Maisie Russo, of Felton, helps a resident dig out their driveway and garage after heavy rains swelled the San Lorenzo River, flooding nearby homes in Felton, Calif., on Monday, Jan. 9, 2023. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)
Another day of hard-driving rain and powerful winds lashed the Bay Area on Monday, forcing evacuations in Santa Cruz and Monterey County, as the latest in a powerful set of storms announced its presence.
National Weather Service forecasters expect storm to dump several more inches of rain, create more flooding concerns and bring winds that are expected to fell trees and power lines. The storm is the latest in a series of them that have been powered by an atmospheric river.
According to Gov. Gavin Newsom, 12 people have died in storms across the state. On Sunday, President Biden declared a disaster in California, making the state eligible for federal aid.
Tom Fredericks, of Felton, holds a ruler to measure how high the water level reached after heavy rains swelled the San Lorenzo River, flooding nearby homes in Felton, Calif., on Monday, Jan. 9, 2023. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group) Maisie Russo, of Felton, dumps mud from a wheelbarrow as she helps a resident dig out their driveway and garage after heavy rains swelled the San Lorenzo River, flooding nearby homes in Felton, Calif., on Monday, Jan. 9, 2023. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group) Uvas Creek floods a section of Miller Avenue in Gilroy, Calif., as the latest series of atmospheric rivers hit the Bay Area on Monday, Jan. 9, 2023. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)
Paradise Park maintenance chief Andrew Almonza tapes off a covered bridge and its missing post in unincorporated Santa Cruz County, Calif., on Monday, January 9, 2023. (Ethan Baron/Bay Area News Group) Visitors watch storm water flow along the bank of Alameda Creek near Niles Canyon Road on Monday, Jan. 9, 2023, in Fremont, Calif. Rain is expected throughout the week across the Bay Area. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group) View of downtown from the flooded Guadalupe River trail at Taylor Avenue overpass during a break in the rain in San Jose, Calif., on Monday, Jan. 8, 2023. (Josie Lepe for Bay Area News Group)
A vineyard is submerged in floodwater after heavy rain moved through the area on January 09, 2023, in Windsor, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) John Ojerholm, walks on the flooded Guadalupe River trail after taking a few pictures at Coleman Avenue during a break in the rain in San Jose, Calif., on Monday, Jan. 8, 2023. (Josie Lepe for Bay Area News Group) Patrick Collins, right, visiting from London, watches the Guadalupe River flow at 15 feet at 10 am at Alma Ave bridge during a break in the rain in San Jose, Calif., on Monday, Jan. 9, 2023. (Josie Lepe for Bay Area News Group)
Rescue crews push Ben Lomond resident Julie Armstrong, 76, to safety after her car stalled out in the intersection of Graham Hill and Mount Hermon roads in Felton after the San Lorenzo River flooded early in the morning of Jan. 9, 2023. (John Woolfolk/ Bay Area News Group) A resident walks along College Road after the area was flooded during a recent storm in Watsonville, Calif., on Monday, Jan. 9, 2023. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group) Cars on southbound Highway 17 near Old Santa Cruz Highway turn around due to a road closure as the latest series of atmospheric rivers hit the Bay Area on Monday, Jan. 9, 2023. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)
For Watsonville residents along College Drive, Monday’s storm was the second time they had flooded. The first was New Year’s Eve. On Blossom Drive that intersect is college, seven homes were sitting in deep water. In the early morning hours after New Year’s Eve, one of the residents, Dave Toriumi, who owned a repair shop in town, died of a heart attack as he was trying to sweep out flood waters from his garage. (Julia Prodis Sulek/ Bay Area News Group) Water flooded homes in the Felton Grove neighborhood along the San Lorenzo River in Felton near the Covered Bridge Park the morning of Jan. 9, 2023. The river reached major flood stage before dawn due to heavy rains, and county officials announced evacuations of the neighborhood. (John Woolfolk/ Bay Area News Group) Linda and Al Orengo survey floodwaters from the back porch of their home in the Felton Grove neighborhood along the San Lorenzo River in the Santa Cruz County town of Felton, Calif., on Monday, January 9, 2023. The river reached major flood stage before dawn due to heavy rains. (John Woolfolk/Bay Area News Group)
Homes along College Road in Watsonville were flooded by morning as an atmospheric river pounded the Bay Area on January 9, 2023. (Shmuel Thaler/Santa Cruz Sentinel) Flooding on southbound Highway 101 just before the Hollister exit threatened to strand commuters near Hollister, Calif., on Monday, January 9, 2023. (Julia Prodis Sulek/Bay Area News Group) Vehicle traffic moves along D Street during a rain storm on Monday, Jan. 9, 2023, in Hayward, Calif. Rain is expected across the Bay Area this week. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)
Katherine Clausing, of Felton, swings over the flooded playground at Covered Bridge Park after heavy rains swelled the San Lorenzo River, flooding parts of Felton, Calif., on Monday, Jan. 9, 2023. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group) A part of Christine Lynn Drive in Morgan Hill remains flooded late afternoon as the latest series of atmospheric rivers hit the Bay Area on Monday, Jan. 9, 2023. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)
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