The latest atmospheric river roared into the San Francisco Bay Area early Monday, triggering evacuation warnings and elevating the threat of flooding across the region.
Of particular concern, the National Weather Service said, was flooding at the Russian River at Johnson's Beach near Guerneville, Alameda Creek near Niles Canyon, Coyote Creek above Hwy 237 at Milpitas, the Big Sur River, Carmel River at Robles Del Rio, the San Lorenzo River at Big Trees and the Guadalupe River above Alamaden Expressway.
"As of writing," weather service forecasters wrote at 5:20 a.m."We are seeing rainfall rates of 0.5 to 0.75 inchs per hour in some areas of Marin, Sonoma, and Santa Cruz counties. Expect rates within this ballpark to continue through sunrise with precipitation gradually tapering off through the morning for the North Bay."Strong winds also were part of the system as steady gusts up to 45 mph were being recorded across the region. As of 5:20 a.m.
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