You know, it shows a crash
involving multiple vehicles.
Look at this. This is some biz 80.
It's near the Marconi Ave
underpass in Sacramento.
We are waiting for an update
from the CHP about this crash,
but as you can see,
it's causing a very big
traffic backup as we speak. And
we are seeing heavy rain
around the Sacramento area.
You've probably seen it and heard
it from your house as well,
bringing Thunder,
lightning and so much more. Whoa.
This video right outside the
ABC 10 studios, there's also.
In a report of vehicles stuck
in water while trying to get
on the I-80 this storm today,
bringing the possibility for large hail
and even a possible chance of a tornado.
The wet conditions causing
major traffic problems.
This is I-80 in the Truckee
area near the state line.
Several lanes were blocked
because of a crash today as well.
Chief meteorologist Monica Woods is
standing by with a look at conditions now.
Monica, a complete September soaker,
and what we're
calling this is we're not done yet. In fact,
take a look at where the radar stands.
For tonight still, multiple lightning
strikes coming out of the downtown
area pressing northward along I-5.
This is getting awfully close to
that LNU Lightning complex fire.
We have a flat,
a flood advisory in effect until 1015.
Minor flooding, as you saw there from
pictures along the roadways and a drainage.
Areas that have trouble getting rid
of that water are going to flood
very easily with the amount of rain
coming in in a short period of time.
Flash flood warning in effect over
that LNU lightning complex burnscar
until 9:00 o'clock for tonight
the potential for mud and debris.
Close just because the landscape is so
vulnerable for those slides given that
it's been burned by the terrain there
you can see some of that heavy rain
moving over that burn scar that was in 2020.
So we're gonna mark these for about 2 years
with the potential for mud and debris flows.
The mosquito fire burned
complex are the burned scar,
I should say.
Still dealing with areas of
rain moving over that region,
people just trying to move back into
that area with the potential for more
mud and debris flows with our flash
flood watch in effect through tomorrow.
The evening you can see the low pressure
system just sitting off the coast.
This is going to feed us with multiple
rounds of rain coming in tonight,
tomorrow and even into Wednesday.
We've already gotten close to 1/4 of an
inch to 3/4 of an inch of rain in the valley,
closer to an inch towards Oroville,
about 1/2 an inch for Auburn and Placerville.
And again,
that's very close to that burn
scar for the mosquito fire,
the impacts of this storm,
periods of heavy rain,
flooding issues and risk of debris
flows that continues through tomorrow.
As you can see with our hour by hour
forecast temperatures staying pretty steady.
But the risk of rain showers
continues after midnight.
More storms in the forecast for tomorrow.
Guys
and Monica, all eyes are now on
the mosquito fire burn scar area.
Even with the rain,
the fire is still very active,
especially on the eastern flank.
ABC 10s Jacomo Luca has been following
the fire since it started and joins
us live now from Forest Hill tonight.
Jacomo, what can you tell us?
Well, Laura Crest, we're standing at
the overlook here at wardens market
in Forest Hill. This is coming
all As for the first time,
folks are finally being allowed to return
and I kind of want to point off in the
distance to see this foggy steam that's
coming up as the rain starts to pick up.
It's been doing this all day.
This overlook is usually a beautiful,
clear area that you can see out to,
and it's been completely covered by
the fog and you can spell the Smokey.
Pushing the smoke,
pushing through the air as
it moves through now again,
this all coming after folks
evacuated more than 10 days ago.
And while this rain can be a blessing,
fire officials say it's presenting
its own set of challenges.
We are hoping that we don't get the
torrential downpours because that's
what's going to cause the problems out
on the line with those mud slides and
and the mud slides are not just debris
flows that it also blocks the roads.
It's crazy how how close this,
this here, right here, that's scary.
That's super scary. But you know what?
The firefighters did amazing job.
Everybody here, everybody here that helped.
Now firefighters say the latest rain,
which is both light and consistent.
It's certainly helping dampen the firefight
along with bringing cooler temperatures.
But the caveat here is the weight that
it brings in these burned out areas where
there's really a lot of damaged limbs,
trees and structures that
pose risk to falling.
It can also make things really
slick a challenge to crews that
are still battling the blaze.
And while there aren't
any reported mud slides,
officials again saying they're that they
it all depends on what Mother Nature.
And bring and we spoke with that
woman you heard from, Brianna Medley.
She had just returned to her home
off Todd Valley Rd just last night.
She says the weather hasn't
created any problems for her home,
very fortunate for her.
And she also mentioned how much
and and how thankful she is that
she still had a home to return to.
Definitely mentioning in there the
firefighters that really put up a
strong fight here in Forest Hill to
try to prevent this town from burning
down and they really made a very good fight.
In this effort,
officials say they're going to continue
that battle and while this rain
certainly has been good news so far,
they are certainly going to
be keeping an eye on it.
And we'll bring you the very
latest and another update on late
news tonight at 11:00 o'clock
and certainly a nerve wracking
time for those who had to evacuate
and then came back home from fire
concerns to flooding concerns.
Jacomo, thank you. And
we are continuing to track the wet
weather throughout the night to get the
latest on what's going on in your area.
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