Workers try to divert water into drains as rain pours down on October 24, 2021 in Marin City, California. A category 5 atmospheric river is bringing heavy precipitation, high winds and power outages to the San Francisco Bay Area. ((Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images))
CALIFORNIA — Bringing flooding and storms to the Bay Area, an atmospheric river hit California hard over the weekend, finally delivering much-needed rain to the state. At the base of Mount Tamalpais, the weather service reported a whopping 11 inches of rainfall— and in Downtown San Fransisco, residents saw 4 inches fall nearby.
“It looks like yesterday was the 4th wettest day ever for downtown SF where records go back to the Gold Rush years,” the weather service said.
See below for photos of the storms and ensuing aftermath.
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Santa Rosa firefighters check for residents trapped by floodwaters on Neotomas Avenue in Santa Rosa, California, on Sunday, October 24, 2021.
(AP Photo/Nic Coury)A man walks his dog along Lighthouse Point as large waves brought in by a storm surge crash in Santa Cruz, California, Sunday, October 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)Workers push water off a tarp covering the field from rain at Levi's Stadium before an NFL football game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Indianapolis Colts in Santa Clara, California, Sunday, October 24, 2021. A powerful storm roared ashore Sunday in Northern California, flooding highways, toppling trees and causing mud flows as forecasters predict record-breaking rainfall.(AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
A truck passes through floodwaters in Forestville, California, on Sunday, October 24, 2021.
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(AP Photo/Nic Coury)People watch a storm surge approach Lighthouse Point in Santa Cruz, California, Sunday, October 24, 2021.(AP Photo/Noah Berger)Caltrans maintenance supervisor Matt Martin surveys a landslide covering Highway 70 in the Dixie Fire zone on Sunday, October 24, 2021, in Plumas County, California. Heavy rains blanketing Northern California created slide and flood hazards in land scorched during last summer's wildfires. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)Caltrans maintenance supervisor Matt Martin walks by a landslide covering Highway 70 in the Dixie Fire zone on Sunday, October 24, 2021, in Plumas County, California. Heavy rains blanketing Northern California created slide and flood hazards in land scorched during last summer's wildfires.(AP Photo/Nic Coury)Rain falls in Boulder Creek, California, Sunday, Octobrt 24, 2021. A powerful storm roared ashore Sunday in Northern California, flooding highways, toppling trees and causing mud flows as forecasters predict record-breaking rainfall.(AP Photo/Ethan Swope)Santa Rosa firefighters check for residents trapped by floodwaters on Neotomas Avenue in Santa Rosa, California, on Sunday, October 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)A Santa Rosa firefighter convinces a resident to evacuate after being trapped by floodwaters on Neotomas Ave., in Santa Rosa, California, on Sunday, October 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)From right, Nathan Murray and Ruby Murray, 6, evacuate due to floodwater on Neotomas Avenue in Santa Rosa, California, on Sunday, October 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
A person bikes through floodwaters in Mill Valley, California, on Sunday, October 24, 2021.
(AP Photo/Ethan Swope)A child runs through floodwaters on Robin Road in Mill Valley, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021.
“It's been a memorable past 24 hours for the Bay Area as the long talked-about atmospheric river rolled through the region,” said the local weather office. “We literally have gone from fire/drought conditions to flooding in one storm cycle.”
The Associated Press contributed reporting to this story.
