conditions ranging from strong wind to a lost challenging difficult rain. thanks for joining us. it is thursday, december 11 alongside leyla gulen we are watching the roads and mike is keeping us informed with minute to minute updates on the weather. >> other than the stormening an sure ahead of schedule everything else is playing true to form. that is good news. hopefully you are ready for it. we have been giving you a type table for the last 24 hours, and it looks like mother nature is sticking to that but it is coming further south an hour earlier than we thought yesterday. treasure island right there you can see and the bay bridge to berkeley and university avenue, moderate rain. the richmond-san rafael bridge, moderate to moderate-to-heavy rain from richmond to san rafael. from mill valley you can see north through san rafael and fairfax and lucas valley we have

the heavier rain falling right on st. vincent drive at lucas valley road and further to the south, sir francis drake headed to wood acre we are seeing the heavy rain. rohnert park and petaluma is getting a retrieve and you can see lining up just off the coast near pacifica, half moon bay, there is a wave of heavy rain pit the peninsula in the next 20 minutes so get ready from about san mateo north it will look like this. that is what the storm looks like over the bay bridge so stormy conditions with the worst of it through noon and it will become more widespread this afternoon. we will look at this rain, the richmond san rafael toll plaza and the in-driven rain is pouring at the tolls and you make the drive across the water and over to the north bay. we have limited visibility

because of the rain and hopefully you have well-working windshield wipers. i have good news, we have this, all lanes have re-opened east bound 80, the tree fell on the big rig and it and cleared to the shoulder and we are looking at heavier rain dealing with slowing conditions as you start to push through and had was another accident so they are trying to get that cleared. as you go to the bay, northbound and southbound highway one we have gladding in the road at petaluma. there is pooling in the lanes. be came. try to drive in center lanes or avoid the mountainous and coastal roads. it is 6:02. we will continue our coverage on the right of the tv live doppler hd and on left a look outside at the golden gate bridge where it hand raining and the roads are

slick. >> they have had to change lane con figure races for a buffer zone for the two directions. we have come for you with meteorologist mike nicco and a team of reporters to bring you the latest on the major storm. >> we start with amy hollyfield in the north bay. yes, guys. the headline here in the north bay: rain. we are getting drenched. you can get a sense of how bad it is. dead difficult. a big rain cloud is hovering over the north bay and will not step. i am listening to you talk about the rain on the peninsula and if san francisco, rather, the wind. we are not getting blown away. it is just rain. rain is the issue. it is a gentle wind and a gust here or there but we are getting wet. this seasoning has been going on for hours and we have soon it coming down at 3:00 and it hasn't given us a break. sometimes it lightens up and

sometimes it is heavier but it hat stepped. we are seeing low-lying flooding and street flooding. we are hearing reports of trees coming down, the fire department is busy rating from call to call to call dealing with eight active calls and they have cleared several so there is some wind and the moisture is causing trees to not handle it and they are falling over. bundle up, head to little overdressed, i am warm. it is just wet. a good soing. it doesn't look like it will let up. reporting in santa rosa for abc7 news. we to our storm watch coverage with nick. >> mick is in pacifica where the surf is pounding. >> i want to hut -- let you know we have heavy winds and because

of that our signal can go in and out. this is what we are dealing with. this is the ron -- reason we are here. i have been calling them angry waves but they are spending to the heavy wind can caused the waves to hit the pilings and the pier and the pier has had spray over the bifrom the wind and rain. we have seen gusts at the freeing 47 miles per hour which is not an a official reading but you get the idea of what we are dealing with. we have seen people coming out to check things out. recently, the cafe opened so we think people will be moving. i spoke with police in pacifica. they have not had any downed power lines. there have been in downed tries. they are watching the situation.

whoa...again, that is the side ways rain coming right at you like little rocks. you cannot get a break. [ inaudible ] the wind is picking up, die down, picking up, dying down. but it is not stepping. back to the studio. >> your inner storm chaser is coming out. big time. >> you can track the storm where you live by downloading the weatherup an apple app store or app app -- or apple app and google play. >> knick said the unofficial reading was 46 miles per hour and we will see what the official readings say. meteorologist mike nicco? >> he made a good calculation. live doppler hd shows 39 at what half but other side of the ridge where pack can is, it could be action set rating as it moves

into pacifica at 46 miles per hour. that is the fastest wind where we expected the fast winds. most of us are in the 20 to 25 miles per hour range until oakland at 32. livermore and mountain view and novato at 15 to 20. up north, we had a tree downed over california 116 which was gallon over by wind at 116, that is are we are seeing the damage from the storm. we have had federally 2-4" of rain in the north bay and, still, a lot of moderate to half rain falling over the same area. we call this train echoing where waves and waves and waves of heavy cells moving over the same area like moving over a train track so we seeing ponding on the roads. notice the potentially stronger

storms, with no lightning but if there was, it would be from this area with locally heavy rain causing local flooding and fatter gusts. our storm risk is still "high." urban flooding, creek flooding, mud and rock slides, dangerous sub, and wind damage. time table, it will go through the north by at 6:00 to 9:00, an hour ahead so 9:00 to noon around not of the bay and in the south by by noon. we have watches and warnings. drew is in the weather center watching this aspect of the storm. over to drew for the latest. >> we are tracking a slew of advisories in the bay area. in the north by we have seen the heaviest rain with a flood advisory in affect for marin and napa and edward sonoma

causing ponding on the roads. the entire bay area is under a flash flood warnings until tomorrow morning so conditions are possible and we could sigh more flooding on the urban street and small are streams and creeks across the bay area this morning. along with the rain as front moves through the winds are kicking up you can see all the reporters are in man gusty areas with wind topping 50 miles per hour and even higher elevations along the ridge top could be up to 80 miles per hour. the stronger weapons could down the trees and the power lines. the winds are churning outbound the ocean with waves from 14 to 18' high and breakers could exceed 20' this afternoon creating dangerous rip currents across our shore. in the sierra we could see from 6-13" of snow when the system wraps up.

>> thank you, drew. if you have pictures or damage or any information, send it to us and we will send it out to everyone. the fastest winds for most of us are right around 7:00 to 9:00 and we could see the gusts reach 50 miles per hour in the neighborhood in the 70 to 80 that drew talked about. the worst of the storm is ahead. leyla gulen has traffic. we are starting off with mass transit if you want to avoid the roads which is a good idea, we have had nothing but branches and downed trees and bart is running open tie. if you are traveling from marin to san francisco golden gate transit has cancellations. check to make sure you are in proper working order. san francisco bay ferries are canceled today. check those, as well. in cable cars on muni today. sore about that. as you make the drive up to the

richmond-san rafael toll plaza it is wet gusty, and as you maybe the drive across the water did the north bay it is going to be a soaker. because of the wind, we have c.h.p. issuing high wind advisory for the bay area bridges and what they have done with the golden gate bridge they have changed the lane configuration and we have lanes southbound great san francisco to the north bay traveling along in the north bay, how, you have one lane open, a center lane, to keep you safe from the traffic. we have that one center lane that should protect you there. to the north you have a brand new crash northbound 101 at petaluma boulevard where a big rig stopped behind the other vehicle that spun out and facing the wrong direction and blocking lanes. we have slick conditions and ponding and flooding on our streets and freeways. i let you know more about that in a few minutes. our storm watch coverage continues on the morning news. >> live doppler hd is tracking the rain and wind hitting us right now and we are coming back

with meteorologist mike nicco. more weather and traffic all morning and this is abc7 now where a look at embarcadero. you can see how slick it. it is raining, as well. in some areas. in some areas. stay tuned.

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covering walnut creek, burlingame, campbell abc7, thiss abc7 news. >> a look at traffic in the north bay, san rafael, you can see all the headlights and the rain coming down. it is a slick >> the storm has hammered the north bay. we are along the napa river in napa. >> yes, this tributary to the napa river is starting to rage and it has risen quite a bit if the last couple of hours as the rain has come down heavy north of the bay area and the if news is we do not specific the napa river itself to get into major

flood stage category but some of the russian river could easy get above blood stage later today. here's the rivers that we will be watching closely as the rain component to this storm, we need the rain in california, no doubt about that but getting too much in too little time is an issue. the water is moving pretty fast. folks up there, precaution service >> yes, they ran out the sand. people --. [ inaudible ] >> person, the weather is causing havoc with the sound equipment. >> you would expect that. these was talking about flooding issues and meteorologist mike nicco said the risks are very "hire." -- "high." but river flooding is low.

last night, they thought possibly the napa and russian could flood but now it looks that risk has tapered. look at this, american canyon is napa, 29 headed up to napa you can see the heavy rain rolling over american can i don't in highway 29 and 12 as you try to head out to 80 and napa and jefferson and old sonoma and redwood city all the way over to 4th is where we are seeing moderate to heavy rain. down to the south it let up along 80 from vallejo to emeryville. if you are headed on 12 back to sonoma we have heavy rain along napa road and to arrest million and sonoma up highway 12 and over to petaluma. still dealing with another hour or two of heavy rain in the north bay. look at the interesting nature of the next cells developing along the cold front, localized,

heavy rain, localized gusty wind , and not seeing any lightning from the storms. the heavy rain is an hour ahead of time, maybe an hour and a half ahead of time from yesterday moving into san francisco with moderate rain. the plagues are unfurled on the ferry building and blowing straight north along the embarcadero. still pumping in a son of moisture. to the south we have had light rain on 280 and 17 in san jose and you have not received the heavy stuff but i will later in the morning into the lynch hour. steady to moderate, moderate to half rain todays tone, turn over to showers and thunderstorms with localized heavy rain and localized gusty winds that will be the case, tomorrow, to a much less are extent of rally coverage. prettier and try and cooler this weekend. we will look at the cold front,

it stalled across the forth bay waiting for the next bit of energy. that is now hooking up with the cold front so we have the storms struggling along the cold robert so urban flooding until 11:30 with mud and rock slides in the with mud and rock slides in the north by and power out ape across the bay area. moving forward you can see heaviest of rain moving out of the north bay and into san francisco and oakland and vallejo by 8:00. moving through the heart of the bay, 8:00 to noon and that is how it is coming in an hour or two quicker. still, during the evening commute, look at greens and the yellows as the showers and the potential thunderstorms develop and they will increase as we head to the evening and overnight only to deaccuracy as we head to tomorrow morning and

refire up tomorrow afternoon on a more wide help video nature. seven-day forecast shows rain totals the same as yesterday 2-4" and the breezes will taper around noon today and we have gusty winds ahead of us and saturday and sunday we will be dry. as we look at the bay bridge toll plaza the metering lights have been turned on and some folks are staying home. you can see we have empty lanes not just the car pool lanes but these lanes are empty from the east bay to the toll plaza and it will be wet and windy. in the north by we have several problems, northbound highway wrote we, a solo vehicle skip intermediate and maybe a big rig stopped 100 yards behind the vehicle and one lane is blocked with slow conditions into rohnert park and the southbound direction at petaluma you fining brake lights. we have a sig-alert northbound highway we i would that is where we have all lanes shut down

because of flooding. the winds will cause significant flooding so avoid this area if you can. along 101 and the surface streets that are to the east and west of the highway, be careful. significant flooding and of distant this morning. we have much more storm watch coverage ahead. >> first be though, live doppler 7 hd is tracking the storm, you can see the massive area right now with much more coming up. the forecast has the heaviest rain moving in and causing man slights to be delayed or canceled with an update on the bay area airport at the forecast. here is weather and traffic during the commercial break and the big picture, the golden gate bridge is wet and slick and there are highway winds so there are highway winds so please, drive carefull

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you are looking from the camera at the embarcadero and you can see it is wet and conditions are slick. please be careful. even any are driving on city streets and you think the streets are safe, be careful. >> the bridges show the bay

bridge toll plaza is wet, but traffic is light for this hour, possibly because a lot of people are heeding the warning and tell are commuting to avoid the storm. a look at the san mateo bridge, heavy volume here, normal heavy volume here and it doesn't look so wet as we saw on the we bay bridge toll plaza camera but, still, be careful. the golden gate bridge shows rain coming down here for the past hour or so. you can see there is ponding along the left side of the screen as the cars splash through. keep that in mind. >> moth of there we just got word in from the c.h.p. they have new issued a sig-alert in sonoma county northbound 101 where they have flooding that leyla gulen has been reporting on in all lanes so they new have called a sig-alert. we will go back to abc7 news with leyla gulen with the you it with leyla gulen with the you it way to look at the wet weather.

the shopping district. our producer has been drive around tracking traffic. the camera is mounted on top of our van and you can see how wet and slick the conditions are there. we are right at grant, a beautifulshipping district and as i pan around, that is a look at the shops you can see the slick roads, the rain is coming down, a deluge in novato and it is wet and rainy and we have more coming up in a few minutes. thank you. 6:26. the morning news continues at 6:30 with continuing storm watch coverage. if san francisco, high winds have already caused a lane closure on the golden gate bridge and what drivers should bridge and what drivers should necessity

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> this is how the bay area is starting the day on this thursday december 11. heavy rain in san francisco. you can see this from the camera, and gusty winds. it is bouncing around. good morning, i am eric toll. >> leyla gulen and mike talk about during the commute when we are trying to get to work or school that is when we get the worst. >> it is coming right now into the heart of the bay. the forth bay has been dealing with it since 5:00 yesterday and that part of the storm is live up to its prediction. smith ranch road headed over

here is where we have the heavy rain around those areas. and you can see a lot of oranges and reds. especially along sir francis drake road where we have the heavy rain. it is not leaving mill valley, and sausalito is includeed and heavy rain on theory monday san rafael bridge and downtown san francisco in chinatown, all the way down to san bruno and sfo we have moderate-to-heavy rain headed to alameda and oakland. you will see a downpour any second in your neighbor. this stretches down toed with wood and back. highway 92 to half moon bay and light are rain in the east bay valley and san jose in the south bay right now. it look like the entire system is now starting to gain speed. all of us should be sees waves of moderate-to-heavy rain through the lunch hour. we will get our most damaging

wind and rain new through the lunch hour and it will become more scattered in nature as we head to the afternoon. the toughest commute is going to be right now through 9:00. >> in fact, most of the bad conditions are due not just to the rain but the wind, the wind has been a real factor and we have c.h.p. high wind advisory, and you look at the bay bridge toll plaza from the east bay, you are not going to find some company. the wind-driven rain pushing across the bay bridge toll plaza is pretty much empty as far as cars. going do take you no time to get to san francisco. to the south, this is san jose 280 pulling away from highway 17, traffic is heavier and, also, with rain. you will find slick roads. most of the trouble is in the north bay where we have the first hit of wild rain from the north moving south. we have one accident northbound highway 101 at petaluma

boulevard. you will find a lane blocked and a big rig involved. to the north we have all laned shut down and northbound highway 101 the sig-alert is in affect because of flooding in the road. traffic is being turned around. stay away is the advice. we will continue our storm watch coverage on the right you can see live doppler hd and on the left, a look outside right now. the golden gate bridge is one of the places that is getting hit by the rain and they have created a buffer done by taking away a lone to separate the two directions of traffic. we have a team of reporters to bring you all aspects of the storm system. >> drive on the bridges could be difficult today because of the winds. our reporter continues the coverage at the golden gate bridge. it is especially windy.

the golden gate bridge is down to five lanes, three southbound, two northbound. officials decided to close a middle lane to be used as a safety buffer. this separates remark and gets drivers much needed wiggle real in case the wind pushes them around. there is a high wind a advisory on all bay area bridges. the golden gate bridge has strong gusts with traffic moving but winds will be more powerful during the commute. >> we watching to see the winds stay forth-south they are right now in line with the bridge so people are being pushed from behind. we are not seeing so much cross wind. that could change. that could become more difficult on the bridge. if it gets too dangerous, officials could make the call to close the bridge. they say that is very unlikely. the golden gate bridge has only been closed three times in the past. the california highway patrol is advising large truck drivers to

avoid the richmond-san rafael bridge because of high wind. try take the 101 or 37 i now, to amy hollyfield in the north bay and santa rosa where it has been raining. what do you have, amy? people are waking up just now and looking outside and see it is raining, remember be it lab doing this for hours. it is start willing to accumulate. there is flooding. trees are coming down. this rain is relentless. i call it determined. very steady. it is not going anywhere. it has been like this, very, very steady, serious rain, and i have talked to the fire department and they can barely take my call. they have to get off the phone because the calls keep coming in. there are more than they can

handle. trees are coming down and power lines are coming down with flooding in the roads. they have set up a shelter in santa rosa so if the storm impacts you, look at this location, you can go here, the veterans memorial here in santa resolution and they have opened it up for people would have problems that are storm-related and it is not a place where people will accept donations so do not go there to bring things only if you need help. they are waiting for you. do not for get your medications and other necessities before you head out the door. in major problems to report, the fire department said no injuries have been reported. that is the good news. if you are waking up, this has been beginning on since 3:00, no breaks, just continuing the rain. the wind is not so bad here. a little bit of wind but the big headline here is rain.

when we come back from the break storm watch continues. live doppler hd shows the size of the storm, the companies and the yellows and even the red with mike interpreting that. as we head to break this is the bay bridge toll plaza where you can see it is wet, windy and lighter traffic than usual. a lot of people are heeding the warning and staying home. weather and traffic during the weather and traffic during the commercial break with

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back at 6:40. you can see the heavy rain from vallejo to orinda down toship to san lenadro to the bay bridge where we will see the heaviest rain the next two hours. we have a great chance urban flooding and creek flooding and hud and rock slides and dangerous surf and wind damage much the strongest part of the storm is in the north bay through 8:00 through 10:00 and inland east bay at noon, and south bay gets it from 7:00 to noon so it has been moved up a little bit and the storm is

picking up speed compared to 24 hours ago. we are taking you up to windsor with a sig-alert shutting down highway 101 all lanes northbound direction because of flooding, and this is showing travels not of santa rosa to windsor traffic is diverted and turned around you can fought use it because traffic is turned an. there is a deluge right here with plenty of water pooling open right and left side. we have a reconfiguration lanes, three lanes get you southbound from marin to san francisco, 100 lane down the center and one northbound to protect cars that are move manage and out because of high wind advisory. the great highway is shut down in san francisco pus -- because of the sand being drive on the road. that is closed until further notice. our storm watch coverage

continues in a few peoples. live doppler hd is tracking the storm where you live and we will go back to the north bay and see how the conditions are and a report from the pacifica pier. >> during the commercial break stay in the know with abc7 news now and the san mateo bridge has not been subjected to the same amount of rain as golden gate bridge but stand by. we have traffic and weather, we have traffic and weather, together, through the commercial

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covering los altos, antioch, petaluma and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. welcome back on this rainy thursday morning, december 11. we will continue our coverage with abc7 news reporter nick smith. >> nick has been pounded by the surf and rain and i would the. >> i want you to see the rain that is coming down. we are getting it now. look at angry waves. the wind has pushed the waves against the rocks and again pilings and the spray is. diagnose over the -- the spray is pushing the wind over the

pier. video seen gusts up to 47 miles per hour. we will continue to monitor this and we will keep an eye on things. send us pushes of anything you see. right now, there are no power out aims in pacifica and no emergency calls according to the police officers we have spoken to. >> take care, nick. it is rough. >> he is a big guy but how much pounding can he take? >> nick smith, mother nature, nick smith, mother name. >> knick -- nick wins. drew? the weather is causing delays in the sky. san francisco is averageing hours and 40 meant delay because of the rain over 1 significant flights were canceled and we are looking at delays at san

francisco oakland and san jose looking if. of course, eric and kristen they unusual you to check with your carrier. it will be a slow go. you iting things over to mike you have been checking live doppler hd where are the heaviest rainfall areas? >> good question. a lot to talk about. well start in the north bay and the east bay with the richmond-san rafael bridge is pound by heavy rain, sideways rain as the winds gust up to 45 miles per hour running perpendicular in the east-west, and the wins are coming up from the south so the bay bridge will have gusts at 45 to 50 american pushing you across there and the heavy rain, richmond to pinole and hercules headed out highway 4 to martinez and getting into the san ramon valley you can see the the caldecott tunnel and

back to orinda, into concord, walnut creek, dublin, danville, you will have an uptick in the intensity of the showers. the peninsula down to about 92, even 84, maybe, that is where we have the better radar returns so this is just going. notice how the north by has waves and waves the last hour of merchandise prosecute to half rain. that is what it is start to sink south into heart of the bay from dumbarton bridge north the next two or three hours you get moderate rain with stronger storms developing along the cold front with localized heavy rain, localized fast are wins, also. most of our winds in the 25 to 30 miles per hour in san carlos and livermore and novato where we push almost 20 miles per

hour. 53 gusts at half moon bay. 51 at 7:00 in oakland. 48 gusts in san francisco to mid-30's and mid-40's for the rest of us. we are still in the 50's at oakland and half moon bay at 8:00. still there at 9:00 in oakland and 40 to 50 down if live more and san jose and by association, it is about over. that is the wind forecast. san mateo bridge has moderate to half rain moving in and here is the cold front and the next we have of energy rolling along so here we go along the cold front with stronger storms developing through the heart of the bay from now until 9:00 and inland east bay at 9:00 to 11 o'clock and we will have the heavy burst of rain and heavy wind and the damage from the storm. behind it we are still going do have moderate rain throughout the afternoon and scattered thunderstorms developing this afternoon and evening and they

will taper overnight and region rate on an isolated nature tomorrow and saturday and sunday will be dry before more rain monday and tuesday. the bit of the storm now through noon from north to south across the bay. we have a couple accidents in the north bay but the east bay right now shows macarthur maze has traffic fairly light headed in from emeryville to the maze and the bay bridge toll plazas. at the toll plaza it is empty at the toll plaza with traffic running smoot toward san francisco and treasure island but we had a bigger picture of the bay area we have areas shaded in yellow tracking weather and traffic and the $er area of green is an indication of where heavy rain could affect your commute. in oakland, we have an accident on a transition from westbound 980 to southbound 980 with one lane blocked but to the south

along the them its at 54 miles per hour and along 880 or 580 the drive is at 60 miles per hour. we do have heavy rain and uponning in the roads so stay in the center lanes and do not go open right or left because of the pooling and potential if hydroplaning. to the south, we are fining another pocket of heavy slowing into fremont. as you continue the drive beyond milpitas to san jose, a wide picture fining the areas spotted with red is where there is bunching of traffic especially around san jose airport at 38 miles per hour airplane from the -- away from the nimitz gusty wind but accident free. remember, our coverage continues at 7:00, we will not go away be we will move to the digital table -- channel at 7.2

or watch us on comcast or o newsup we will be streaming so look, now, at pg&e outages that have been reported. >> major spot is in the north bay you can see on the scene th brown-colored areas is where this are 5,000 customers without power and pg&e are launching crews. they will follow this or chasing outages all morning. another one in san jose right now where 5,000 people have in power. >> scattered throughout the bay area with smaller outages. but, first, we will keep weather and traffic up during the entire commercial break including pictures like this, san rafael, where they have been getting a lot of rain and it is pooling on the edge.

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alameda. it could continue until 9:45. the heaviest showers are moving through now until noon. two, the wet commute across the san mateo bridge and traffic is moving fine. it is pouring at golden gate bridge and to the north, we have a sig-alert because of major flooding shutting down northbound highway 101. three, wind and rain are causing problems in the north bay in petaluma, a pair of electrical wires were arcing near homes and a tree fell on bodega avenue this morning. in santa rosa half rain is causing street flooding. >> four, officials are watching bay area rivers as run off from the rain pours in. the napa river is rising. it is not expected to get to flood stage. officials predict the russian river further to the north will crest a few feet over flood stage tomorrow morning. five, school districts across the bay area have canceled classes today pause of

the storm. some are also open so check with the schools. schools in san francisco, oakland and all of marin county are closed and san francisco state university is canceling today. >> six, a look at the golden gate bridge where officials changed the lane configuration because of the high win with three lanes southbound and two going north. the middle lane is a safety buffer. if winds increase there is the possibility they could close the bridge. >> this is a picture from the bay bridge toll plaza where you can see it is wet but traffic is light with many people choosing to stay home today. that is the same safe thing to do all ferry difficult partures from -- ferry departures to and from harbor bay are canceled. >> we are not done yet. coverage continues on 7.2 and you can watch us on comcast 195

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