A flood watch for the Bay Area will go into effect early Saturday morning and extend into Tuesday afternoon as the region gets pounded by the first of two atmospheric rivers.
KPIX meteorologist Paul Heggen said there is yet another storm likely to arrive on Thursday.
The storms have also been piling up much-needed snow in the drought-stricken state's mountains, where the snowpack supplies about a third of California's water supply. The statewide snowpack was 191% of normal to date and 76% of the April 1 average, which is usually the peak, according to the California Department of Water Resources.
as waves that were forecast to top 25 feet crashed into homes and restaurants at the mouth of Soquel Creek and knocked out a section of its historic wooden pier.Hurricane-strength gusts as high as 101 mph toppled trees onto buildings and roads, knocked out power lines and blew down the roof on a gas station in South San Francisco.
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