The storm caused by the atmospheric river in Northern California resulted in several floods and evacuations on Sunday.
In just 24 hours, California's capital city experienced historic rainfall not seen since 1880, with 5.3 inches accumulated and several floods in the capital city. Sacramento was not the only city affected by this storm.
Evacuation orders were issued for San Mateo County on Sunday, October 24, due to the storm. Thousands of outages were reported throughout the Bay Area, and several citizens have been without power for more than 24 hours. PG&E records that they have restored service to 250,000 customers with power and an estimated 130,000 remain impacted by the storm.
Winds from the storm caused trees to fall in the Bay Area with winds recorded in excess of 60 mph. In San Mateo a light pole fell into the water causing potential fires that were fortunately contained by the San Mateo Fire Department. The video was shared by Cal Fire and this incident occurred on Cañada Road.
In Richmond, there were moments of panic on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge due to high wind gusts that caused several vehicles to overturn.
The I-880 freeway in Fremont was heavily impacted by flooding as well as surrounding communities, and San Francisco residents also reported flooding, wind gusts and downed trees.
Historic rains continue to fall in Southern California where many have been preparing since yesterday to avoid more disasters.
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