Basically, we're just telling people to drive with caution, especially with any high-profile vehicles. Four respite centers are open in Sacramento for local homeless seeking shelter from Sunday's storm. Monday, the city said in a news release. The county also opened two of its Department of Human Assistance lobbies, at 28th Street in midtown and Florin Road in Meadowview, at 8 a.
They will stay open through midday Monday, the county announced. The county also handed out motel vouchers to highly vulnerable homeless people in the days leading up to the storm. The centers opened as a potentially historic amount of rain is expected. More than an inch-and-a-half fell in midtown from 9 p. Saturday through 9 a. The early morning rains were causing some modest, localized street flooding around the Sacramento area, but no serious damage yet.
The biggest problem appeared to be on southbound Interstate 5, where the right-hand lane was closed in a section running through the Pocket neighborhood. Fallen tree limbs and toppled Lime rental bikes seemed to be the major issue in Land Park.
In Discovery Park, just north of downtown, a few joggers braved the wet, windy weather as dozens of geese waddled through puddles swollen by the storm. Elsewhere in Sacramento County, drivers swerved out of the way of downed branches as they drove through the rain-slick streets. That area of Winding Way is prone to flooding, as a street sign indicates to drivers passing through. As of a. It would need to rise by three feet in order to hit flood stage.
Since Saturday, the water has risen by seven feet as rain poured over the region, according to Sacramento County flood monitoring data.
Localized flooding and a few street lights out of order were seen on Watt Avenue in the Arden Arcade section of Sacramento County. Forecasters said more problems were likely as the storm intensifies. The heaviest rainfall was expected to arrive late Sunday before tapering off Monday.
Emergency authorities ordered mandatory evacuations for parts of San Mateo and Santa Cruz counties Sunday morning due to dangerous debris flows expected in areas scarred by the CZU Lightning Complex, a large cluster of wildfires that burned last year. Evacuation warnings were upgraded to orders around 8 a. A live map of evacuation orders is available online at community. Nevada County has issued evacuation warnings for areas west of Colfax, downslope from Mount Olive.
Here is a look at precipitation timing as a Pacific frontal system moves into northern California later today. We are going to see winds pick up this evening and they will be strong overnight into Saturday morning.
CAwx pic. Massive storm to hit California. Please enter email address to continue. Please enter valid email address to continue. Chrome Safari Continue. Be the first to know. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Nora had maximum sustained winds of 65 mph kph and it was expected to reach hurricane force on Saturday.
It was a big system, with tropical storm-force winds extending as far as miles kilometers from the center. The hurricane center said the storm could dump inches 20 to 30 centimeters of rain over the central Mexican coast, with isolated maximums of up to 20 inches 50 centimeters.
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