King tides cause highest floodwaters in decades for area, while people are rescued from trapped cars and roads close
High tides and heavy rains have flooded parts of the Bay Area, prompting road closures and rescues of people trapped in cars.
Five northern counties remained under a flood watch, with up to 3in (7.6cm) of rain possible through Monday night in areas that have been drenched off and on since around Christmas, said the National Weather Service office in Eureka. At least a foot (0.3 meters) of snow was likely in the mountains.
A king tide, a term for the highest predicted tide of a year at a coastal location, caused floodwaters to rise to 2.56ft on Saturday in San Francisco, the highest since 1998, the SFGate reported.
“This is near record for the San Francisco Bay Area,” Rachel Kennedy, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, told the news organization.
