Mudslides closed highways in California on Friday as the Golden State was hit with more rainy weather.
The National Weather Service in Sacramento said a large area of moderate to heavy rain was moving inland from the Bay Area early Saturday morning, with urban and small stream flooding expected to develop.
“The Cosumnes River in Michigan Bar has exceeded the flood level and will reach a peak height of 15.5 feet at 8 pm tonight!” she pointed out.
The agency’s Bay Area office tweeted that flood advisories were in effect.
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“Maximum gusts will be 30 to 50 mph with higher winds over the mountains. With saturated soils, even moderate winds could cause falling trees/branches, power outages, falling debris,” it warned early Saturday.
Northern California officials warned that rivers and streams could overflow their banks and urged residents to pack sandbags.
The PowerOutage.US outage tracker showed that more than 16,000 customers lost power on Saturday morning.
This Friday, December 30, 2022 photo released by the California Highway Patrol Dublin Area Office shows the closure of Niles Canyon Road between Pleasanton Sunol Road and Fremont near Palomares Road in Alameda County, California. A mudslide closed a highway in the San Francisco Bay Area as crews cleared rock and mud debris from Niles Canyon Road, also known as State Route 84, between Fremont and Sunol, according to the San Francisco Highway Patrol. California and Caltrans District 4.
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Humboldt County also saw roads start to flood, according to the Eureka office of the National Weather Service.
Mudslides had already closed roads between Fremont and Sunol, as well as in Mendocino County.
The California Highway Patrol reported that portions of east Sacramento highways were impassable at times Friday due to flooding.
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This Friday, December 30, 2022, Caltrans District 1 shows State Route 271 closed south of Piercy due to an active landslide near the McCoy Creek Bridge in Mendocino County, California. On Friday, Californians were bracing for heavy downpours and possible flooding from a series of storms about to usher in the new year.
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Crews cleaned up debris at Piercy through Friday night.
The atmospheric river storm was expected to bring more precipitation during the day, with the potential for flooding and several feet of snow in the Sierra Nevada.
A winter storm warning was in effect through Sunday for the upper elevations of the Sierra, from Yosemite National Park south to Lake Tahoe north, where up to five feet of snow is possible, according to the Service’s Reno office. National Meteorological.
Umbrellas are set out near the Van Nuys, California courthouse as it begins to rain on Tuesday, December 27, 2022. One-half to two inches of rain is expected in Southern California through Wednesday.
((David Crane/Orange County Record via AP))
Flood advisories were also in effect for western Nevada.
In addition, avalanche warnings have been issued around Lake Tahoe and the Mammoth Lakes south of Yosemite.
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In southern California, moderate to heavy rains were forecast on Saturday.
This is the first of several storms expected to hit California over the next week.
Associated Press contributed to this report.
