro climate weather, the rain and wind did not stop the faithful from coming out to tailgate ahead of the 49ers' home opener at levi stadium today. >> rain or shine, we'll be here. >> raining and grilling goes together. anything for the 9ers. >> so how do you think the game's going to go today? >> we're going to win this one, baby! >> all the way, going to be 35-6. >> 27-7, 35-6, almost the same thing. prediction was a little bit off. he had the right idea communicate they were joined by hundreds of other fans with their ponchos and jackets and braving the elements. but the 49ers' first win of the season is overshadowed by their big loss. starting quarterback trey lance is out for the rest of the season. lance making just his second start since he began as leading quarterback. went down in the first quarter against seattle. at first after he got knocked out, he tried to get up before

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