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Oakland Zoo Likely Closed For Weeks Due to Sinkhole Near Entrance

With another onslaught of rain on the way that is likely to cause more of this type of damage across the region, the Oakland Zoo is facing some significant road-repair work before it can reopen to the public due to a sinkhole that formed after Saturday's storm.

SF Still Digging Out From Saturday’s Mudslides, Downed Trees, Floods, and Chaos

That New Year’s Eve storm was an all-timer, and its aftermath continues with numerous homes still red-tagged, residents displaced, and businesses dealing with the worst flooding wreckage they’ve ever seen.

Bernal Hill Becomes One Big Mudslide As San Francisco Sees 173-Year-Old Rainfall Record Shattered

You can see the rain pouring down outside in a steady, heavy way, and if you were thinking it seemed especially heavy, you would be correct. And if you live in Bernal Heights, the water is flowing pretty much all over.

More Rain Coming Tonight Through New Year's Eve; Free Sandbags Available In SF

It's going to be a soggy New Year's weekend in the Bay Area, as a couple more storms line up to drench us some more — and waterlogged ground is likely going to create some hazards and nuisances in the coming days.

Vandal — Who Lives There — Allegedly Makes Mess of 100 Van Ness Apartment Tower, Causing Major Flood

A major flooding incident occurred on the 11th floor of the apartment tower at 100 Van Ness, and it's allegedly the work of a vandal who lived in the building, and who was found at the scene.

New Study Shows a Potential California Megaflood Could Be the Most Costly Natural Disaster In Human History

Residents of California are conditioned to fear the "Big One." But as the climate crisis worsens, environmental experts believe that it's not an earthquake Californians should worry about most — but rather a megaflood that could engulf the entire state.

Flooded SoMa High-Rise Tenants Say They Had Hotel Rooms Revoked, Now Forced to Fend for Themselves

SFist has exclusive pictures and video from inside the flooding of apartment tower 33 Tehama, but more troublingly, emails showing that several tenants’ temporary hotel accommodations have already been rescinded.

Two Found Dead In Flood-Submerged Vehicle On Low-Lying Street In Millbrae

Two people were found deceased Thursday morning inside a vehicle that became submerged in rapidly rising waters on a Millbrae Street, amid heavy rain.

San Jose Homeless Encampment Residents Stranded By Flooding, Rescued By Fire Department

As many as 20 people stranded by rising water, including two inside tent on 3rd hole tee box. @nbcbayarea pic.twitter.com/IZxqLcbKSR— Bob Redell (@BobNBC) February 21, 2017 As weeks of accumulated

Tuolumne County Reservoir Spillway In Use For First Time In 20 Years

Don Pedro Controlled Spillway Gate has been opened. #DonPedroSpill pic.twitter.com/ejvzkmb71C— TID (@TurlockID) February 20, 2017 Another result of the Northern California storms filling reservoirs and flooding rivers and roads: The

Atmospheric River Causes Mudslides And Floods, As 24 Straight Hours Of Rain Predicted

12 AM Update: While somewhat delayed, #AtmosphericRiver has arrived! Widespread rainfall expected through the night. T-Storms also possible. pic.twitter.com/76fxOlEMaU— NWS Bay Area (@NWSBayArea) February 20, 2017 The current wave of

High Surf Claims Three Lives As Storm Floods Bay Area Roads

Those warnings about breakers of up to 40 feet turned out to be real as a major swell crashed into the nearby coastline on Sunday, with record waves in Monterey Bay of over

Remembering California's Great Flood Of 1862

Though Northern California saw some intense rain over the last couple of weeks, bringing rainfall totals for the month of January well above average for many cities and towns, these numbers are still

Storm Aftermath Update: San Anselmo Evacuated, Multiple Landslides, Guerneville Still Flooded

After Tuesday's storm and more scattered showers expected today, the Bay Area has had a more than thorough drenching and the snowpack in the Sierra could rise over 200 percent of normal for

Video: The Yuba River At Full Gush

South Yuba River, Monday, Jan 9th #nevadacity #castorm pic.twitter.com/f0J0mhmfsz— Inn Town Campground (@InnTownCamp) January 9, 2017 Whoa. This is video shot Monday of the south Yuba River near the Inn

Storm Brings Blizzard Conditions To Tahoe; Brace For High Winds And More Mudslides Around The Bay

Tons of rock & vegetation will take crews all day to clear slide NB 17 just past #ScottsValley. Rain could hamper cleanup. #abc7now pic.twitter.com/3ZYFDeWpDF— David Louie (@abc7david) January 9, 2017

Pictures And Video From A Flooded Guerneville

Flooding in #Guerneville 😮 #NorthBay #Workfromhome ☔️💧☔️ A video posted by KTVU Channel 2 News (@ktvu2) on Jan 9, 2017 at 9:53am PST Getting some of the worst of the storm-related flooding today and

Storm Topples Trees, Scaffolding, Leaves Part Of Mission In The Dark (But Otherwise Wasn't So Bad)

Tree blocking 280 at Millbrae, southbound... pic.twitter.com/HcaO7lp2wq— Jeffrey Greenberg (@jeffgreenberg) January 8, 2017 The weekend's big winter storm was not, as many of your friends scoffed on social media, the

Guerneville Residents Evacuated As Russian River Crests; Videos Shows Napa, Truckee Rivers Rising

People living in low-lying areas of the Russian River area in Guerneville and Monte Rio were ordered to evacuate Sunday as the river is expected to crest above flood stage Monday morning at

Rainpocalypse 2016: Embarcadero Under Water Again

The waves are overflowing onto the street along the Embarcadero in #SF pic.twitter.com/3jkbcObQRN— Sarah Ravani (@SarRavani) December 15, 2016 It's been two years since the last rainpocalypse, and just like

Non-Severe Storm Still Prompts Flood Warning

The flooding sign tells the story. #WorstCommuteEver #SF pic.twitter.com/tbNVr2fxTz— Kristen Sze (@abc7kristensze) January 19, 2016 Rain continues to fall this morning after the National Weather Service issued a flood advisory

Hail, Rain Overnight, More Storms Expected Today

Whoa with the hail tonight in SF pic.twitter.com/11hJhaH5ZK— Kara Swisher (@karaswisher) December 11, 2015 Did you hear it? Did you see it? Storms last night brought with them the rare

Mission Rock Developments Not In Good Shape For Potential Sea Level Rise

With 74 percent of voters in support, Proposition D won big in November's election. The passing of the measure, which allows for a massive increase in the allowable height for the future Mission

Flooding Expected As 'Extreme High Tides' Hit The Bay Area

It sounds like something out of, say, The Dark Crystal: An alignment of the weather, the sun, the moon, and the Earth that causes the ocean to rise up to new heights. But

Just In Time For 'Godzilla El Niño', City Says It Can't Prevent Repeated Flooding

As the reported "Godzilla El Niño" draws closer and closer, the city last night took time to reassure residents of flood-prone areas that the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission has finally solved the