OK, so one moment this truck is
driving down I-80 near Yuba Pass.
The next moment, yeah, absolute disaster.
Another truck tries to pass and
it ends with a major accident.
Thankfully, the driver had time
to stop and no one was hurt.
Good evening.
That is just one example of what
is happening all across the region.
And it is a big part of why highway
officials are telling drivers to
make their trip in the Sierra
tomorrow during a gap in the storms.
ABC's Alicia Machado is tracking
conditions. On the roads tonight,
she has a closer look at exactly
what it'll take to get you up
the high country for the weekend.
Some fresh powder falling over the Sierra,
but drivers who want to get
up here for some weekend fun
will have to get through this.
Chain controls are in effect
a powerful winter storm blowing through
the Sierra, bringing with it whiteout
conditions on the roads and winds
strong enough to make ski lifts sway.
Everybody's got this current bomb cyclone
on their mind because it's a big one.
It's it's been significant.
Easily two to three inches of snow an hour,
which is a very impressive total.
It's white out conditions at the top.
Hours later this left behind on the roads.
Drivers maneuvering chains over
their wheels with chain controls in
effect to head up to the mountains.
Many we spoke with determined to get
through these challenging conditions
to get to local ski resorts.
We planned it way in advance and knew
that we needed to be prepared for it.
And here we are, Nicholas
Lauren from San Francisco
getting both ends of the storm
where we are and actually in San
Francisco. We were dealing with
power outages and bad weather there
up on the slopes. Kirkwood
Mountain Resort had three lifts
open Thursday as fresh powder fell.
But with nearby mountain
passes closed to drivers,
communications manager Dennis
Baggett says only those who were
already at the resort could enjoy
it as this storm system dies down.
Kirkwood expecting a great
day Friday on the slopes,
Friday the 6th is is really
going to be a beautiful day.
It's going to break open with the clouds.
Should be pretty Bluebird.
So we expect to get much more of our
mountain open if the passes are able
to open so we can get more staff in.
But we aren't out of the woods just yet.
Another system bringing snow to the Sierra
expected to come in over the weekend.
Encourage everybody to to first check
the road conditions before heading out
and 2nd check the forecast because
just because the road conditions are
good when you're say leaving the Bay
Area or Sacramento doesn't mean they're
necessarily going to be good when you
get here if if the storm is picking up,
Caltrans is recommending.
That travelers who want to come up
to the Sierra Drive on Friday when
there's a break in the rain and snow.
As for the rest of the weekend,
another system on the way.
So if you're planning on heading up here,
expect delays and bring chains.
Yeah. Meteorologist Carly Gomez
is standing by now with the first
check of that forecast. Carly.
Yeah, good point there with Alicia.
Yeah, we are seeing a break,
especially moving through tomorrow.
But if you're coming back and
spending a long weekend there,
you're going to need chains coming back.
Now take a look at some of the snow totals.
Central Sierra, slow snow lamp here,
bringing in close to about 9 inches
of snow in just the last 24 hours,
not counting today's snowfall.
And we've seen almost 50 inches already
in the seven day snowfall totals,
but the water year to date, 223.
Inches, the average is 115.
So wow, we are pretty much there,
doubled what we should be this time of year,
so looking pretty good.
But how's the rest of the state doing?
The Northern Sierra looking good too,
140 percent, 42% of average,
the southern CR,
203% of average and the percent
of the April 1st Savages,
which is when we typically stop our water
year in terms of we don't usually get
very many storm systems after April.
So April 1st is usually that cutoff,
though being 70% of that
we're looking pretty good.
So far we have a lot more
storms in the pipeline.
Let's talk about the winter storm warning.
That's only going to remain
in effect until 4:00 AM,
so just a few more hours to go as we
have some of these storms starting to
dwindle down and take off here and
we see them starting to break up.
Areas around Sacramento pretty
much clear for the most part,
just a few scattered showers remaining
into the Foothill spots as well.
Some snow flurries still sitting over
the area, but into tomorrow morning.
This is our last stretch of showers
we're seeing right around 4:30
AM pushing through that morning
commute should look a lot better.
We'll get the breakup of the cloud coverage,
bringing us even some partly cloudy skies.
Tomorrow,
but we're talking more rain on the way
coming up my full weather forecast.
Carly,
thank you. Strong winds are responsible
for blowing down this tree in
Crocker Park on 3rd St. in Midtown.
We've seen photos like this all day.
If you have any photos from
your neck of the woods,
you can send them to us via the
near me section of the ABC 10 app.
You might even see them on air.
A section of Sibley streets is
closed in Folsom tonight because
of some minor flooding there,
but as ABC
10s Luke Clary explains,
even a few inches of water is
not safe to try to drive thru.
Well, I'm here on Sibley St.
which is close from Blue Ravine Rd.
up to Levee Road,
and it's not hard to see why.
Just take one look at the driving
surface and it is entirely flooded here.
Now on this side, I would estimate that this
is about a foot to a foot and 1/2 deep,
but if you come over this way,
it gets significantly deeper.
It's hard to say,
but at least two feet, maybe three,
as the Creek comes over the road here
and then when it hits that median it.
Sort of turns into some Rapids
in the middle of the street.
Now, speaking to authorities,
they ask that drivers do
not drive through this.
It's that well known admonition.
Turn around, don't drown.
And that's because while it looks
like maybe you could get through it,
you just can't see to the bottom there.
It's murky.
The driving surface could
actually have been swept away.
So it could be much deeper than it looks
and with a number of people having.
Sadly lost their lives in recent storms in
the water on driving surfaces in our area.
Again,
just another tragic reminder of how
dangerous these conditions can be.
New at 11 this was the scene just
days ago in El Dorado County.
The New Year's storm flooded roads in
Cameron Park, forcing evacuations.
Now, five days later,
we are getting a first hand look
at the damage this water caused.
Companies have been getting calls
for help and I followed along
with one of them as they work to
make these homes livable again.
Desperately trying to dry
out from back-to-back storms.
Neighbors in Shingle Springs have
been working for days to clean up
this mess caused by recent flooding.
How high did the water come up?
So it was about a foot in that
foot and half high.
And now this is showing me that
this wall is still saturated.
This home suffered inches of flooding.
Imagine water in this river was
so high from back-to-back storms.
It came up over this street,
pushed its way into these homes,
flooding several inches inside,
causing thousands of dollars worth of damage.
We're not just talking about the walls.
The pool is full of muddy water,
landscaping is damaged and the
team tells us the owners might
need a whole new kitchen.
The five Star Restoration team
tells us the process is lengthy,
including drying out the home.
And tearing up damaged drywall,
flooring and cabinets.
And we do our best to absolutely
save everything that we can
over the weekend.
We had about 90 jobs come in
between Saturday, Sunday,
Monday and they're still coming in,
but we're trying to.
Take care of as many
people as we can right now.
They also warn homeowners the hidden
dangers of the floodwater itself.
So normal clean
water situations when someone's got a flood,
like a broken pipe or something,
we can go in and dry out the
structure, but this situation,
we got contaminants in the water,
so we've got to cut things out.
Aaron also recommends you examine
your insurance policies carefully.
Not all are the same. Not
every situation is going to be
covered on your homeowners policies.
This type of situation where
you've got groundwater coming in.
This will have to have flood
insurance to be covered.
A normal water damage in a home
will be covered if it comes from a
toilet overflow or a broken pipe,
that sort of thing.
But if it's groundwater water
that hits the ground before
it comes into the home,
they consider that flood.
If you get flood insurance for your property,
most residential flood insurance
is provided through the National
Flood Insurance Program,
which is administered by FEMA,
and it typically takes 30 days
to go into effect.
Important information on what you need
to know about flood insurance can
be found on our website, abc10.com.
And sadly, we are hearing about heavy
flooding in several places tonight.
That includes people living
on West Rose St. in Stockton.
The family say some of that flooding
is coming from a storm drain.
They say it's kicking water
up and back onto the street.
A few families even sent a list
of their losses to the city.
But they said the city kicked their
claims back and told the families
their monitors showed the drain was
doing what it was supposed to do.
I'm not sure.
Why these problems are coming up,
it's like you would know,
you would know that that drainage,
proper drainage in this
community is needed. And
we're told the city went into
the neighborhood to fix these
problems a few years ago,
but obviously they are back.