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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — More than 24 hours of rainfall from a potent atmospheric river, spun to beingness by a weaponry cyclone disconnected the Northwest coast, near lanes of I-880 nether respective feet of h2o aboriginal Monday morning, shutting down 1 of the main postulation arteries successful the East Bay.
Lingering showers continued to autumn successful the Bay Area, adding to the awesome rainfall totals since the tempest rolled onshore Saturday night.
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The tempest shattered the azygous time grounds for rainfall for an October time successful San Francisco past and near down a way of damaged homes, flooded neighborhoods crossed the Bay Area and and monolithic rockslides successful the Sierra.
The dependable rainfall overwhelmed the drainage strategy connected I-880 on a 2-mile agelong spanning from Thornton Ave. to Mowry Ave. forcing Caltrans to shutdown postulation successful some directions for hours. At 6 a.m., 2 northbound lanes were reopened, but the others stay unopen down.
Motorists abandoned their vehicles, wading done waist-high h2o to locomotion to safety. There was nary ETA arsenic to erstwhile each the lanes would reopen.
Drone Video of I-880 Flooding
Vehicles were besides stranded successful flood waters connected Millbrae Ave. adjacent the BART station.
Throughout the Bay Area, thousands of Bay Area residents awoke successful darkened homes arsenic thousands of powerfulness outages were reported.
In the hard-hit North Bay, wherever much than 11 inches of rainfall fell successful Kentfield, the San Anselmo Creek reached flood signifier astir 1:30 p.m. Sunday. Police ordered businesses to unopen down and evacuate from the area.
The evacuation bid was lifted Sunday evening erstwhile the creek receded, but it gave radical a large scare.
Dr. Daniel Freeman prepared for the worst successful his dental bureau erstwhile flood alarms went disconnected successful the afternoon.
“We determination each of our vehicles retired of the unit parking lot,” helium said. “And we bring successful instrumentality successful the lawsuit we person to assistance each of our dental instrumentality disconnected the floor.”
Residents suspected the dense downpour and precocious tide caused San Anselmo Creek to emergence truthful quickly.
“We came wrong 3 feet (of large flooding), which is origin for concern,” Freeman said. “But I deliberation we were fortunate and we dodged a bullet.”
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Many different creeks successful the North Bay saw akin problems. Mark West Creek conscionable extracurricular of Santa Rosa flooded Slusser Road, adjacent River Road.
A pistillate tried to thrust done 2 feet of water, but the motor died.
“Since determination was nary road-closed sign, nary 1 waived maine down to halt me, I was similar ‘oh, I’ll beryllium fine.’ No, not fine,” said operator Cynthia Lutz.
Meanwhile, the National Weather Service said 4.02 inches of rainfall fell successful San Francisco. It was by acold the wettest October time ever — the aged grounds 2.48 inches successful 2009 — and the 4th wettest time ever successful the metropolis with records dating backmost to Gold Rush.
Winds were besides a occupation successful San Francisco wherever trees toppled and a scaffolding came crashing down. One histrion really prompted the evacuation of a fewer residences.
The San Francisco Fire Department evacuated respective homes on Ninth Avenue successful San Francisco implicit concerns that a teetering 100-foot histrion mightiness topple connected the houses nearby.
“It’s putting immoderate houses successful jeopardy due to the fact that it could autumn connected the houses. It’s 1 of dozens of trees to travel down,” said Rachel Gordon With San Francisco Public Works
The program was to chopped down the histrion arsenic soon arsenic Public Works crews could get instrumentality successful place.
Strong winds besides knocked implicit a scaffolding successful the SoMa District. The metallic scaffolding came crashing down astatine a gathering adjacent Natoma and 9th St. Some insignificant harm was done to the building, but nary 1 was injured.
The howling gale forces winds besides whistled done the railing grates of the Golden Gate Bridge, creating an eerie dependable way for the tempest arsenic it ripped done the Bay Area.
The humming sound tin beryllium heard for miles and has been a root of annoyance for San Francisco residents ever since a handrail retrofit, designed to marque the span much aerodynamic connected gusty days, was enactment into spot past year.
The slants are overmuch narrower than the aged handrails and vibrate successful a beardown wind.
“I couldn’t truly picture the sound,” said Brianne Howell of San Francisco erstwhile she archetypal heard the sound past year. “I deliberation I described it arsenic upwind chimes astatine archetypal and, then, similar erstwhile you stroke into a brew bottle. But then, similar aggregate brew bottles, due to the fact that it’s antithetic tones.”
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In the Sierra, monolithic rockslides crashed onto Highway 50 astatine Echo Summit and connected Highway 70 successful Plumas County.
UPDATE: Boulders volition request to beryllium blasted to wide the roadway connected Highway 50 implicit Echo Summit. One-way postulation power for respective hours to wide the roadway. ETO is 4 hours for afloat opening. pic.twitter.com/RwQeW0XF6J
— Caltrans District 3 (@CaltransDist3) October 25, 2021
We captured add'l views of the Hwy 70 descent successful Butte County astir 8 mi N of Pulga from earlier today.
Storms are expected to proceed overnight. Stay home, enactment safe!
Before your Monday greeting commute, get updates connected roadworthy closures astatine https://t.co/WvicXhSbxn #KnowBeforeYouGo pic.twitter.com/lvTIGA4ro8
— Caltrans HQ (@CaltransHQ) October 25, 2021
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