BAY AREA STORM: At least five people were killed during Tuesday's atmospheric river that brought volatile winds and heavy rainfall
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. City officials did not provide specific details into the deaths or whether the victims were the two people struck by the falling tree on Post and Polk streets.
Evacuations were ordered in Santa Cruz County for people near Foreman Creek. The sheriff's office said a blockage was causing the water level to rise quickly.Dock breaks loose in Oakland estuary Fire officials said a tree came down on a car and caught fire. Crews had to pull a person out at Lake Merced and Brotherhood Way.
In Newark, power lines fell on Highway 84 near Newark and Ardenwood boulevards and brought traffic to a stop, prompting traffic backups. Also, a large eucalyptus tree fell on a pickup truck, pinning the driver's legs. A ram had to be used to stabilize the tree and the steering wheel was cut to extricate the driver and a passenger, Alameda County Fire Department said.
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