crews are fixing down power lines and ivan lopez and his family are laying out sand to prevent flooding from getting into his home. >> we are trying to prevent water from coming into our property. >> the best sewers and with the rain arriving fast, he does not want to take any chances. >> we woke up and it was around 4:30 when we came out. just trying come in with some equipment to get this thing done. >> conditions from that flood have improved greatly over the last couple of hours. some residents who were evacuated i have seen return to their homes. good news there. some neighbors told us they were already prepared to evacuate in case a wildfire broke out. live in santa rosa, ryan curry. abc 7 news. >> overnight, local creeks went from drought stricken triples to raging rapids. this is known to be a problem spot for flooding. the creek last rose over its banks in 2005 and swarmed nearby businesses. this tree was no match for the storm. this huge oak crashed down into the house and caused major damage and destroyed two of the bedrooms. this happened before noon in woodacre. fortunately

crews are facing down power lines and ivan lopez and his family are laying out sand. >> we're trying to prevent water coming into our property. we're doing some sand bags basically trying to get it natural, to drain. ryan: he says history does not have the best sewers and with rain arriving fast he does not want to take any chances. >> we woke up and it was around 4:30 when we came out and we started coming with some equipment and try to get this thing done. ryan: it's unclear if some of these evacuated residents have been able to return to their home. as i mentioned earlier conditions have improved but there are heavy pockets of water on this roadway. the other neighbors i spoke with say they are just continuing to monitor the conditions to see what happens because the rain is still coming dump at the good news is that some of these residents have already had evacuation kits ready from wildfires. if conditions get worse they are ready to go. ryan curry, abc 7 news. j.r.: local creeks went from drought stricken trickles to raging rapids. this is san anselmo creek, known to be a probl

ivan lopez and his family are laying out sand to prevent flooding from getting into his home. >> we'reent water from coming into our property. we are using sandbags, trying to get the natural drain storm at that. >> he says he's street doesn't have the best sewers. and he doesn't want to take any chances. >> we woke up, it was about 4:30. we got some equipment and tried to get this thing done. >> neighbor said they were unsure it would -- how long it would take for their evacuated neighbors to return. they told me most people on the street have evacuation kits ready for wildfires. they said, if the flooding got worse, they were ready to evacuate as well. ryan curry, abc 7 news. >> this is a live look at the pg news website that shows all of the power outages. wow, it looks a lot like live doppler 7 is busy and let up. in its latest update, pg&e said it had restored power to 143 thousand customers, but well over 150,000 did not have their electricity at one point today. you can track the weather live anytime with abc 7 bay area app. the app is available for your phone wherever you strea