SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — The Bay Area is feeling the brunt of back-to-back Level 2 storms, which have brought heavy rain, thunderstorms, and flooding to the region.
ABC7 News meteorologist Drew Tuma says on Tuesday, the heaviest rain will fall in the morning, and then downpours become scattered in the afternoon.
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He says we may see snow on some Bay Area peaks, including Mt. Hamilton, which could see up to 8 inches of snow through Wednesday morning.
As for the Tahoe area, a Winter Storm Warning remains in effect until Wednesday night, and some areas could get up to several feet of snow
A large tree fell onto an apartment building in San Jose Tuesday evening after a day of heavy rain and wind, according to the San Jose Fire Department.
Around 6:30 p.m., firefighters responded to reports of a fallen tree in the 5500 block of Sean Circle. The large tree was uprooted and fell onto a two-story apartment building.
No residents in the building were injured or trapped and the building did not sustain any structural damage. Property management is working with an arborist to remove the downed tree.
Amid ongoing storms, members of the public are asked to call 311 to report downed trees on city streets, traffic signal outages and backed up storm drains. The public should call 911 for downed power lines, said the city of San Jose in an announcement.
Interstate 80 remains closed in both directions over Donner Summit on Tuesday due to severe winter weather and whiteout conditions, the California Highway Patrol said.
A tall pine tree fell across the road in San Mateo on Tuesday.
It fell at Alameda at W. 20th Ave.
It's unknown when the road will reopen.
Rescue crews on skis and snowcats battled blizzard conditions in an effort to reach six backcountry skiers still alive but trapped Tuesday after an avalanche high in the rugged Northern California mountains that left nine other skiers missing as the danger of more slides remained high.
The search and rescue crews were dispatched to Frog Lake in the Castle Peak area, northwest of Lake Tahoe, after someone called 911 at about 11:30 a.m. to report an avalanche with people buried as a powerful winter storm moved through the state.
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