San Francisco Mayor London Breed pleaded with residents to avoid calling 911 except for dire emergencies.
The mayor also advised residents to stay indoors if possible, adding that San Francisco was now under a flood warning.
"As the wind gusts pick up anywhere between 50 and 70 miles per hour, we can anticipate that trees will be falling and power outages will occur," she said. Executive Director of the Office of Emergency Management Mary Ellen Carroll also spoke at the press conference.Carroll said the city has already faced some localized flooding, downed trees and"a few mudslides and sinkholes," but that the storm will intensify."911 is extremely busy right now," she said."Please, we again ask the public, for storm related issues that are not life safety, please use 311.
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