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right now a deadly winter storm is still pounding the bay area with rain. flooded streets and it has left thousands in the dark. >> let's give you a look right now at current conditions across the bay area. on the left, san jose. the rain is still pouring down. >> in the middle you're looking at san francisco and on the right, oakland. what can you expect overnight and tomorrow? >> let's go to sandy. >> this has been a storm that has delivered. that atmospheric river soaking the area. you can see where the focus of the storm. is it is primarily the south and east bay. street level, mt. hamilton, some pockets of moderate showers.

santa clara west. the mountains, gilroy, you are also still getting wet. across highway 101, san martin, the peninsula, got reports of torrential down pours. livermore toward the pass. you will notice it is steady rain. the peninsula is starting to ease up. strong thunderstorms rumbled through parts of the bay area as we take you back in time keeping this as a strong level 3 through tonight. damaging wind gusts. the combination will cause trees to topple and flooding. hour by hour we go. south bay, east bay, seeing the focus. 3:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. it is primarily moderate to showers across the bay area. the small streams continue to flood. flood warnings in effect until wee hours of the morning. we also have flood advisories

is the wind gusts advisories are not as strong. in the hills we have over 50-mile-an-hour winds. i'll be back with a number of other warnings tomorrow. >> all right. thank you. in oakland, a man died after a tree fell on top of him on interstate 580. highway patrol officers believe he loifd an embankment. his friends found him around 5:30 this evening. >> they came to see him and that's when they realized. they called 911. >> caltrans owns the area where the man died so it is in charge of finding out what caused the tree to fall. the county coroner is working to identify the man. crews are waiting for winds

to die down before they'll right the overturned truck that was knocked down because of the winds. the truck has blocked two lanes since about 8:00 this evening. traffic is squeezing by along the shoulder. the truck's driver, you'll be glad to know, was not hurt. and we have live team coverage across the bay area. we begin in the north bay where trees have crashed down on a home and a car nearly crushing the people inside. cornell? >> reporter: yeah, the rain has just start up again. this storm, i have to tell you, it has been fierce and ferocious. uprooting lots of trees all over the place. like the one here. this tree fell through a fence and on to a house in the dstance, doing some damage there. the fire department says luckily, nobody w r from here, there was another close call when another big tree

came down. the crews in mill valley were busy cutting down a huge tree which came down in the storm, crushing the rear of the car and narrowly missing the people inside. nobody got hurt. it happened right across from marin school. >> i think it is really bad when there are people inside but at least they didn't get hit by the tree. >> reporter: the storm was powerful enough to tople this 125 foot tall redwood tree splitting a power pole in two and cutting power on to about 60 home. >> due to the strong winds, the tree gave way and came down on the power lines. >> a downed tree crushed this parked car in novato. luckily nobody was inside. >> many streets floodediner was. back in mill valley, there was a mad dash with push brooms the keep the rising floodwaters away. >> when the drain gets clogged,

all bets are off. it's going to flood. >> reporter: as luck would have it, the club did not flood after a storm drain nearby was unclogged. the mill valley fire department said they got more than 40 calls since 3:00 today related to the storm including lots of downed trees. it's been a very busy night here. abc7 news. >> thanks. in marin county, downed fire lines have caused part of lukas valley road to close. t the. and water has s in shellville. the intersection is closed. however, people are driving on the flooded section of 121 as you see. a highway patrol officer and others helped push an suv that

broke down in the flood waters. >> let's take you to the south bay, still getting drenched by the storm. >> an overflowing creek is pouring into back yards. >> crews actually cleared this area just about ten minutes ago. they were working very quickly to save this home along the road from any flooding. we took a look around the home and the water was up to my knees. it is just incredible. water rushing through the openings of this brick wall. as the homeowner was nearly in tears, fearing wall would give way at any moment. it created a river rhing ound herearbreekhe water nowhere to go. and the six-foot crawl space beneath the home she said is flooded. she's spent the last 23 years at this home and it has survived many storms.

nothing like the outcome you're seeing now. i asked whether the family made any special preparations before the storm and unfortunately, that was not the case. >> this is nothing compared to what you see in the back. it is a huge lake. because the water, everything is draining from that side. the creek is plugged. so all behind that wall. >> and crews showed up around 10:00 p.m. with sandbags. i'm going to come back live so you can see what crews were helping with. beneath that, it looked like a river rushing throug the front of her garage space. i spoke with her just moments ago and she said luckily the rain has lightened up andouf thg t in thas that the rain does come back and the downpour picks up, it could be the same fate that she saw about an hour ago. i'm reporting hive in saratoga. abc7 news.

>> thank you. and police are closing off streets in a pleasant hill neighborhood. water from a near by creek along the east bay mud trail has flowed over the banks into a residential area. the front yards of some areas are inundated with storm runoff. >> pg&e's power outage map has been lit up all evening. the north bay has been one of the hardest hit areas. more than 82,000 customers are in the dark. 38,000 are in napa, sonoma and marin counties. 18,000 are on the peninsula. and the south bay, more than 19,000 customers are in the dark. 4,600 customers are affected in the east bay including my sister. .with her a shrt time ago. and 2,200 are in san francisco. >> this is eric thomas of the pleasant hill b.a.r.t. station. the trains are once again movi on to the train tracks, striking one of the b.a.r.t. cars.

no injuries and no damage. they did have a single track for a couple of hours. this is abc7 news. air travellers can expect more delays in san francisco international airport due to weather tomorrow. you're looking live at sfo. it has been a mess there. airlines canceled 156 flights today. another 477 were delayed. that adds up to more than one-third of today's passenger flights at sfo affected. >> riders were jostled on their rides tonight. choppy waves made for a rough ride during the evening ferry commute. not a lot of people there. this is taken aboard the ferry. many left on trims earlier in the day because they were worried it would be canceled. >> and of course, this means snow in the sierra and lots of it. drivers facing delays. 80 and 50 are open through the mountains. however, drivers are required to

use chains. a good amount of snow. and we're not done with the rain yet. you can track the next storm with live doppler 7 right on your phone. just download the abc7 new app. the rain and wind brought down trees across the bay area tonight. >> reporter: i'm live in san francisco. coming up how trees stopped cable cars in their tracks. and first, here's a look at what's coming up on jimmy kimmel live. >> thanks. you seem tense. now that you work together so much. >> yeah.

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we are on storm watch big time of trees have been coming down all over the bay area. city crews have been racing around town, responding to all kinds of reports. >> reporter: crews here have done a fantastic job. we've been driving all over, chasing these downed trees. every time we got to the scene, the branches have been moved to the site so traffic can continue on this very messy night.akor a commute. >> i knew it would rain but i didn't know it would rain this hard. >> reporter: he discovered that rain is good for business. as he ride share driver. >> people that would ride bikes

and walk are taking lyft or uber. >> reporter: the wind adds to the mess with the trees in saturated soil. firefighters work to clean up this street. and two trees fell across the cracks. >> i've seen them crack. >> he took this cellphone video of firefighters showing up to help. he said winter storms make him wary of trees. >> you can hear them creeking and stressing. you know they're going to break. >> if there is a tree in your neighbor in scio, propert that y is safy conc t report it. abc7 news.

>> all right. thank you. on the peninsula, a gigantic tree snapped and came to rest in o'the power lines. it closed all the the the they've reopened one lane in each direction. >> we've had a very intense day all around the bay area with the weather. the question is, what about tomorrow? >> sandy is here with that. >> it will be nothing like today. that's for sure. i want to show you live doppler 7. the strong storm that has been pounding us all evening long. let's get to you street level. you will notice that we are still seeing some steady moderate rain across that area. still seeing some spotty showers developing from lucas valley, heading toward san pablo avenue,

into vallejo and american canyon. don't be surprised if you see the showers popping up. it is an unstable atmosphere. look at the storm reports across the bay area. 85 reports including debris and thunderstorms. this storm system is still tightly wound up. we're going to continue to deal with the second half of this. the rain has eased but the rainfall totals are adding you. over two inches in santa rosa, redwood city, concord, an inch or a little more. oakland almost an inch. we did see over a half a foot of rain if sonoma county. so definitely some heavy rainfall. i want to show you the rainfall in st. helena. it is expected to crest at 16 feet. no flooding is expected but if

you live in that area, you'll want to monitor it in case it changes. napa valley. 25 feet. forecast to crest at 22.2 feet. high wind warning until 3:00 a.m. tomorrow. the winds are still gusting so watch out for powerful downed trees. a wind advisory until 3:00 a.m. gusty winds still could cause some problems. here's a live picture looking at the shark tank with those clouds overhead. the heaviest wind tapering. showers and gusty winds. not as windy as it has been friday and sunday. so here's a look at the storm impact style. a moderate strength storm, showers, gusty winds, large waves. and they could bring coastal flooding. still a slight chance of thunder. 11:30 tonight. still some showers in the south bay. pockets of moderate showers going into 8:00 a.m.

now that the ground is saturated, could it cause some problems. noontime, keep the umbrellas handy. the rain, the showers do taper. we have a coastal flood advisory. 5:00 to 9:00 a.m. tomorrow. high tide at six feet. minor flooding is possible at low lying areas. the high surf warning, 5:00 a.m. thursday until 5:00 p.m. friday. breakers here could be 25 to 40 feet or higher with some localized flooding. if you're going to the coach to watch the waves, be careful. a live picture from tahoe. it is hard to see because of the fog and the sierra seeing some chain controls. in the mountains, it is coming down pretty hard. reduced visibility, above 5,500 feet. expecting two to four feet. possibly higher over the whiteout conditions, do not travel up there special when i

those winds.ur give yourself plenty of time to get you're going. windy at times. it is a level 2 storm for tomorrow. gusty with some showers. a slight chance of thunder but nothing like today. i want to emphasize that. a light system bringing as you chance of showers. another live to level one system for sunday with light rain and then the holiday is dry. martin luther king day with a drying trend tuesday and wednesday. the biggest concerns going into tomorrow is the high surf. certainly low lying flooding around the coast because of the surf. the potential for more trees to topple because the ground is saturated. so download the app. you can also watch mike 4:30 to 7:00 a.m. and watch the forecast.

>> what a day. it has been intense. hold on and see how some are making the most of the big storm. tomorrow, sarah paulson is

not even a flooded neighborhood can keep one neighborhood's kids indoors. they're using a jet ski to navigate down the street in napa. down pours made it impossible for cars but not if you're prepared. these kids certainly knew how to make the best of it. >> that does

back to back is tough. you can understand the warriors' sluggish start at oracle but the finish was just as exciting as last night's blowout. klay thompson had four last night. still in the move. the former teammate zaza pachulia sure did hear about that one. in transition, the warriors go on a 10-3 run. the pelicans have tricks like that. the lob, anthony davis. the warriors can do it too. kevin durant, andre iguodala, and it is a 4-point game. the warriors trailed in the

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a short handed goal puts the coyotes up 2-0. the sharks answer later in the period. scoots up the rebound and fires at home. the coyote up 3. evander kane cuts it to two. in the third period, the sharks on the power play. and erik carlson to logan couture, a one-goal game. the coyotes break the streak. the sharks lose 5-3 in the final. this report is sponsored by river rock casino. >> after a great night last night. they

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