A historic series of storms is
leaving scenes like this in several
parts of Northern California.
Neighborhoods flooded
people forced to evacuate
and listen to this. Northbound Hwy.
99 is closed from Turner Rd.
To Acampo Rd. because of flooding.
There is no estimated time of
reopening and hundreds of people
were forced to evacuate from a mobile
Home Park near a campu tonight.
ABC 10s Luke Clary reports from San Joaquin
County as neighbors rushed to safety.
I'm here on Woodbridge Drive as it makes
its way into Arbor Mobile Home Park,
which now has essentially turned
into a lake and residents have
been ordered to leave their homes.
Their belongings in garbage bags,
neighbors flee their flooded
homes at Arbor Mobile Home Park,
some to stay with family.
My sister and my 2 little
great nieces here, Melody
Mott says. She's seen
flooding before, but nothing like this.
Scared. I'm just afraid that my
car is gonna get up to the point
where it's going to do some damage,
and that would be devastating for me.
Much of this nearby neighborhood
in Acampo flooded as well.
The San Joaquin County ohh Yes says
hundreds of people were evacuated
from their homes in the area with
the assistance of local first
responders and the National Guard.
When they shut the pump off,
our drainage stopped.
Kevin Strauss says crews turned off the pump,
straining his neighborhood because
too much water was flowing on Hwy. 99.
San Joaquin County OES confirmed there
were times that pumps had to be turned
off or moved to make sure the water
flowing on the freeway was manageable.
Unfortunately, as much as we're pumping out,
we're just seeing so much
saturation around that area that
water just continues to come in.
We've been working, trying to keep
the drains cleared and things moving.
You know, we're not going to sit here
and wait for for help because see,
they're showing up now,
showing up now, he says.
When the damage is done for the
hundreds of people who've had to leave.
In their homes, the waiting game begins.
Wait. See, that's all I can do.
It's a waiting game before I can go back in.
So thank God I got family, though.
It's family that will help see them
through. And for those who
have had to evacuate and don't
have a family to stay with,
there is an emergency shelter right
now at the Lodi Grape Festival grounds.
We're told that at least a dozen
evacuees are staying there right now.
Or a devastating situation, Luke.
Thank you. Meanwhile,
an evacuation warning is now
in effect in Modesto tonight.
Take a look at your screen.
This is for people and businesses
in the area shaded in yellow.
It is all located along the
Tuolumne River and Monica.
While the rain has stopped for now,
the flooding concerns are not going away,
right. We have our flood advisory in
effect until tomorrow morning at 8:00 AM.
That's going to be right around the
Acampo area around portions of night Hwy.
99, including the Woodbridge Rd.
off ramp where we're still seeing areas of.
Flooding, that's just because of the deluge
that we saw overnight last night into early
this morning with over an inch of rain
through the northern San Joaquin Valley,
over 2 inches of rain for Sonora.
That was really the bull nose of that
latest storm system to cycle on through,
giving us record setting rain for
Stockton and Modesto for today,
taking it through the full 12 hour loop,
look at the bulk of moisture just pushing its
way through the northern San Joaquin Valley.
And then later in the afternoon we
got a few isolated storms with an
apparent funnel cloud out of Turlock.
Thanks to Carly for submitting that in.
And we also saw these Kelvin
Helmholtz clouds.
They're like wave clouds due
to instability and sheer.
We got that into our ABC 10 Weather force.
So thanks for submitting those.
Now in terms of what happens even about
a day after the big rain comes in,
we have the outflow from the Sierra
downhill into some of our rivers.
We're still going to be below
flood stage for the McCollum knee,
but you can see a little bit
of a rise there on Tuesday.
So it's the delayed effect of all
that rain and the accumulated.
In fact, coming down the hill tonight,
we're seeing a lot less shower activity.
Although the mother lode and portions of
this year are still a few scattered showers.
But for the valley we're starting
to clear things out.
Morning fog.
It'll be a chilly start to the day.
Right around 40 degrees.
Partly cloudy skies for the afternoon.
And we've we're tracking yet another storm
system on the way that hits us on Wednesday.
More on that plus the very cold overnight
lows that are in the forecast ahead.
Guys,
a lot to cover.
Monica, thank you.
We'll check back in shortly.
Well, Governor Gavin Newsom
signed an executive order today.
It will help with the.
Urgency response to those back-to-back
storms and it comes as California also
now has a major disaster declaration
and a presidential emergency
declaration to help in the response
and recovery efforts across the state.
Sacramento County qualifies
for that extra help.
We have seen Levy breaks and
flooding and homes and neighborhoods
and keep in mind on tornado even
touched down over the weekend.
Meanwhile,
some experts call today the
saddest day of the year,
Blue Monday, as it's called it,
marks a mental health low point after
the holidays and gloomy conditions.
So if you are feeling blue,
you are not alone.
A Sacramento therapist says it is normal
to feel a bit off when you're stuck inside.
ABC 10s Roxanne Elias looks at ways that
we can all overcome this challenging time.
Since the beginning of the year,
we've seen rainy day after
rainy day after rainy day.
It's been really stressful, cause anxiety,
not knowing what's going to happen next,
if it is going to flood,
you know, like you said,
our friends and family,
the wet and gloomy days are affecting
the mental health of those forced to
stay at home and it makes it worse,
having a constant worry about
the safety of their families.
Weather definitely does impact our moods
when we look at places like Washington
or Alaska where they have sometimes.
Six months of no light or rain nonstop.
We do see a higher rate of depression
and a higher rate of isolation
nursing. Basulto Fuentes is a
licensed marriage and family
therapist in Sacramento.
She says this happens because
people can't go outside,
and being humans of connection,
you may feel disconnected.
It is definitely more stressful
to keep all of the kids inside.
I always say it's hardest to parent
in weather. So, you know, just.
Not having our regular activities
school was cancelled one day
last week because of the storms.
And so yeah, it's coming up
with a lot of indoor activities.
You may notice the weather is
impacting your mental health when
you stop enjoying things you have
in the past or if you have a loss of
motivation and even a spike in anger.
But there's such a thing as
taking a mental vacation,
I think. We think.
OK, so we're in a box now.
We can't go anywhere,
but we could even take little Mini Briggs,
a little mini vacations and.
You know we think Hawaii vacation.
Yes, that's great, don't get me wrong.
But we don't always get that luxury.
So even little mini vacations,
like when was the last time I felt happy?
Where was I?
She also says you can give
yourself a break with self-care,
such as a nice shower or bath.
For Lalique Montecino,
who loves the rain.
She recommends you imagine seeing
the rain for the first time.
Imagine seeing the rain for the first time.
Imagine you've never seen it before and
you're witnessing it for the first time.
And try and find the beauty in either.
What? See. Or what you hear,
what you smell like.
Tap into your senses.
Just experience it with a fresh set of eyes.
The therapist also shared
a list of resources.
If you have more questions,
you can find that at
abc10.com/links.