Have to monitor it very carefully for the potential of a thunderstorm. The leading edge is moving towards cordelia. If you are going out in fairfield in 15 minutes you will have the rain. Everything is moving quickly. Highway 24 making an approach to oakland you have the rain. Here you have scattered showers in throughout the Santa Cruz Mountains where the damage is done as well over a half foot of rain there in the past 24 hours. Peninsula looks good now but i anticipate delays at sfo due to the low ceiling and the fog. Im monitoring very carefully this morning the Russian River near guerneville, Johnson Beach right now approaching 34 feet. Flood stage is 32. Cresting will happen this morning receding later this afternoon. Satelliteradar area of low pressure Atmospheric River pointing the bay area again this morning. High tide at 8 51, nearly 7 feet. There will be flooding around the peninsula and immediate seashore. Futurecast shows by lunchtime rain to the north and south. May see a
Sot arne huddin trapped in slidearne huddin, of capitola, is talking about the huge landslide that came down here on northbound highway 17 Tuesday Morning, slamming into his truck, he says, like a runaway train. Sot arne huddin northbound when the slide hit, huddins truck was picked up like a toy and tossed over the Center Divide and into the southbound lanes. Huddin was trapped for about ten agonizing minutes, as rocks and debris fell around him. By the time people stopped to help he had crawled out on his own, bloodying his hands in the escape. Sot arne huddinthe slide, the same one that crushed a news van last month is now twice as big and as you can see, its still moving. The chp says it might have been worse. Sot troy vincent chpthe northbound lanes will be closed for a least 24 hours. Until caltrans can assess the potential for the earth to keep moving, traffic will share the southbound lanes. There were other, smaller slides and a lot of flooding elsewhere on 17 as well. On his
Around 8 in the morning on tuesday, the San Rafael Fire Department responded here to Mountain View avenue on reports of a tree that was about to fall. Upon arrival they discovered that a mudslide had completely destroyed this home. The slide apparently happened slowly over several hours and the family that lives in the house was able to get out safely. Neighbors passing by through out the day were stunned. Sot its unbelievable. It humbles yah. Sotits devastatingsot houses can be rebuilt. There just glass and wood and stuff. Sotim just glad everyone is ok. In addition to destroying this home, the mudslide also continues to threaten the homes on either side. Both have been red tagged by the city and are considered uninhabitable. One home has already suffered some damage and the other has several feet of mud in the back yard. Tonight three out of four lanes of highway 17 are closed. After a massive land slide came screaming down the mountiain. Flipping one mans pickup truck. Grant lodes i
Guerneville where people near the russian river. Are bracing for more flooding. Alecia . Water just isnt getting enough time to recede before another pounding of rain. People in the houses behind me are trying to make it work. Pkg sot its really bad herewith his walker chris venza is wading through the water in front of his home. After a dozen years and a number of floods inside this culdesac, he knows his way around. Chris venza sot after this point itll drop down a little bit. It gets really deep over therefolks have seen flooding over the years, but it seems to be getting worse with time. Sot every year. But now its more highthe first floor of venzas home is under water. Thankfully he mostly stays upstairs. Like him, all his neighbors are staying put. Abraham santiago sot i live here so i gotta stay and i work tonight so i need to resteveryone with a car managed to get their vehicles out before any of them stalled. Sot if someone has a lower car where they cant move we get behind th
Reporter businesses were boarded up and closed to be sure. Four Southern School districts closed. The second time this week. Several stir crazy students took to the streets to keep themselves busy. Even if they didnt stay dry. So near san anselmo about half the businesses in downtown i would say were closed in anticipation of a flood which didnt happen. One thing that didnt stay put was roadway. Take a look at this. Courtesy of the marin county fire department. They sent us these pictures of a highway which was shut down and due to the storms today. That road went down the hillside so closed in both directions. Live in san anselmo, emily turner, kpix 5. A worker was killed in a mudslide in Santa Cruz County on highway 17 near sugarloaf road north of scotts valley. Kpix 5s devin fehely has more from the scene. Reporter they dump truck and driver at the heart of this accident were cleaning up a mudslide that still has the northbound lanes on highway 17 blocked but the work there came gri