Power was out for thousands of people, and trees tumbled over as strong winds from a new storm system swept into the Bay Area on Tuesday.
is reporting clusters of power outages from San Francisco to Redwood City. In all, 22, 897 customers are without electricity. More than half - 12,357 - are on the Peninsula. Downed trees are also causing problems around the Bay Area.
In Redwood City, a tree fell onto power lines at Carlos and Orchard avenues, the police department said. In San Francisco, the strong winds blew the roof off of a building on Russia Street and caused the San Francisco Zoo to close its doors early on Tuesday. The weather prompted San Francisco Bay Ferry to cancel some service. The driver of the car was uninjured. In Hayward, a tree landed on top of an apartment building on Oliver Avenue.A wind advisory was issued for much of the Bay Area, it is in effect through Wednesday at 1:00 p.m.
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