'We have already had several collisions this morning for vehicles hydroplaning, numerous trees falling, and several roadways that are experiencing flooding,' the highway patrol's office in Oroville tweeted on Sunday. government to help citizens cope with emergencies.Ībout 150 miles to the north, the California Highway Patrol closed a stretch of State Route 70 in Butte and Plumas counties because of multiple landslides within the massive Dixie fire burn scar. These mud rivers can flow rapidly, striking with little or no warning at avalanche speeds - faster than a person can run - according to, a website created by the U.S. 'Some of our higher elevation locations could see 6, 7, 8 inches of rain before we're all said and done,' weather service meteorologist Sean Miller told The Associated Press.įlash flood warnings were issued to several areas of Northern California, where fire-scarred land posed a significant risk of debris flows.ĭebris flows tend to manifest during massive rainfall events, transforming the ground into a treacherous river of mud. But on Sunday it brought a slew of other dangers, such as flooding and mudslide risks in fire-scarred California.īy Sunday morning, Mount Tamalpais just north of San Francisco had recorded a half-foot of rainfall during the previous 12 hours, according to the weather service. The extreme atmospheric river system was forecast to effectively end another destructive wildfire season and quell some drought concerns in Northern California. 'We literally have gone from fire/drought conditions to flooding in one storm cycle.' 'It's been a memorable past 24 hours for the Bay Area as the long-talked-about atmospheric river rolled through the region,' a Bay Area weather service office said.

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