

The communities of Loma Mar and Dearborn Park also were included in the order, along with the community of Butano Canyon.

The areas include the Last Chance and Swanton road areas of Santa Cruz County, as well as properties near Año Nuevo State Park, Whitehouse Canyon Road and areas south of Gazos Creek Road east of Highway 1, along with Butano State Park and the community of Barranca Knolls, west of Cloverdale Road. An “atmospheric river” storm, the strongest to hit the Bay Area in two years moved through the Bay Area on Sunday. ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 24: Mia Dimaano, 3, stands in a puddle while on a walk with her dad Anthony Dimaano as rain falls in Alameda, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. In the Sierra Nevada, falling rocks closed a portion of Old Donner Road between Truckee and the summit.Įvacuations have been ordered in several areas across several coastal zones in San Mateo and Santa Cruz counties, largely in anticipation of heavier rains and possible mudslides and debris flows Sunday evening. In Plumas County, a rock slide left debris across all lanes of Highway 70, according to sheriff’s deputy Chandler Peay. The storm wreaked havoc throughout Northern California. “The flooding is anticipated to worsen, due to another high tide in addition to the rainfall levels from the atmospheric river.” “Many of the roadways are under 2 feet of water and are impassable or otherwise closed,” the police department warned. Strong winds overturned a tractor-trailer and a semi on the Richmond-San Rafael bridge on Sunday afternoon, leaving two lanes closed, according to the California Highway Patrol, while “extreme flooding” was reported in downtown San Rafael.
