High tides and heavy rain flood parts of California’s Bay Area | California
High tides and heavy rains flooded parts of the Bay Area, forcing road closures and the rescue of people trapped in cars.
The National Weather Service office in Eureka said five northern counties remained under a flood watch, and up to 2 inches of rain was possible through Monday night in areas that have been drenched since Christmas. There was probably at least 0.3 meters of snow in the mountains.
A. king tideIt caused floodwaters, a term meaning the highest predicted tide of the year in a coastal area, to rise 2.56 ft in San Francisco on Saturday, the highest level since 1998. SFGate reported.
“This is a near-record number for the San Francisco Bay Area,” Rachel Kennedy, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, told the news organization.
More rain is expected the next day in Northern California, and the National Weather Service has issued a coastal flood warning for the Bay Area that will remain in effect until 3 p.m. Monday.
On Saturday, the San Francisco Fire Department rescued an adult clinging to a rope in the water, and the city’s emergency management posted on social media.
Some citizens canoed through the swampy streets, while others swam in water up to their knees. Marin County sheriff’s Sergeant Michael Dobbins said Saturday that authorities are called to help when cars become stuck in water as high as 3 to 4 feet.
“I’ve been around for King Tides and I’ve never seen it this high,” Jeremy Hager of San Rafael told KTVU-TV. he said.
Flooding was reported in Marin, Sonoma, Alameda, San Mateo and San Francisco counties.
Storm chaser Colin McCarthy, who runs the @US_Stormwatch account on X, posted: water images We pass through San Carlos, 25 miles south of San Francisco, on Sunday afternoon.
“This is the worst thing I’ve ever seen,” said Julia Pfahl, 36, who works at a local surf shop. San Francisco Chronicle. “Everyone is in a panic, no one knows how to drive. I saw a car next to the Holiday Inn… with water up to the windows. Did you really think you could get through there”?
Recent heavy rains in Southern California have caused floods and mudslides. This week, hundreds of people were forced to flee a homeless shelter in San Diego due to flooding.
Further south in Santa Barbara County, a major highway that was blocked for much of the weekend near Goleta due to a series of mudslides reopened Sunday. A man died after being swept into a creek during the storm, the sheriff’s office said Saturday.
Parts of Santa Barbara County received more than 4 inches of rain over two days, the weather service said Sunday. Heavy rain caused all flights in and out of Santa Barbara airport to be canceled as many runways were flooded.
rain too guess It will continue in the southern part of the state until Tuesday.
“Millions of people in Southern California are experiencing one of the wettest starts to the winter on record,” McCarthy said. wrote.
Associated Press contributed reporting
