(23 Nov 2024)
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Windsor, California – 22 November 2024
1. Various aerials of flooded street and vineyard fields
2. Various aerials of a stranded van in floodwater next to a vineyard field
3. People standing on a flooded street
4. Aerial pull-out shot of a fire truck in between flooded vineyard fields
STORYLINE:
Heavy rain from a major storm prompted evacuation warnings for communities near a Northern California river that was flooding Friday, as the system continued to dump heavy snow in mountainous areas where some ski resorts opened for the season.
The storm arrived in the Pacific Northwest earlier this week, killing two people and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands, mostly in the Seattle area, before moving through Northern California, where several roads were closed due to flooding and strong winds toppled trees.
Forecasters warned about the risk of flash flooding and rockslides in areas north of San Francisco from this season’s strongest atmospheric river — a long plume of moisture that forms over an ocean and flows through the sky over land.
In California’s Humboldt County, the sheriff’s office downgraded evacuation orders to warnings for people near the Eel River after forecasters said the waterway would see moderate but not major flooding. Officials urged residents to prepare for storm impacts throughout the week.
Flooding closed scenic Highway 1, also known as the Pacific Coast Highway, in neighboring Mendocino County north of Point Arena near the Garcia River, and there was no estimate for when it would reopen, according to the California Department of Transportation.
Aerial video from Sonoma County shows vineyards covered in floodwater in Windsor.
Gale warnings were issued off Washington, Oregon and California, and high wind warnings were in effect across parts of Northern California and Oregon on Friday.
There were winter storm warnings for parts of the California Cascades and Sierra Nevada.
The system roared ashore on the West Coast Tuesday as a “ bomb cyclone,” which occurs when a cyclone intensifies rapidly. It unleashed fierce winds that toppled trees onto roads, vehicles and homes.
Flash flooding, rockslides and debris flows were possible, especially where hillsides were loosened by recent wildfires, officials warned. Scott Rowe, a hydrologist with the weather service in Sacramento, said so far the ground has been able to absorb the rain in areas where the Park Fire burned this summer.
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