![]() 95 inches in the 24 hours ending at 5 p.m. San Francisco received 1.44 inches, Oakland 1.8 inches and downtown San Jose. Smaller but significant rainfall amounts also fell across the rest of the region. When all that water pours through the redwood forests of the Santa Cruz Mountains, it emerges in Felton before flowing through downtown Santa Cruz, which is protected by levees, to the Pacific Ocean. Over the past week, the area has received 11 inches. Monday, Boulder Creek and Ben Lomond, the watershed for the San Lorenzo River, received more than 4 inches of rain. The occupants of the houses had already left their residences by the time emergency crews arrived, according to Josh Shifrin, a Cal Fire battalion chief in Santa Clara County.įor the 24 hours ending at 5 p.m. ![]() It came as flood waters from Uvas Creek spilled their banks, flooding houses on the 4000 block of Monterey Road, near Highway 101. VIDEO: Rescues on Highway 101, Flooding across the Bay Area “We got so much rain last night it was astonishing.” ![]() “There’s literally no way out of the valley right now,” McNair said. Scotts Valley Water District General Manager David McNair stood alongside Rojas, unable to get to work after flooding submerged the Mount Hermon Road intersection between Felton and Scotts Valley. “I’ve been working here for seven years and never seen it like that,” said Rojas, 44. Sonia Rojas, who works at the Wild Roots natural foods store along the river bank, watched massive logs sail downstream from the Graham Hill Road bridge near the store before it opened. ![]()
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