People were crushed to death by downed trees, scores of Pacific Gas & Electric customers were without power and major freeways and roads were closed Tuesday as the latest round of strong winds and rain battered California.
Wind is once again blasting the Bay Area from yet another atmospheric river. Christian Kafton reports from Embarcadero Center where glass fell from a high rise at Sacramento and Davis streets.customers were without power and major freeways and roads were closed Tuesday as the latest round of strong winds and rain battered California.
Another person was killed when a tree fell onto a car in which they were riding on Stanley Dollar Drive in Rossmoor near Walnut Creek, the Contra Costa Fire Protection District officials said. The driver suffered minor injuries, officials said. "Tragically, two people lost their lives, which is a grave reminder of how serious and dangerous this storm became," said Mayor London Breed.Two people were struck by a falling tree in San Francisco in the area of Post and Larkin streets.Flights were grounded at San Francisco International Airport due to the weather. The Federal Aviation Administration has since canceled those groundstops. Approximately five boats were attached to the dock as it floated through the waterway.
In San Francisco, strong winds likely caused a window to blow out of a high-rise building in the Financial District. According to the San Francisco Fire Department, nobody was injured by the falling glass. Connector lanes between Interstate-80 and I-780 in Vallejo were closed on Tuesday afternoon after a tractor-trailer jack-knifed in the westbound lanes. Officials did not say when the lanes would reopen.
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