Sacramento, CA : Rising rivers, crashes, downed trees as major storm slams Bay Area on Sunday, January 8th 2017

Heavy rain drenched Northern California Sunday, triggering flood warnings and causing deep water and road closures across the Bay Area, as the first in an expected sequence of storms hammered the state.
Forecasters had warned that the weekend downpour could be the region’s worst in more than a decade, but by midday the threat was waning. Still, parts of the Bay Area already saw 3 inches of rain or more from Saturday to Sunday afternoon, according to unofficial tallies by the National Weather Service. High winds, with gusts of up to 60 mph, were uprooting trees across the region.
North Bay rivers remained at risk of breaching their banks through Sunday evening. Meteorologists with the weather service said rain, sometimes heavy, would continue off and on overnight. After a brief reprieve Monday, the next storm system is expected Tuesday.Sunday’s weather caused traffic mayhem all over the Bay Area. Two people died in what were likely weather-related car crashes in the East Bay.
In the North Bay, northbound Highway 101 was closed near Windsor at about 7:30 a.m. after several vehicles became stranded in deep water, according to the California Highway Patrol. The freeway reopened Sunday afternoon.
Several other major roads and highways, mostly in the North Bay, also were closed or partially blocked. In Santa Cruz County, Highway 9 north of Boulder Creek was closed when a tree fell and took down power lines.

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Rising rivers, crashes, downed trees as major storm slams Bay Area