Due to the heavy rain in the atmosphere that started on the night of the 8th, damage such as flooding, road and school closures, and traffic congestion continued. The unfortunate death toll from this storm has risen to 16.
The San Lorenzo River in the Pelton Grove area of the Santa Cruz Mountains rose to more than 13 feet (4 meters) in 4 hours on the 9th and flooded, flooding several houses and roads. As a result, evacuation orders were issued in Pelton, Aptos Beach Flat, Soquel, and Paradise Park areas.
Mud slides along with the floods caused large trees to fall, closing several roads and leaving several residents stranded on flooded roads. The Pajaro Valley Unified School District in the county closed schools on the 9th, and schools in the evacuation zone canceled classes until the 10th.
In Gilroy, several homes were flooded, and sections of Highway 101 were closed. Evacuations have been ordered in the town of Walton, near the Kosumiz River in Sacramento County, as the river swelled rapidly. Monterey County issued an emergency evacuation order for residents near the Carmel River region, and Bay Area counties such as Santa Clara, Alameda, and Solano also issued evacuation orders as possible flooding was raised in some areas.
Niles Canyon Road, a section of SR-84 connecting Fremont and Sunnol, was found to be closed to traffic indefinitely following a mudslide on the 30th of last month and a storm this week. In addition, road closures due to flooding continued across the Bay, including in San Francisco, Pleasanton, Morgan Hill and Petaluma, and in St. Helena, Napa County, a 275-year-old oak tree was uprooted from strong winds and winds.
According to PG&E, as of 8:30 am on the 10th, 93,742 households in the Bay Area, including 52,911 households in the South Bay, 19,053 households in the Peninsula, 8,221 households in the East Bay, and 6,143 households in San Francisco, were affected by wind gusts exceeding 70 mph and lightning strikes. 4,100 employees are working to restore power.
In San Luis Obispo County, a 5-year-old boy went missing after being swept away by rapidly rising waters on the 9th. Around 8 am on this day, near Paso Robles, the truck the child and the mother were riding in was submerged in water due to road flooding. The fire department said it was highly likely that the child had fallen into the river, and after a 7-hour search, only the child’s shoes were found, and the search was stopped as the water level rose. Meanwhile, on the 9th, a tree fell, and two more people died, and on the 10th in the San Joaquin Valley, Central California, a tree fell on a pick-up truck, killing the driver and another driver who hit the tree, killing 12 deaths from this winter storm. increased from 16 to 16.
According to meteorologist Jen Nell, 12.37 inches of rain fell in San Francisco from the 26th of last month to the 9th of January, the third most rain in 15 days on record. The worst flooding occurred in 1862, with 19.77 inches of rain falling in just 15 days.
Meanwhile, Gavin Newsom, the governor of Gavin, declared a statewide state of emergency to respond to winter storms from the 4th, and President Biden approved federal disaster assistance, starting on the 8th, support for emergency response to storms in California.