Breaking news tonight at 5.
Governor Newsom now asking for help from the
federal government after a winter storm,
leaving extensive damages in its wake,
high winds resulting in downed trees and
power lines leaving hundreds of thousands of
people in Northern California in the dark.
Take a look at this video I shot
this morning in Midtown where two
large English Elm trees crashed
into historic homes on 27th St.
and several cars were damaged,
some even totaled by the downed trees.
Many of these.
Coming from downtown and Midtown
Sacramento and right now evacuations are
underway in South Sacramento County as
those around the Wilton area are warned
to leave again over flooding concerns.
Good evening. I'm Luke Clary.
Thanks so much for joining us.
A lot to get to tonight.
We have live team
coverage tonight of the storm damage
as another storm system is expected
to move in again tonight.
Roxanne alias is in Wilton tonight
with more on the evacuation warning.
Monica Woods is tracking.
The next round of wind, rain and snow,
Alicia Machado is in South Sacramento,
where thousands of people
are still in the dark.
But we start with ABC 10s Brandon
Rittiman with a closer look at more
of the damage in Arden Arcade Brandon.
Yeah, this is where we started our day, Luke.
That wind was really something when it came
in around the midnight hour last night,
and all it took was a little.
We got a lot because we have
really saturated ground right now.
All of that makes for weak tree roots.
So things that were able to survive
last the last few rounds of storms
were not able to survive last night,
particularly when we got those winds,
you know, in the order of 70 miles an hour.
It did damage to trees,
but it also was enough to do
damage directly to buildings.
Feel like having so fast? Yeah,
felt like everything just started
happening right after another.
The crushing wind woke up Brandon
Falcon and his girlfriend.
Then the ceiling of their apartment
in Arden Arcade started to leak.
Right under that spot is the place where
Carter, their eight-month old baby, sleeps.
The water was pouring.
We've gotten the crib out of there.
That was like the first thing we moved.
The storm soaked a bunch
of the families stuff.
Workers had to patch the roof,
all because of winds way stronger
than forecasters predicted.
We're just glad that. We got out before.
Have we anyway got hurt?
It was really intense.
I I didn't expect this to happen.
Outside of his window.
County crews worked to get
fallen trees out of the road.
Dan Greenhill heard them fall.
He called 911.
I finally got through.
The
fire department told me,
you know, one fell on a house
over here. No one here got hurt,
but cars got crunched,
damaged like this happened
all over the Sacramento area.
Like at this apartment in South
Sacramento and further South in Elk Grove.
It happened here before.
We had wind, but not quite like that.
Age spent the day cleaning up his yard
while Smud utility crews spent the day
fixing his power line. This pole,
it's gotta come out. We're
actually eating cold food. That's a great
backup in Arden.
At Little Colson's House, tree number
one came down just before midnight.
While we're looking at the tree
out front, I hear another crash
out back and it was this one.
With more storms coming, everyone
wonders how much more of this are
we in for? You guys know
where you stand tonight.
Probably here? We don't really have a choice.
There's a silver lining in this today.
It is that we had pretty nice weather.
We had sunshine and it was dry,
which allowed people to get a lot of work
done clearing out the roads and trying
to patch things up as best they could.
But the reality is we have a lot more
moisture coming behind this and the
chance for some pretty high winds.
And that means that trees that were
weakened but didn't fall this go round
could be at risk of falling in the future.
So we're not out of the woods yet,
not by a long shot.
Alright, yeah, thanks Brandon.
Some harrowing moments there for families,
especially with small children.
Here's a look at the latest power
outage map from smud. Right now,
more than 60,000 people remain without power.
Crews were assessing more
than 800 active outages.
At one point last night,
more than 300,000 smud
customers were without power.
Meanwhile, thousands of PG&E
customers remain without power.
Locally, there are large outages in West
Sacramento and communities South of I-80,
many areas in yellow,
plaster and Eldorado.
Counties are also impacted and
scenes like this in West Sacramento
help explain the power outages.
Electrical explosions on Sacramento Ave.
at Solano Street at around midnight.
TikTok user William Bigach telling us
that this lasted for about 3 minutes.
Let's get it over to chief meteorologist
Monica Woods and it seems like we
are just getting started. Monica
is certainly are. Yeah,
this is eerily similar to what we deal
with with our fire events as well and you
can see multiple watches and warnings.
Out again the one I want to.
Focus on because of what you
were just watching.
There is the high wind warning
that starts up at 12:00 AM,
meaning midnight, all the way through
2:00 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
Damaging winds once again gusts
up to about 65 mph in some areas.
Yesterday we were forecasting those
wind gusts up to about 50 plus mph.
That's exactly what we got,
anywhere from 35 to 50 mile per hour.
Peak gusts throughout the valley.
Marysville just a tad higher
at 55 mile per hour peak gusts.
Tonight we're expecting them to be stronger.
Especially as we head to just after midnight,
focusing at about 4:00 o'clock
in the morning until 7:00 AM with
peak gusts again over 50 mph in
some places reaching 65 mph.
And that will take us right
through the morning commute.
That will be the worst of the wind.
So this is once again a very overnight
early morning event with widespread power
outages possible throughout the valley,
the foothills and the Sierra.
So now is the time to prepare.
Charge those phones and if you have
an electric vehicle. Charge it.
Now fill up your car and be prepared
with important documents to go
bags and remembering our pets as
well because this will also be
a flooding component to this.
And that's because of the heavy
rain developing overnight tonight
through tomorrow,
again just in time for the morning
commute with ponding on the roads
and local creeks and streams
getting very close to overflowing,
if not overflowing.
By the time we get to the early
morning hours and river flooding
a potential as well,
we've got that flood watch through Wednesday,
Luke.
So much more to unfold with
multiple weather events in
the pipeline.
Yeah, and those high winds, actually,
they're not the only concern tonight.
The consistent rainfall is causing water
levels to rise in the Sacramento River,
leading to flooding concerns.
And in Wilton, around 5000 people
are under an evacuation warning.
As flooding is expected Monday night.
Some are already preparing
to stay at nearby shelter,
where others have plans to stick it out.
Roxanne alias is at the
evacuation Center in Elk Grove,
where they're taking shelter.
Now, Roxanne,
how busy is it there?
Look, it's not that busy right now.
There are only about a
handful of people here.
We can't go inside because
of privacy reasons.
But although the weather may
see seem calm right now,
officials are warning to
take it very seriously,
especially after seeing how
things took a turn for the
worst very quickly during that
first storm on New Year's Eve.
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.
Saturday Night was a scary
one for Kimberly Gomm,
who lives in her car right now.
It prompted her to seek shelter at the
evacuation center at the Sacramento
Agent Sports Foundation in Elk Grove.
I came here to this evacuation center.
When I woke up this morning
and I seen the weather report.
I just got that sinking.
Pitted feeling that these storms
that were coming in tonight
were not going to be good.
The center is taking in people
following an evacuation warning
in Wilton and surrounding areas.
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.
This is drone video from today
taken by Darnell Ferguson,
who lives off Wilton Rd.
Despite the warning,
he and his family don't plan
to evacuate just yet.
You may remember him from the
first storm on New Year's Eve after
we spoke to the father and son
Monday night.
That's when it's supposed to pick up.
We're going to write it out Monday,
and then later on the night,
see how it's going to pick up.
And if we have to have evacuate,
we'll evacuate.
He says he's taking his chances,
but that's because he feels he
has the means to make it through.
Others like Kimberly Golem say they
have no option but to take refuge.
The shelter is providing her with
safety and gives her Peace of Mind
because it shows that somebody cares.
You know what I mean?
That somebody's willing to go above
and beyond the Call of Duty to help
those of us that are in a lesser
position to have somewhere to stay.
Kimberly is actually looking
for a place to live right now,
and she's asking you, our viewers,
if you could help her find a home.
You can reach out to ABC 10 and we
will give her that information also.
Meanwhile, that public safety alert
that was sent out earlier says if
you need that extra time to evacuate,
you should do that now.
Luke, back to you in studio.
Yeah, thanks Roxanne.
So important for people
to get out of harm's way,
the Turlock Gospel mission is
gearing up to have safe warm.
In dry shelters for community members,
you know it's typically dry
and quiet in Stanislaus County.
And while temperatures aren't that low,
the ongoing wet weather and the
threat for flooding means that
more people are in need of help,
putting the homeless severely at risk.
The mission is asking for the public's help.
It needs hand warmers,
water resistant coats,
socks of all sizes,
and gently use boots and other clothing
to help house and keep the increased
number of people in need warm.
They also say that financial
donations are greatly appreciated.
A tree fell on a woman last
night and killed her.
The woman was on the levy by N 5th Street,
close to the American River
when the tree fell.
She was transported to the
hospital where she died.
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We're back with more on
the storms after this.