Moment. Kari hall is tracking rain, are we going to see rain all day . Yes, unfortunately, this is moving slowly. We could see the winds gusting up to 50 miles an hour as we get a look at the storms rolling across the bay area, pretty widespread. We wont see many breaks here. And moving throughout the south bay, well see a lot of yellows and reds. The wind advisory has been extended until 3 00 in the morning. A Flash Flood Watch in effect for today. Well talk about how much rain we could see, especially in the Santa Cruz Mountains, coming up in a few minutes. We may have a couple surprises for drivers coming up. We are looking over here to the peninsula, we have mostly clear flows of traffic. The green highlighted means wet roadways, so our chopper could not make it out to the scene, but we have a crew at 101 where all lanes are closed and the woodside traffic is flowing to the freeway. You may want to take el cimino if you are local. North of the crash and north of the flooding across all the lanes to northbound 101. The tow truck is on scene trying to make its way through. Thats the first surprise, the unpleasant one on the peninsula. An easy drive, just 16 minutes from highway 4 to the bay bridge. And the toll plaza is not a surprise, it is the president s holiday. No metering lights. Very tough conditions. Still be careful out there. Back to you. Mike, thank you. Talk about surprises, wait until you see this. The storm system is packing strong winds and we are seeing major damage in parts of the bay area. We are continuing our Team Coverage this morning in San Francisco where a downed tree is blocking lanes on a busy road. Reporter good morning to you. We are at market in San Francisco. Right behind us we have a downed tree and the crews are getting to work on it clearing up this area. We are being told its split in half right there this morning. The left side first, then the right side second. Quite the scene here. Well get to an interview we have with a person in this area in just a moment, but well show you the other problems we are seeing near San Francisco. This first one is video from the 101 north freeway where you can see flooding there. The water flying under that car. Now youre seeing video off the 101 southbound heading to sfo. The visibility is fairly low heading throughout the area. The wind gusts hitting 40 miles per hour. Well get to the area i just mentioned with a local in the area who heard this tree snap. Heres what he had to say. The first one was like, crack. It was faster than the second one. It was like, crack. And then all of a sudden, whoosh, like, yeah, it was like all the leaves fell out at one time. Then i ran to the window and just saw it on the ground. Reporter back out here at market and goff, the crews are getting to work here cleaning up this area. No word on exactly when this will be officially cleared up. But its a good idea to be careful on the roads with all the wet weather coming in this morning. In San Francisco, pete saratos, today in the bay. This is a live look at Anderson Reservoir in morgan hill. This is the water from anderson at coyote creek in santa clara county. Water is being released from the reservoir. Flood warnings have been issued for those in coyote estates and other surrounding neighborhoods. The Anderson Reservoir is not the only one over capacity. Several others are spilling over including the lexington reservoir near los gatos. Right now its at 101 capacity. With the incoming rain, there could be flooding along the Los Gatos Creek as well. A Water Rescue Team is in sacramento this morning waiting to respond to any possible emergency calls that can come from todays storms. Its expected that some of the calls may come in from the area highlighted on the map there like maxwell. Much of the area is saturated because the topography is so flat. Last week the same team deployed to the oroville area due to the emergency threat of the spill at the dam was reactive. This team thime they are sendin teams to the area beforehand. Certainly, i hope nobody has to be used, but if the teams need to be used, they are in a prepositioned location to do that. The so they are in place to protect folk there is. The menlo park Fire District is trying to rescue people from flooding. They have special boats and helicopters to do that. A great tool to help you through the storm is the nbc bay area weather app. You can locate the weather 30 minutes from your location. You can time lapse the storm as it moves through. It is free for all iphone and android devices. It is 6 06 on your monday morning on this president s day holiday. President trump is busy at his resort in florida. Hes interviewing candidates to replace michael flynn. And hes moving forward with new controversial immigration plans. The white house is set to unveil a new executive order to reinstate a travel ban focused on up seven precomenantly muslim countries. This while new draft memos signed by the Homeland Security secretary outlined plans to speed up deportation of undocumented immigrants. There are also plans to hire thousands of agents to help out with the deportations. The president says the measures are aimed to get the criminals out of the country. Get them the hell out of here. Bring them back to wherever they came from. This will have a Ripple Effect throughout couities acro the country. The debate over immigration could intensify with secretary of state Rex Tillerson and the department of Homeland Security secretary jon kelley scheduled to visit mexico later this week. Well shift back right now to our microclimate weather alert this holiday monday. 6 07. And on the left side of the screen, it is a holiday, so not the same typical kind of backup on the bay bridge toll blplaza. On t we have a closer look at the radar and how long this storm will last. It is 6 07 and we are seeing pockets of really heavy rain moving through parts of the delta into the trivalley as well as the south bay. All of this will up continue as we get a closer look for pretty much on and off all day. So we will be in with this for several hours. And that is raising the concern of flooding. We are also seeing that rain coming through livermore and along 580. Heading a little farther to the south, also seeing this rain moving through milpitas and the rain continuing into gilroy and morgan hill and san martin. Follow me on facebook and twitter tweeting out some of the snowfall we are expecting for the sierra the next couple of days. And coming up at 6 11, well look at the timeline for the rain. Mike is starting us out in oakland. It is a holiday and we have a lighter traffic of volume. That means the bay bridge meter lights are not on, but you should still allow extra time, more time than you think because you should drive slow. This is impacting the north bay including there in novato and highway 37. I said we will start in oakland, so well follow along westbound 580 with the lake shore. Two lanes are blocked near westbound 580. And you can see the light traffic near this area. You can see it move over to the right as you pass that scene. And looking to the peninsula, you can see it completely closed down. The redwood area said chp is north of there near whipple where you see a tow truck passing through the area. This is not that bad, it is just from marsh road. 287 is completely clear. El cimino is looking very soupy. Be careful out there. Thank you very much. There are some weatherrelated closures today. The bay area has pretty bad traffic. Coming up in three minutes, find out how our traffic stacks up to other major cities, not just in the u. S. But around the world. And how much time youre spending in the backups. And a red light for uber this morning after serious allegations. Well look when today in the bay continues. We are dealing with very treacherous travel conditions out the door. A Flash Flood Watch is in effect with heavy rain throughout the day. Also rising creeks and rivers have concerns with winds gusting to 50 miles an hour bringing down trees and causing Power Outages with the slowmoving storm. Coming up in five minutes, a look at the radar and a look ahead to the rest of the week and what to expect is coming up. And despite the crash on 580 in the middle of the screen, just 17 minutes heading from 238 up past the scene of the crash and lake shore. On the peninsula, we have the full closure for highway 101. Well show you where that is. Thank you so much. 6 13, and new this morning, bay area drivers sit in some of the worst traffic we have seen compared to everyone. A little lighter today because of the holiday. A live look at the bay bridge toll plaza, but on the president s day, traffic may be a breeze. Thats certainly not the case most of the time. The Company Looks at peak travel congestion times in more than 1,000 metropolitan areas around the globe. And the San Francisco area finished fourth in terms of average hours stuck in traffic over the year at 83 hours. Perhaps no surprise here, los angeles finished first in 104 hours. Moscow and new york were second and third. Well, starting today you can order the new snapchat spectacles. Maybe you want to document all the traffic. Scott mcgrew, the glasses, they take pictures. The sunglasses snapchat was selling replaced the vending machines in places around the nation. Now they are available online. Spectacle. Com is where you find them in red, black and aqua. You press a button on the side of the glasses and can record a tensecond video to your phone and it will send it to snapchat. A busy day at uber today launching an investigation into claims of Sexual Harassment by a former employee. Susan j. Fowler posted the claim online to say she was harassed by her manager. She reported it to h. R. H. R. Told her the manager would not be punished. She said because, in part, he was, quote, a top performer. Now, ubers ceo tweeted yesterday what is described here is abhorrent. Anyone who believes this way or thinks this is okay will be fired. I have instructed our chief h. R. Officer to conduct an urgent investigation. There can be absolutely no place of this kind of behavior at uber. Uber has a reputation for what Silicon Valley is saying about their treatment of women. All the women an employee claims is there were only six people on the team and the small number didnt justify placing a new order. Washingtons birthday is really the legal name of the holiday, and the law never switched the name to the president saying nyse insists on using the name. Technic lip its not washingtons birthday, either, thats wednesday. Thats true. Either way, he probably had the day off. Lucky you. Get a History Lesson from the nyse in the meantime. Back to our storm coverage this morning, we are not the only ones being hit by powerful storms. Southern california also being mattered by rain. Take a look at this aerial view, this is a sinkhole swallowing up two cars. If you would conjure up the most frightful area of what a storm could leave in its path, it may look like this. To tony begguinyard is live with m. Good morning, toni. Reporter its a good thing its a holiday because this is a major thoroughfare, Laurel Canyon boulevard is closed and has been since friday evening when the sinkhole opened up. Public works crews were at work 24 7. Take a look at something. Come over here. The sinkhole is on the other side of this, you can see the big mound of dirt. The sinkhole is 20 feet deep wide. And the suv swallowed up is something that sticks with you and makes you wonder about the soil under the streets, whether they have been undermined during a recent heavy rainfall. The sewer pipe that runs through the sinkhole is 80 to 90 years old. And theres a hole on top of the aging pipe. If you take a look, theres a trench they have built over in the middle of the street. That trench, they will place a 30inch plastic pipe there and basically pump some of the water from the sewer lines, pump the water out and allow engineers to get a better look at the sewer lines. This is finding to take some time. Repair work may not be completed for three to four weeks. So just looking around here, even though you are quite a distance away, im sure the viewers will understand what it is like to try to find a detour around a mess like. This all because of the weather and an aging infrastructure. Im toni guinyard, back to you in the studio. I have to be honest, when i saw the sinkhole shot, i thought, oh, come on. But that is amazing. They have heavy machinery there. Luckily, those people survived. Well touch on highway 101 in a second. First of all, we are talking about how much rain is happening this time around for the creeks. And it seems like we cant take any more, but theres more coming as we go throughout the day. And the potential for several more inches of rain and the possibility of more downed trees. Heres what to expect stepping out the door in San Francisco, running across the Golden Gate Bridge, the water is just kicking up from the cars. Were getting you out with a look at the microclimate and 56 degrees. And the sevenday forecast, we have a couple days of rain for the middle of the week. And the steady downpour is happening across the bay area. We are seeing pockets of heavy rain moving through fairfield and extending down to antioch and all or off to the east for discovery bay. We are seeing the steady rain coming down at a quarter inch of rain per hour. Well continue to see this causing problems on the roadway. Also for the south county, also for the Santa Cruz Mountains, we will continue to see this moving through throughout the main morning commute. Maybe a few more people out there on the roadways. But hopefully with this as a holiday, we wont see this busy hour at 8 00 to 9 00, but we are looking at the rain and rising rivering likely throughout the day. We still have rain coming through. Pockets of heavy downpours through early tomorrow. Well see that also with a few more breaks going throughout the day. Looking at the potential of several inches of rain here, where we see the yellows, that is where the heaviest rain will be concentrated. Notice that is the Santa Cruz Mountains and for morgan hill with a lot of problems with downed trees and Power Outages. Looking at a widespread two to three inches of rain throughout the day and also the high wind warning that continues into early tomorrow morning. The hills will see the highest wind gusts, possibly up to 50 miles an hour. Looking at the forecast through the week, a little bit of a break on wednesday, thursday and friday. And notice the weekend, still hard to make some plans to get outside after this soggy weekend. It will be raining once again. Now as we head over to mike, still part of highway 101 closed. Thats part of the peninsula. Traffic is lighter from the bigger shot of the bay. Overall, almost everyone is just fine as far as the drive. Lower the speeds because of the conditions. Peninsula, highway 101 out of pal l palo alto, all lanes are closed due to water. Chp says there was a crash in the area, so take care of that. Take the el cimino pass near whipple area. You are fine north of there. 280 is clear. No delays for transit system. Htrain is running one train does to the flood advisory. And we have Holiday Service and saturday service for the golden gate ferry. And a live look at the oakland conditions, a tougher drive out there. And getting out to the rest of the map, traffic is slow throughout the south bay. Highway 17 Silicon Valley is fine. We have the slower drive through scotts valley. Back to you. Thank you very much, mike. Busy, busy, coming up next, president s day weekend means president s day sales. Its not too late to get in on the stores. The deep discounts you can plan on. A package disappears in transit but the claim is denied, im chris camora. Nbc bay area responds next. Its okay to cry, right . No more we dont want anymore [crying] ahhhhhhhhhh everyday price and no extra monthly fees, unlike cable. Speeds up to 45 megs, for 30 a month. Notoo late toake advantaof the storewide saleles of the yr. Lo welcome back. It is president s day and not too late to take advantage of the first sales of the year. They are clearing out a lot of merchandise leftover from the holidays. Well find decent discounts on winter apparel en. A look, there are places you can get extra savings. And if you are looking to upload appliances, you will find significant savings from now to march. This morning nbc bay area responds to a San Francisco man who shipped a box full of wine across the country but it never reached its destination. And he was out 700 because the shipping company declined his claim for reimbursement. Chris is here with how we delivered. Reporter aaron walker shipped two boxes of wine from his local u. P. S. Store to friends on the east coast. One box arrived at the destination but the other one didnt. And that had 700 worth of wine inside. Aaron says he learned from the u. P. S. Website the box had been damaged and discarded. Aaron filed a claim with u. P. S. And was absolutely stunned when it was denied. He couldnt get u. P. S. To reconsider its decision and reached out to us. We reached to it to the company and the company said there was a change in ownership at aarons local u. P. S. Store, which caused a computer glitch in its system. And aarons claim was processed and rejected during that confusion. In a statement u. P. S. Apologized for aarons experience and said it does regret that the damage was done. U. P. S. Refunded aaron 765. The cost of the wine and shipping. Cheers to that. If you have a consumer complaint, let us know. The number is 888996tips. Or online at nbcbayarea. Com responds. Coming up next at 6 27 on today in the bay, we have continuing Team Coverage of the powerful storm hitting the bay area this morning. More heavy rain and strong winds as we go throughout the day as a slowmoving storm system rolls across the bay area. Also heavily snow for the sierra. Well take