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Can you believe that . An incredible scene in san rafael this morning of a home being destroyed by a massive landslide. A Police Officer took this video of the house on Mountain View avenue. The twostory house was inundated by a wall of mud that tore right through the walls, snapped support beams and as you can see wrecked the foundation. The family inside heard the commotion, all ran out. The homeowner says everyone did get out safely and is okay. He said seeing the house where he was born destroyed is tough to handle. I tell my wife and son, weve got to get out of the house. Right then there was a slide that came in over our upper patio and hit the window into our kitchen, coming down into the house. So then we ran out. Smart move. Two neighboring homes have been tagged unsafe, too dangerous for people to be in because of the crumbling hillside. Now to the east bay where a group of women had to be rescued from flooding during a luncheon. Laura anthony is live in Castro Valley with a look at what happened there, laura. Reporter hi, dan. Check this out. This is the redwood golf course, Redwood Canyon golf course. Much of it as you can see now is under water. Many of the fairways are under water. We talked with an east Bay Regional Parks Police Lieutenant who told us this is the first time hes seen it like this in his 17 years with the district. Thanks to an overflowing creek, a luncheon for retired School Teachers turned into a rescue mission for the Alameda County Fire Department. After San Leandro Creek burst its banks and flooded much of the Redwood Canyon golf course, leaving the clubhouse cut off just as the women were arriving for lunch. It was really unbelievable because this is Castro Valley. Reporter the Alameda County Fire Department came to the rescue, along with east Bay Regional Parks police, and used their rigs to drive the women to safety. So there were seven of us in there and we seven got a lunch. Good lunch. Reporter earlier in martinez, it was a close call for earl heaps, asleep in his home when it seemed or sounded like the sky was falling. All of a sudden i thought a plane crashed. Reporter it wasnt a plane, but a 100year live oak tree that used to be firmly planted in heaps backyard, now strewn across tahoe way, taking down the power lines with it. It was a live oak in my backyard. It came down and took my fence and everything out. Reporter didnt hit your house, though. No. Thank god for that. I heard a big ole crash. The whole house shook. I knew a tree had come down. That was quite an awakening. A little scary, but nobody got hurt, no cars are crushed, nobody got hurt, so happy about that, but sad about the trees. Reporter and were back live here at the Redwood Canyon golf course. Weve been here several hours, dan and ama, and have not seen this water recede at all. Its being fed by the san lorenzo reservoir, which is full and is feeding the creek, the San Leandro Creek. For a time this morning were told there was some heavy equipment uphill from where im standing trying to clear out the culverts, but obviously at this point so far anyway, that doesnt seem to be helping. Live in Castro Valley, Laura Anthony, abc 7 news. Laura, thank you. Another massive mudslide in the Santa Cruz Mountains is preventing tens of thousands of commuters from getting home in a timely manner this afternoon. Both directions of highway 17 are closed because of the slide north of scots valley near vine hill road. That happened around 10 00 this morning. This is individual yes taken by the scots Valley Police department. At least two cars were hit by the slide and overturned. There is no word of any injuries. This all happened not far from this huge mudslide three weeks ago that destroyed an abc 7 news van and sent one of our colleagues to the hospital. Take a look at the drive time traffic map. Were going to show that to you coming up in a moment. Actually well tell you traffic is bad. It really is bad. The chp tells abc 7 news that the road will be closed for at least 24 hours, if not longer. Well keep tabs on that. Meantime, flooding was a big issue along the Russian River last month and now residents in guerneville, they are worried again, understandably. Abc 7 News Reporter Wayne Freedman is there live with the story. Wayne . Reporter good afternoon, dan. Not only worried about it, they are dealing with it. Over my shoulder, deja vu all over again. This is the scene people in guerneville is used to. Everyone else is going to go oh, my goodness. This is just beyond 5th street at church, a neighborhood cut auchlt let off. Lets look at some video within the last hour. Fawn harbor never thought shed be thanking members of the russian Fire District until rain turned into high waters and then it turned her house into an island. Those firefighters had to walk her out this afternoon, appeared its not the first time shes been flooded this winter. This is three. Three or four, and its going to rise up into the houses this time if it comes up again because the creek is coming now. Reporter correction, at armstrong woods road five creek has arrived and taken over. Earlier it overran a neighborhood and undercut another road leading to the guerneville elementary school, karen divan, who lives here, seize trouble ahead. At some point the weight of the school buses that go out of here every single day are going to have a problem. Reporter but in, around and above guerneville is what matters right now. A mudslide on sweet water springs road cut off one of the only alternate routes from town if the situation worsens. Is this uncommon or surprising . It happens all the time. Weve been doing this for two months now since the rainstorm started. It was a good one today. Reporter oh, its a good one all right. Good as in bad and bad as in guerneville has already seen enough this winter. And as we come back live, i asked one resident here, is this over . Her answer was are you kidding . Its only beginning. We have two months left. This apartment house, this is a good example. This is the parking lot of an apartment house. It has become a lake. They cant get their cars in. Thank goodness there were no cars to get out. Live in guerneville, Wayne Freedman, abc 7 news. Wow, all right, wayne, thank you. One of the hardesthit areas today was from ross. You can see the water has come all the way up to these homes. Just amazing. Alarms sounded in san ensell mow and ross valley around 7 00 this morning. Business owners brought out the sandbags to try to protect their stores. This is the fifth time this winter people in san anselmo have been warned about flooding. But they were back open for business by late morning. Kayaks and row boats were the preferred way of getting around in kentfield this morning. Evacuation sirens sounded at 8 00 a. M. Local firefighters called for additional help to evacuate about 100 residents. Koi pond is underwater so i hope the fish make it okay. But the house is okay. We pulled all the the house is three or four feet in the air . Yeah, red cross came in a long time ago and raised all these houses to get them up out of the floodwater. No one was hurt and everyone did get out okay. Thousands of other residents along the creek also saw flooding. Look at this, an excavator was brought in to shovel up debris on the east side in east palo alto. A Police Officer shot this and shared it on the agencys facebook page. Officials with the county Water District are keeping a close eye on this creek, worried that it may flood. The water is high. The creek exceeded flood stage at west Bayshore Road at 1 00 p. M. Today rising to above 16 feet. The redwood city Fire Department posted this picture of flooding on anyone sinstagra. Flooding today was exacerbated by the high tide and that could be an even bigger concern tomorrow as the tide is expected to be even higher than today. The rain and high tide created a mess along San Franciscos embarcadero this morning. Look at these pictures. Abc 7 news was at pier 14 as cars splashed their way through the water that jumped the pier and flooded the road near howard street. One lane was closed to traffic. That did not help cyclists who had to tread through a flooded bke lane. The rain and wind brought down a tall eucalyptus tree in oakland hills. A city crew was trying to clear the mess on Shepherd Canyon road. The road was closed for much of the morning but some drivers ignored that warning. Heres a tree that toppled over in belmont this morning. It went down at a home on college view way. You can see how soaked the ground is from the rain too. The good news, not any damage and no one was hurt. Lets take a live look at San Francisco International Airport where there have been dozens of cancellations and delays because of todays weather. Poor visibility and gusty winds have impacted flights all day long. 59 departing flights have been cancelled so far and 59 arriving flights have also been cancelled. No problems were reported at the airports in oakland or san jose. Well, the storm has quieted down and moved on, but more rain is expected the next few days. Were in quite a pattern here. You can track this storm on the abc 7 news app. Enable the push alerts to get weather advisories right on your phone or your tablet immediately. Well, our weather coverage continues. Well take you to napa and sonoma counties where roads are flooded. In some cases water is shooting into the sky. That incredible video coming up next. And Patriots Fans didnt let another storm get in the way of their super bowl celebration today. No, no, it was quite the scene. Plus arguments for and against President Trumps travel ban are under way right now in a San Francisco Appeals Court. Whats being said and when we can expect a ruling. Lets take you live outside to san jose on 101. As you can see, traffic is moving pretty slowly in the southbound direction. No problems heading north. Thats 880 over the top and its a little sticky but not too bad at 4 11 on this tuesd at at t, we believe in access. The opportunity for everyone to explore a digital world. Connecting with the things that matter most. And because nothing keeps us more connected than the internet, weve created access from at t. California households with at least one resident who receives snap or ssi benefits may qualify for Home Internet at a discounted rate of 10 a month. No commitment, deposit, or installation fee. Visit att. Com accessnow to learn more. Its another hectic day for public works crews all around the bay area. These workers spent hours pulling debris from a creek in novato. Its places like this where logs and other materials can block the flow of water causing flooding. This video was taken in forestville near river road and sunset drive. Power outages and mudslides basically sum up life in sausalito today. Lets take it live there with Lyanne Melendez with the story. Reporter hi. Can i just say that people here are glad that the rain has stopped. Now, two mudslides in sausalito alone. Now, this one is being addressed right now and the road, this street wont reopen until tomorrow. This is my fourth contract since 8 00 this morning. Reporter we found jalotti Engineering Contractors responding to a mudslide on san carlos avenue just off bridgeway. There were several moving parts to this one. First, pg e had to decommission the power lines in order to remove several fallen trees. To complicate matters, public works had to deal with a ruptured sewer line, which continued to spill wastewater onto that overly saturated hill. Once the trees get out, then ill come in with the excavators and heavy trucks and pull the debris. A concrete barrier rail will be put in at the bottom of the hill. Crews will cover and protect it from the rain in hopes of stalizing the hillside sometime in the spring. The home above the slide was red tagged by sausalitos building department. That mudslide didnt cause as much interception as this one did just off the alexander exit on highway 101, one of several ways to get to sausalito. Police here kept drivers away. After this Early Morning storm, pete knew there would be some damage. Yeah, it was really windy really early this morning. Wind woke me up. It was almost like a noreaster, like 50mileanhour gusts. It was really coming down, and we lost our power too. Reporter there were Power Outages throughout sausalito affecting 3800 pg e customers. And that second mudslide i talked about, they are still working on it. Not sure when alexander avenue will reopen. I have another update for you. Im being told that all schools in marin county, which by the way were closed today, will be open tomorrow. Sorry, kids. Im live in sausalito. Lee yanne melendez, abc 7 news. All right, thank you. The National Park service issued several weatherrelated closures today. This picture shows the problem, rising floodwaters. Several places were closed today. Park rangers say the closures were necessary because of the danger from high winds and possible flooding. Weve reached out to see if the parks will be open tomorrow but havent heard back from the park service. Well, powerful wind and rain ravaged parts of los gatos this morning. This mudslide blocked both directions of university avenue. Crews were out there all morning long scooping up the slide and shoring up the hillside. Not too far away on thomas drive near union avenue, several large tree limbs came down at about 6 30 this morning wiping out a telephone pole. The People Living there were just grateful it wasnt worse than that. Were just very, very fortunate. I feel really lucky that no one was hurt. As you can see, it damaged our neighbors house as well and went through their kitchen. So were just really thankful. Guadalupe creek and all ma den area of san jose was running very high right at camden and coleman avenues. That water flows into the guadalupe river. Abc 7 viewers and reporters are sharing their weather photos using the abc7now. It shows the problems be caused by the storm. Share yours as well by posting your weather shots and using abc7now. We will try to feature them on error online. In the sierra a major storm has dumped more than a foot of snow around lake tahoe. Thats made for some tricky driving conditions. The area was battered by high winds with one gust hitting 147 miles an hour. Avalanche warnings are also in effect in the mountains. Youre looking live now at some of the beautiful pictures coming from heavenly mountain resort. All ski resorts say they received more than a foot of snow in the past 24 hours. After some pretty bleak ski seasons the last few years, this year at least kind of hog heaven for them. Weve had some intense weather. The wind overnight, spencer. Powerful winds, heavy rain. Several locations have received several inches of rain and theres another big storm not heres a look at live doppler 7. At the moment it is not very stormy around the bay area, although we have wet roadways and localized flooding. You can see on live doppler 7, this narrow path of light rain and showers reaching from the coastline of san mateo county, across the bay and over through parts of the south bay and into the mt. Hamilton area. Most of the remainder of the area is thought receiving any rainfall at the moment but check out these 24hour totals. Over 3. 5 inches the amount st. Helena, 3. 33 at san rafael, 1. 2 in San Francisco, 1. 4 in concor. San jose under half an inch in the last 24 hours. Its almost balmy out there right now. Current temperature readings around 60 degrees in some spots, up to 64 right now in san jose. Overnight with scattered showers moving through the area, well see Early Morning lows generally in the mid50s. It will remain mild. So this evenings storm and tomorrows storm will rank 1 on the storm impact scale, a storm of light intensity, best chance for a downpour is in the north bay. Flooding concerns remain. Heres forecast animation starting this afternoon between 4 00 and 5 00. As we reach 10 00 tonight well see Little Pockets of light showers and scattered showers, i could say, light rainfall. That pattern continues until about 7 00 tomorrow morning and at that point again, mainly light showers. But then at noon tomorrow well see heavier, more widespread rain across the north bay. There will be some downpours there. Then well see it taper off again into tomorrow evening. After that, the strong storm comes in on thursday. It ranks 3 on the storm impact scale. Heavy rain will return. Flooding concern will be very high. There will be the possibility of downed trees, rock slides and mudslides. So lets resume the forecast animation. 7 00 thursday morning well have widespread heavy rain across the north bay. Then well see it become more widespread and blanket essentially the entire bay area by 10 00 thursday morning and it will linger into the afternoon hours although it may ease up a bit in the north bay but this is a very stormy day on thursday with lots of heavy rain and gusty wind as well. Additional rainfall we project through thursday anywhere from 1 to over 2 inches of rain, additional rain will fall with that storm on top of ground that is already saturated. So what are our concerns and t