San Francisco residents were woken up by a tornado warning early Saturday morning during a powerful storm system that battered the region with heavy rain and wind. The Blizzard Warning was extended through midnight Sunday and a Winter Storm Warning continues through Wednesday morning as several feet of additional snow is expected.
Hilary has weakened to a post-tropical cyclone that's still threatening deadly flooding and powerful gusts across parts of the West as it's turned streets into raging rivers, forced some residents to flee and left others in need of rescue. Betty Yu reports. Farmers are keeping a close eye on future weather forecasts as Tropical Storm Hilary swirls to our south.
The spring storm is causing concern for spring flooding in the valley. Parts of Northern California are recovering after an atmospheric river moved through the region, but another significant system is on the way.
An elderly man survived on croissants, candy and biscotti for nearly a week alone in his car, stuck in a snowbank on a desolate California highway. NOAA's hurricane hunters are flying through the atmospheric river systems plaguing California since Christmas week. Shawnte Passmore brings you a Northern California storm update where she discusses the impact of downed trees and power lines. Dense fog plagued California's Central Valley early Wednesday as one winter storm left the state and another lined up to enter.
California's warm and dry Christmas holiday was set to give way Monday to periods of stormy weather through the New Year's weekend. It's the second significant storm this month for the state, which remains deep in drought. You might think a forecast for rain coming at the end of a sweltering summer would be met with unalloyed happiness from any farmer. But this is Wine Country.
