An atmospheric river storm dumped more than seven inches of rain on some parts of the Bay Area on Friday and Saturday, sending creeks over their banks and causing flooding that closed roads and trapped drivers, damaged homes and businesses and forced some evacuations.
Here are photos from around the region:
Nurse Katie Leonard, of Pleasant Hill, hands a cup of hot tea to Patsy Costello, 88, of Pleasant Hill, as she sits trapped in her vehicle for over an hour on Astrid Drive in Pleasant Hill, Calif., on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group) Patsy Costello, 88, of Pleasant Hill, holds onto the car as her son Scott Mathers, of Pleasant Hill, grabs her belongings after being trapped in her car for over an hour on Astrid Drive in Pleasant Hill, Calif., on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group) Workers try clear debris to stop flooding at the Pope Chaucer bridge over San Francisquito Creek in Palo Alto, Calif., on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)
Workers try clear debris to stop flooding at the Pope Chaucer bridge over San Francisquito Creek in Palo Alto, Calif., on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group) Westbound traffic circumvents a fallen tree on Interstate 580 near the Keller Avenue exit in East Oakland, Calif., on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022. (Dylan Bouscher/Bay Area News Group) San Ramon Police tweeted this photo and said “evacuations are being conducted using our Armored Rescue Vehicle in south San Ramon.”
An abandoned car floats on Morris Street in San Francisco, Calif., as a winter storm continues to play havoc with traffic, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
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