Farment a far and look at the map. Ths is flooding from Pacheco Creek where lovers lane is there, that is where the evacuation starts. Matt keller is live in the flood zone. Matt . Reporter this is the command post here and they are just talking right now about the rescue operation that has finished. But listen to these, these are the numbers 108 people were evacuated from this area. 59 on their own. 49 by rescuers. It was a morning they will never forget. By truck, boat and even back, rescuers were taking people out of their homes this morning in hollister just off of highway 152. The first call was for a stalled car in the water at lovers lane around 2 00 a. M. And rescues from homes started at about 4 00 a. M. We can get you out. [ inaudible ]. Reporter it was frightening for many people. The creek was overflowing and some spots of lovers lane and san felipe were costed in waist deep were covered in waist deepwater. My mother said get up, it is flooded outside and we couldnt believe it. I think there was three feet of water. Reporter this woman was taken by bus to the Veterans Memorial building in hollister where red cross set up a shelter and a few dozen people have been through the doors. If they take care of them. If they need something, well accommodate them and that is the way it works. Reporter it could take a while before people are allowed back home. The ground is saturated, the water doesnt have anywhere to go. Once the water goes down, that is when well go in and start doing the damage assessments and seeing what the real damage is to the individual homes and just to the infrastructure in general. Reporter we have a rainbow over the evacuation area. Right now the rescue operation has turned into damage assessment. Building officials will be sent out here and they will go home by home and see if any of the homes need to be red tagged. Live in hollister, matt keller, abc 7 news. Thank you. And not just people stuck in the floodwaters as we just saw in the report, it a rural area and farm land there. Several large and small animals got stuck as well. Jessica castro has that part of the story. Reporter a tough scene to watch as a rescuer picks up a family from Higher Ground and drive away in the atv. The dog running alongside through several nearby properties and then even into the deeper water, waiting to be rescued. Other animals captured by sky 7 took a more calm approach. Cattle stuck on a small island near their barn surround by fast rising waters. Then a few moments later, watch as they real is realize it is not too deep and huddle together in a corner. We counted seven there. Then a bigger herd of cattle seen not too far away, huddled in a more open area, water reaching half way up their legs. Horses had to be taken out of their stables, seeing here being loaded on to a charge trailer that would ultimately take them to safety. You could see the water knee deep for people helping those animals. A hand on a more lighthearted note, we found the only animals that dont need to be rescued. If theyve survived more than 200 million years, theyll make it through this storm. And in all seriousness, the good news is that from all of the images weve been monitoring, the water seems manageable for the creatures and walters are already waters are already recedi receding. Weve reached out to the hollister Animal Shelter and they are working out a plan of what to do with the rescues. They may need help to house the larger animals. Well keep you posted. Abc 7 news. Folks along the Russian River are holding breaths as the raging river is about to reach the highest level. Flooding fears are having a huge impact on peoples lives today. Amy hollyfield is live in guerneville with what is happening there. Reporter hi, kristen. I want you to show you how much the river has come up in just 24 hours. See that no parking sign. Yesterday when we were here, the water was a foot behind now. Now you could see it is half way covered. And people in this area have been watching very carefully as this river comes up. There was a lot of checking in in guerneville this morning as people waited for the Russian River to crest. Regan drove as close as he could get to his daughters apartment on Church Street where the water stood about 3 feet deep outside. It is a good story house so they are safe. But still that nervous dad part of you did get in the car and drive over here. Yeah, of course. Absolutely. So i just want to make sure theyre okay. Reporter over on nealy road, sarah stopped by to see how friends were holding up. They are in there and yes, they are okay. They are above flood level but im sure is nervewracking. And this family has friends who live here and didnt evacuate. Who wants to leave their home. Most of the homes are lifted so the living areas wont flood, it is just the basement and the stairs in and out. Reporter school was canceled because of the flood. Anthony has been trying to entertain his bored friend who is trapped. Hunter face timed me and we played some games online. Hes probably playing a lot of video games. Reporter the high water didnt stop everyone from getting around. One man used his kayak to check on his property while a family of five took a canoe from their home to get out. In the end, floodwater did not reach downtown and people were relieved that it wasnt worse. It is better than it was going to be. It was going to be up to like 40 feet. So im good. Reporter the National Guard did have to help one man evacuate his home. He had a doctors appointment he needed to get to. He came outside and saw there was just too much water so they sent a truck in to get him. Other than that, the Fire Department tells me no one has been injured or needed help. No calls for service, everything seems to be okay for now. Reporting live in guerneville, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. Thank you. And for anyone watching the rivers and creeks, we want you to give you the latest cresting timelines and the rain forecast. Mike nicco is here with a look at what is going to happen in the next few hours. Mike. Good news. When we went to bed last night, we thought it would crest above 38 to nearly 39 feet, the Russian River, that is and now it will crest at 37. 7 which is higher than where it is right now and that is at 2 00 this well have to wait until 8 00 tomorrow evening before the significant flooding starts to subside. Lets take a look at what is going on down up north. Floodwaters around guyersville and also some near seb aftable and to the rest of santa rosa and those will last and for the uvas and legas and for the pacheco a warning until 4 45. And still scattered light showers that will aggravate the situation and keep the flooding going for the time frames. Unfor t unfortunately we have more rain and this may bulls eye this area. Ill give you that information coming up in the big weather. First because of the rock and mudslides we have to bring alexis in here to give us an update. And some flooding on top of all of that. And up to marin, a full closure of highway 37 between 101 andatherton, this is where they got stranded. They may have to bring in special equipment for the cars. No estimate on when that will be back open. In the meantime use atherton. And highway 84 close between sunol and mission and hopefully that will be back open by noon. And they are close to getting that one wrapped up. A tree down at highway 17 at vine hill so traffic alternating in the southbound lanes and that is sigalert and highway 17 past the cats restaurant, cleaning up a smaller slide there. We have caltrans on the scene and it will take them a couple more hours to get that totally clear so intermittent collectures. Back to you guys. Crews are still cleaning up after the mudslide or mudslides on highway 9 and big basin way. The mudslides temporarily shut down that section of the highway overnight. Downed trees an mud trapped several vehicles, including trucks belonging to fedex and cal fire. They are now cutting up the trees and removing them from the road. Now to the latest update out of alameda county, highway 84 through niles canyon is still closed and still plenty of mud and deepwater. Officers estimate four feet deep in some places. So far two people had to be rescued from flooded cars. We could show you what it looks like there. The thick mud that is shutting down the highway between sun ol and fremont has been closed since 10 00 last night and we spoke to a driver who, with his truck, managed to make it through the mudslide. It is almost a quarter mile long. And it is all the way across both sides of the road. And it is fairly deep, around 18 inches. Caltrans is working to clean up the mess. They are aiming to have it open by noon. But that time could easily be pushed back. In marin, crews are cleaning up this mess after a tree came crashing down on to sir Francis Drake boulevard. Right now the road is closed. They tweeted out this picture advising drivers to stay away from the area. . Benecia, there is a state of emergency. There is extreme flooding and downed trees and residential and commercial damage and street closures. Lake herman over flowed flooding park and channel roads. Police tell us no one was hurt or has called for help. And this is why students from Montera Middle School in oakland are at home right now. A falling tree took out power lines, knocking out electricity to the school last night. We reported on abc 7 mornings that cool was canceled today. Power has not been restored and well let you know as soon as we hear about tomorrows classes. And there are a quite of few schools closed in sonoma county. Take a look at your screen. Horricon and montgomery elementary are both closed today. So aalexander valley and sebastopol independent. And oak grove and forestville and Harmony Union and there are a number of districts on the list. Well have all of the School Closures in the bay area at abc7news. Com. Happening now, Power Outages continue across the bay area. The latest figures from pg e show at least 7,000 customers still in the dark. And here is your break down. 2700 in the east bay, 2600 in the north bay and 1600 in the south bay and a thousand on the peninsula and 130 in San Francisco are still waiting for the lights to come back on. And the abc 7 news just a great resource for closures and everything you need to know about the storms. Could you track you could track live doppler 7 so enable push alerts when you download and youll get weather alerts sent straight to your phone. Next on abc 7 news, president elect donald trump goes on the record about his ties to russia. What he told reporters this morning about the growing scandal and his plans for the first few months in office. And then still keeping an eye on the flooding in hollister. Sky 7 giving us a look right now. Well bring you updates president elect donald trump this morning held his first News Conference since the election. He denied unconfirmed claims that russia may have compromising information on him. And mr. Trump also equated the reports to quote, fake news. Abc News ReporterElizabeth Hur was at the News Conference. It was released and i think it is a disgrace. I think it is an absolutely disgrace. Reporter Donald Trumps first formal News Conference since july comes the day after unverified reports alleged that the russians have compromising personal and Financial Information about the president elect. The thing like that should have never been written, it should never have been had and it should certainly have never been released. Trump calling the reports fake news. It is phony stuff. It didnt happen. It was a group of opponents who got together, sick people, and they put that crap together. Reporter as for the allegations, they are supposedly from Anonymous Sources inside of the kremlin talking to a former british spy, con contained in a dossier given to the news agency in august and including abc news. Among the claims, that trumps lawyer Michael Cohen was part of an ongoing secret liaison relationship between the new york tycoon campaign and the russian leadership and met with them in prague in august 2016. Cohen denied the allegations telling abc news, ive never been to prague in my life. Other allegations also resolve around trumps travel to moscow for a Miss Universe contest in 2013 and whether the russians filmed with his prostitutes to be able to blackmail him if they so wished. Russia is also weighing in, calling the reports they have incriminating information, nonsense and that reports should be viewed with humor. But some democrats are not laughing. Now calling for a full investigation. Outside of trump tower, im Elizabeth Hur, abc 7 news. Happening now, controversial secretary of state nominee Rex Tillerson is in his confirmation hearing. The former exxonmobil sae is answering questions about his ties to putin. He called russia a danger saying economic sanctions are a powerful tool in the arsenal. And tillerson wants to embrace the president elects mission to become friendly with russia while remaining clear eyed about their relationship. Our storm watch continues. Over hollister where evacuations are underway because of the flooding you see. Mike nicco has more on the rising river levels next in his accuweather forecast. The abc 7 storm impact scale and todays storm is level one, that means light rain. So keep an umbrella handy and drive safely. Track todays storm any time on th tadirectv now. Stream all your entertainment anywhere anytime can we lose the all. Theres no cbs and we dont have a ton of sports. Anywhere, any. Lets lose the anywhere, anytime too. You cant download onthego, theres no dvr, yada yada yada. Stream some stuff somewhere sometimes you totally nailed that buddy. Simple. Dont let directv now limit your entertainment. Only xfinity gives you more to stream to any screen. Happening now, both squaw valley and Alpine Meadows are closed because of a power o outage. The report said it is snowing over two inches an hour and the winter storm knocked out power. An avalanche warning is in effect for the sierra. The danger is high for all elevations until 5 00 p. M. Today. And check this out, chris in San Francisco sent us this photo, a tree that came down on his neighbors bmw. You could see it under the trunk there. This is near alta plaza park on pierce and clay. He said the wind in San Francisco is no joke. And i think he is certainly right. I feel bad for the car owner but glad nobody was hurt in that situation. We have the [ inaudible ] in hollister. The Flood Warning was extended at the top of the hour until about 4 45 and here is the reason why. Lets look at sky 7 and could you see pg e, you know that bright blue right there, that is one of their tricks. That is assessing the situation right now on one of the many ranches or farms if you will, that flooding down there because of the Pacheco Creek. And that will continue until 4 45, and unfortunately with the bulls eye of the next system heading this way, we may have a repeat of this. Maybe not quite as bad. But still some flooding possible tonight. Lets move on and talk about what is going on as far as the rain totals. Very impressive. Look at lexington reservoir and uvas Canyon County park and that is why we saw some flooding in Los Gatos Creek and also uvas and legas this morning and those have since dissipated. Danville, 7 inches, more than double what livermore and oakland and San Francisco had since sunday. Mt. St. Hell owna, santa rosa nearly 9 and redwood city 4 inches there. But when you see what this storm we havent talked about because everything is going here, look at the statewide normal, 135 . Now you think that is great. But for the entire snow year that ends april 1st, still at 69 so we still more snow to stay average by april. Im sure well have more by then. The exploratorium, beautiful time lapse and we have hide and seek sunshine and some rainbows are possible as we have a scattered light shower or two and seasonal temperatures. Tonight storms quicker and weaker and through friday through tuesday. In santa rosa down to penn grove and sonoma light rain and light showers from about the dumbarton bridge out toward crazy south and tracy south and eastward and that is what well get to a lesser extent through the afternoon and into the evening hours. In fact, look at my day planner forecast. You dont see much in the way of a stray shower but it is in there. Just temperatures that warm into the low to mid50s and that are back into the mid to upper 40s by 8 00. Storm impact scale, this is light even though we have potential for more flooding, the winds are light. So here we are through time and could you see by 5 00 things quiet until 9 00. 10 00 light rain develops and then moderate rain coming ashore at 1 00. It is not as solid as it was. It is more random in nature. But where you do pick up the biggest one is in the Santa Cruz Mountains and snow down to 3500 feet. It hangs through the entire morning commute and by noon it is over. So my biggest threats are i would think ponding and stream and creek flooding and river flooding and Power Outages are low. Here is my accuweather sevenday forecast. It is a one through tomorrow morning and then it is going to take off the sunshine that is and really were going to wow were going to see some really nice weather. Beautiful. How about that on sky 7. Just kind of popped up there and there is the one of the rainbows we talked about. So just look at that and think positive thoughts that hopefully by this time tomorrow, it is behind us. There is beauty and danger. That is true. After the rainbow, not the first one weve seen today. Matt keller showed us this one at the top of the newscast. And if you have weather happening where