The California Highway Patrol was handling dozens of traffic incidents, including an injury accident with an overturned tractor trailer that shut down eastbound traffic on the Richmond San Rafael Bridge, a jackknifed big rig on Interstate Highway 680 near Sunol, and another big rig overturned by high winds on the Bay Bridge. In the Bay Area, downpours and minor roadway flooding led to treacherous driving conditions on local freeways. The weather service said the Pajaro River levee breach and the Salinas River would continue to run over their banks. Monterey County remained the region with the most intense flooding where thousands have already been driven from their homes. Meanwhile, rain was expected to increase in coverage and intensity Tuesday. Tuesday afternoon's high winds were downing trees, knocking down power lines and even blowing out windows in a San Francisco skyscraper.Īt the peak of the outages Tuesday afternoon, nearly 300,000 PG&E customers in the Bay Area were without power, most of them in the South Bay and East Bay. KPIX 5 First Alert Weather: Current Conditions, Forecasts, Alerts For Your Area Wind gusts of 50 mph and above were being felt in the valleys and topping 70 mph along the coast and hills above 1,000 feet. SAN FRANCISCO - Downed trees and power lines were reported across Northern California as high winds from the latest atmospheric river storm added new problems to a region already impacted by the wet weather.Ī high wind warning was in effect for the entire region from the North Bay to the Central Coast until 11 p.m.
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