We take a live look tonight
at the valley and the Sierra,
all of us bracing for drenching
rains is strong winds and heavy snow.
Again, we've got team coverage tonight,
our Alicia Machado tracking down the
latest on storm damage and power outages.
But we'll begin with chief
meteorologist Monica Woods.
She joins us now.
And you were tracking the storm
as it rolls in tonight. Monica,
we can hear it coming down right now.
And as you mentioned,
we have that flood warning in
effect for parts of the Consumnes
river right around Wilton.
Rancho Murrieta with continued
rises on that river.
And here's the reason why.
You can see the amount of
rain coming in right now.
This is the big band
starting to push onshore,
but there's so much more of this to come.
This is just the beginning of what
we're going to be dealing with all
night long with wind and rain.
Right now,
the winds are fairly calm in some areas,
but they are starting to pick
up at about 15 to 20 mph.
Again, just the beginning.
In about an hour we'll really
start to hear those howling.
Through the valley.
High wind warning in effect until tomorrow
afternoon with wind gusts up to 45 to 65 mph.
And this is all going to be hitting
on the heels of all that damage.
We're still cleaning up from so
many people still without power.
More possible tonight through early tomorrow.
Here's the winds at 1:00 AM starting
to funnel right through the valley.
They will increase by about 4:00 o'clock.
We're looking at wind gusts closer
to about 45 to almost 50 mph,
hitting their peak right around 6:00 to 6:30.
Elk Grove expecting a peak wind
gust closer to about 50 to 55 mph.
We'll finally start to see some
of that part of the storm winding
down by the afternoon.
But the rain will continue,
and so we will find not only rises
on creeks and streams, but local St.
flooding as well as power outages
possible throughout the valley,
the foothills and the Sierra.
The Sierra possibly seeing wind
gusts over 100 mph.
So if you have an opportunity right
now while you still have power.
Charge those phone and devices.
Get those important documents ready if
you're in some of those flood areas.
Also want to go back and remember
the pets as well,
because this is going to be a
relentless storm for tonight through
early tomorrow with the winds.
We are also going to see in sequence
the heaviest rain coming through
tonight through early tomorrow
and rain in parts of the Sierra.
So we're not only dealing with rainfall,
but runoff with a flood.
Watch through Wednesday.
Luke, we've just begun more on this storm.
And more to come in just a bit.
Yes Monica, some scary hours ahead of us.
This is how things looked on Sacramento Ave.
in West Sacramento last night.
As lines sparked and popped.
Hundreds of thousands of people
plunged into the dark overnight,
some still waiting for the power to return,
PG&E still working to restore
power from last night's storm,
as well as the as well as
the New Year's weekend storm.
You can also see thousands of customers.
Waiting for the lights to come
back on and more than 300,000 smud
customers lost power last night.
Crews have been working all
day and night to restore power.
52,000 people still in the dark and
ABC 10s Alicia Machado joining us
now live from Sacramento with more
on the repairs and the damage done.
What are you seeing right now, Alicia?
The rain has already started, but the
worst of this storm still left to come.
Smud says the last storm caused
extensive damage throughout their areas,
knocking down power poles
and bringing down trees,
damaging some of the lines.
Smud crews are working to repair
damages before the storm gets worse.
It's not often you'd see a street
light on the ground, but that's
exactly what neighbors on 21st Ave.
in South Sacramento woke up to Sunday
morning, some with large trees uprooted
by the storm in their driveways.
I hope everybody is OK neighbor Anna
Kennedy lives nearby in Sacramento's
Tahoe Park area and recalls how
powerful Saturday night's storm was.
There's a whole lot of wind.
We actually moved into the family
room because we've got a pretty
big tree right over our bedroom.
The wind's leaving this behind.
All around the area,
trees even fell onto homes on 22nd Ave.
crews cutting down branches to clear the
mess as another storm system heads our
way expected to bring more of the same.
I feel very fortunate that the big
trees around my property are fine and I
just feel bad for all the people that
their property can't say the same.
Utility crews working into the
night to restore power on 21st Ave.
After neighbors say trees brought down line,
the storm knocked out power
for thousands of customers.
In the Lemon Hill area,
high winds enough to snap the top of this
power pole and takedown lines dropping
power poles like dominoes with them.
Power went out about 11:30 last night.
Outside power poles toppled over, some
still hanging in the aftermath of the storm.
Sunday, it's.
Eye opening.
And not only here,
but like
I said, I've been.
I've been all the way downtown.
Mack wrote. And it's it's all over this.
This is not just me, it's it's happening.
Neighbor Romelio Dubois prepared to spend
the evening under candlelight and others,
bringing in flashlights
and ice to chill food.
Smud says they expect many people
to lose power again.
As more wind and rain hit
the Sacramento area,
their infrastructure faced extensive
damage throughout their service territory.
A spokesperson says they ordered
extra materials and crews to
get as many people power.
As possible.
Now to give you some perspective,
Smud tells us that the New Year's
Eve storm brought down
130 power poles. Last night's Storm
brought down more than 80, and this
storm coming up is expected to do more
of the same. Somebody is working hard
to restore power, but they do tell
us that flooding and any other storm
damage can delay their response.
All right, Alicia.
Yeah, it's going to take them
some time to restore power to
every neighborhood in our area.
Thank you for that report.
The Wilton community in South Sacramento
County now under an evacuation order.
With these new rounds of intense storms,
the consume this river
will exceed flood stage,
making evacuation routes impassable.
Some are already taking shelter.
Scary because the wind was like
literally picking up the side
of the car and it was rocking it
and picking it up and moving it.
One of those people, Kimberly Gahm,
who lives in her car.
That experience LED her to the
evacuation center at the Sacramento
Asian Sports Foundation in Elk Grove,
the area still taking in people from
surrounding areas, including Wilton.
People that evacuate, excuse me.
Are under extreme stress.
And so there's a psychological aspect
of getting out of the shelter and
getting someplace so safe as well.
Again, evacuations underway
in South Sacramento County.
Those around the Wildon area
have been ordered to leave
again over flooding concerns.
There is now an evacuation warning in effect
in El Dorado County due to possible flooding.
Take a look now.
If you're in the area of Hwy.
50 in Whitehall or Hwy.
49 and Union Mine Rd.
to the Amador El Dorado County border,
be prepared to evacuate.
This is a warning right now,
but it could become an evacuation order
and if you need more time to evacuate.
You should consider leaving now and
this from the Sutter County Sheriff.
Tonight an evacuation warning
has been issued to the residents
of the commercial trailer park
levees landing on the Riverside
of the Sacramento River levee.
This is in northwestern Sutter County
and the warning is in effect immediately.
We're also tracking school closures.
We've confirmed earlier the closure
of Sacramento City Unified schools.
Also tonight we learned that Stockton
Unified School District will cancel.
All classes tomorrow due to
the extreme weather.
Same for Galt Joint Union
High School District,
Elk Grove unified to shut down CW
Dillard Elementary and Cosumnes
River elementary schools.
They plan to open all other campuses
tomorrow and we'll have a list of
school districts and their plans
right now at abc10.com new tonight
at 11 new details in a deadly storm
related accident this weekend,
a tree.
Fell on a woman last night and killed her.
The woman was on the levee by N 5th Street,
close to the American River,
when the tree fell.
Joe Costa says he tried to save her.
My true, true part of my house here is
snapped off and landed on my neighbor's chin.
So, dinner. Moved down here around
4:00 and I started going for #1.
And those people sitting on it.
So I busted them off and cut open
the side chain and pulled her
out and she was unresponsive and.
Reno was burning there.
The woman was taken to the
hospital where she sadly died.
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