The winter storms that hit the San Francisco Bay Area hammered by relentless winter storms faced hurricane-like conditions Tuesday that knocked down power lines, snapped trees in half and raised the prospect of fresh flooding.
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The southern half of the San Francisco Bay Area was hit by a bomb cyclone, a rapidly strengthening low-pressure system that brought 80 miles per hour 129 kilometers of wind gusts and caused rain across the region, said Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at the University of California in Los Angeles.
In a video posted Tuesday afternoon, Swain said that this was a violent, sudden windstorm. We are seeing impacts that are similar to a strong tropical storm or a weak hurricane. California has been drenched by a series of Pacific storms known as atmospheric rivers since December, bringing flooding rains and record snowfalls across the Sierra Nevada and other mountains. At least 21 people have died and billions of dollars have been lost in damage and losses due to collapsed roads, inundated homes and power outages.
Powerful winds at rush hour resulted in the cancellation of commuter ferries, windows breaking in downtown buildings and waves from San Francisco Bay washing onto docks on San Francisco's waterfront.
Flight delays into and out of San Francisco International Airport were caused by the winds for up to two hours, according to the FlightAware website.
Santa Cruz County, about 75 miles south of San Francisco, appeared to have suffered the storm's brunt. Reports of downed electrical lines and car crashes swamped the county fire department's dispatch center as more than 24,000 homes and businesses lost power. The coastal county - a laid-back tourist mecca and agricultural center - has seen one of its piers smashed and a promenade washed out while floods inundated communities and closed roads have been closed due to the rainy season.
In the Central Valley s Tulare County, authorities ordered evacuations in advance of the storm after levee breaches have raised the possibility of more flooding. The state prepositioned swift-water rescue crews, just in case.
The heaviest rainfall was expected Tuesday, but the storm will linger through late Wednesday as it pushes into Nevada and Arizona. As much as 4 inches 10 centimeters was anticipated to drop throughout California's coastal areas and valleys while up to 6 inches was expected to fall in lower elevations of the coastal mountains and the Sierra Nevada range. Mountain peaks could see more than a foot of snow. The threat of floods in areas where more than 17 million people live in California and Arizona is raised by the deluge.
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