Thaunk you. That rain is coming down hard in the north bay. People in napa and sonoma counties are facing the possibility of flooding and mudslides. Reporter they definitely are. Folks here in santa rosa have already suffered so much loss. Tonights Flash Flood Watch has many folks worried they may see more destruction. We had a beautiful field. Its great area. Reporter sharon is still dealing with the loss of her Fountain Grove home to the tubbs fire. Tonight shes got a whole new worry. The threat her lot my slide in the rain. Its scary. Its scary. Its just a watch, wait and see. Reporter city, county and state crews are working hard to gear up for the wet weather. Theyve covered hillsides with stabilizing hydro mulch and today closed circuit tv crews have been out in force using motorized cameras to inspect storm drains. They found 23 problem spots where underground storm pipes have melted. Emergency repairs have been under way. Given the amount of rain forecasting and the way the sys
They are hoping it wont be major this time, but every storm eyes will be to the sky to see what happens. Well be here live monitoring it. Joe vazquez, kpix5. Rain in north bay, but heres a live look at downtown walnut creek. It is still dry. The clouds are moving in, likely not a good night for outside dining. Chief meteorologist paul deanno has been tracking that rain as it moves in. It is its way south and the heaviest rain over napa and american canyon, glen ellen, st. Helena receiving heavy rainfall now moving out toward fairfield and vacaville. Looking to the south a few heavier showers around richmond and belvedere, a few light showers around San Francisco and hayward and alameda. Futurecast moving forward, the heaviest rainfall still stays north of the golden gate through midevening crossing the golden gate around midnight tonight. Thats when this front get energized. When the heavy rainfall hits you in san mateo county, contra costa county, Santa Clara Valley 3 or 4 a. M. Its t
For us. Reporter i just got briefed here by a fire official. He says no problems have been reported. This has to be the most watched. Crews were out all night long watching for any problems they were looking for mudslides on the burned out hillsides, also watching for flooding. One crew even build a temporary bypass to divert water. We said to avoid any water going we said to avoid any water going going to the burned homes. It also has a pipe problem. Theyve woving to replace t officials took they threat reporting live in sandy rosa, Amy Hollyfield abc 7 news. Thank you, amy. Urging residents to sign up for alerts. It is quick and easy to do so. Text your zip code and get started immediately with notifications from your local police and fire agencies. In the south bay heres a look at the rain coming down. This was taken not long ago. This is near the intersection of birth and oseris. Urging you to take it slow during the company. In an area in San Francisco known for flooding has extra
Continues to move along. It also went across the peninsula even down towards Santa Cruz Mountains. Its still raining but it looks like soon it will turn over to snow. Right now, the snow level is pretty high. Look for morning rain and then tapering off as our system moves to the south. 40s and 50s. Well end up with upper 50s andlow 60s today. I could do five minutes and im sure this man could too. Reporter yeah, the most unusual crash we have is napa county on highway 121, an overturned truck with a driver stuck inside and it was carrying chickens so now there are chickens everywhere. This is highway 121 and now were getting a better location. Chp says westbound 121 west of napa road. You can see how slow it is here on 121. Its near the shellville area. San francisco northbound 101 approaching the 80 split. You cannot use the central freeway. Theres a truck blocking it here, i assume that theres flooding. There was an earlier accident here that crash is gone but that closure remains in
The question is, did travelers . Some were in shock when they arrived at sfo today. And saw lines snaking around the airport. I didnt think it would be this busy, but we got here, it was like oh my god, its full. I think people would start traveling, like, next week on monday. Reporter the wednesday before thanksgiving has lost the title. Sfo Officials Say this day, the friday before, has the honor of being the airports busiest travel day of the year. Sanik found this out the hard way last year when she arrived to find lines out the door. We missed our flight last time. We did decide do get here earlier today. Reporter stacey korea timed her wait in the security line. She was very worried her 12yearold son, vincent, was going to miss his flight. They got here super early. I expected heavy crowd because of the thanksgiving holiday. I thought four hours would be sufficient. So im shocked. Yeah. Im disa pointed that he might miss his nigflight. Reporter it wasnt looking good for them. The