In Sonoma County roads turn into rivers. Cars up to the wheel well in water. What a mess in San Francisco. Especially if you are the owner of that car. Huge tree crashed on top of it. The owner had just bought it. And in oakland during the storm just one of many accidents on slick roads. Good evening everyone im carolyn johnson. Dan is off tonight. Showers this evening but still one more big storm we have to contend w. Lets get right to sandy tracking it all open live doppler 7 hd. Live doppler 7 hd we see the rainfall intensity picking up again so show you where the showers are. First we go to the north bay where they have been coming in and just redeveloping very quickly. I take you down to street level here around guerneville and Russian River to forgetville. River road Sweetwater Springs road we get some moderate to heavy rainfall right now and as we pan around to other parts of the bay area you can see here glen ellen warm springs road we have some showers out towards napa road. Check this out around nap a. You can see how quickly this is all developing and moving. Old sonoma road getting a heavy downpour. In the east bay we go through street out to Albany Berkeley dwight avenue lighter rainfall but we have some moderate rain showing up here so we are watching that for you. Few scattered showers and other parts of the bay area mainly the peninsula south bay rainfall total have been excessive in some of our hills. Almost 9 inches of rain in the santa cruz mountains. In the far northern end of Sonoma County one of the wets location. 8 and a half inches in the past 48 hours. Three inches in san rafael. 3. 7 in santa rosa. San francisco almost an inch and half. Livermore pushing close to 2 and oakland got 2 inches of rain with more significant rain ming Flash Flood Watch up through sunday evening. Small streams may overflow the bank and heres a timing of the next storm. 9 00 p. M. Its north of santa rosa saturday night. At 11 00 p. M. Its still in the northern part of our viewing area as far as the heaviest part of the storm. Heavy rain and wind coming through. 5 00 a. M. In the north bay sunday. It continues at 7 00 a. M. Across the heart of the bay area. And really at 9 00 a. M. Its shifting south and east and we see sunny break sunday afternoon but when said and done rainfall total significant and more concerns to talk about. Tell but those in a few minutes. Sandy see you then. As expected the north bay saw the heaviest rain today. 7 News Reporter laura has the story from petaluma. All the soil holding the water. Reporter leland says he has been down this road before. Or at least his parking lot has. Now submerge the in up to 2 and a half feet of water. The first place petaluma the only place thats left in petaluma. Theres been a lot of work done to contain flooding downstream and ever since that work has been done this happens to us at least once or twice a year. Not far away this morning heavy downpour turned this creek one that was barely back three days ago that a fast moving father way. Overflow the bank near Office Complex on north mcdowell boulevard. About 4 and a half feet from yesterday. Yesterday we were seeing ground grass and puddles whereas the ground was saturated. If you can believe the prediction of the rain that we are supposed to get, this will flood. Reporter those who havent had the water encroach on them yet are doing what they can to make sure it doesnt. Next round of heavy rain line up off the coast. Rob works for rerefrigeration company on north petaluma boulevard sits in a low spot near the petaluma river. The property hasnt flooded in years. But theres concern. It might if the forecast for this weekend holds true. Well they are saying its to be 7 foot high in the river, river right back behind us hear and about eight years ago the river overflowed at 7 and a half feet so we dont want, if its a heavy rain you never know what its liable to get t to. Reporter and again despite the current shower they have gotten a bit of a break here in the north bay this afternoon. Of course all eyes will be on those rivers those creeks and in trouble spots like this because we know by now the river and creek are full and the ground is saturated as we head that the weekend. In petaluma, abc 7 news. Certainly Road Conditions are treacherous. Dozens of accidents all over the bay area. Antioch highway 4 led to 3yearold boy being ejected from his car seat. He was airlifted to Children Hospital oakland with serious head injuries. Now to the east bay where we spent part of the day monitoring bay area road at the command center of caltrans. Nick smith has more. Reporter excess run off from heavy rainfall creating big ponds in areas of downtown oakland. The intersection of third and washington street became a virtual lake with water so high it blocked Parking Spaces poured into one lane of traffic. With the sidewalk covered in rain run off this woman appeared to be baffled by how to get around i it. So she just stood there. Ankle deep in rain water. Freeway not much better. 8 80 at the Marina Boulevard exit was a wet gray mess. Heavy rain obscured the view of drivers creating a constant wave of stop and go traffic and sea of brake lights. This accident was one of many we witnessed in the span of only 2 hours. Low lying spots on the highway often flood quickly. Increasing road hazard for drivers and new set of challenges for the crew assigned to keep the freeway and storm drains clear of all obstruction. We have to make sure that they are not being plugged by either mud or leaves or by litter. Reporter with more than 300 camera across the 9 counties in the bay area caltrans has had a busy day monitoring traffic. The red color. Indicate problem areas where traffic is stopped. Flooding closed highway 12 mud slide at highway 84 in fremont brought traffic to stand still. We find out what the problems as quickly as possible to dispatch the right people and the right equipment. Reporter chp responded quickly to the accident on westbound 5 80 and believe the driver may have been going too fast for weather and Road Conditions. Car flipped on impact and the driver was taken to the hospital. Less than 20 minutes after that accident was cleared there was another. Just west of the golf link road exit. 4 lane of traffic reduced to 3 while chp worked to clear the way for drivers. Jack london square, abc 7 news. Police in West Sacramento believe the storm was factor in the traffic death of a pg e employee early this morning. The driver lost control of his truck and slammed into a traffic light around 1 40. Coworkers say he had been working over time. Route 12 and highway 121 closed in Sonoma County because of flooding. Wayne has that story. Reporter more specifically heres how they look today. The automobile abandoned by drivers who either couldnt reed the warning signs or ignored them or thought they ordered the cars with a pontoon option. Nann long time sonoma couldnt resident was not among those drivers. I think that probably wasnt the wisest move. I always obey authority. Not always but when it serves my interest i do. Reporter this would be one of the cases. This would be one of those cases, yes. Reporter to hear the Sonoma County department of public work state federal authority has much to do with the repeating problem. Intersection floods because near by creek overflows. Dredge would go solve the problem. But those Higher Authority say no. Their argument is that the it would be tl some serious Environmental Impact if we dredge the creek downstream. I think the people having to deal with the flood would go not agree but thats the federal agencies. Reporter if it was your call. Would i dredge it. Reporter elsewhere we found Sonoma County to be wet but functional. Expect the Russian River to approach flood stage this weekend but to remain in the banks. Minor flooding along smaller creek and roads that lead into the residue of summer and fall wash away. And if rain remain persistent expect the soil to saturate early that men more pressing problems in the day weeks or months ahead. Well i think we are pretty close to being saturated now. And tomorrow night the forecast is for another maybe 5 inches of rain and so well just have to see how it plays out. Reporter and theres one place where we pretty much know how it will play out. Route 12 on highway 121 in sonoma count county. Wayne abc 7 news. In marin county a tree fairfax probably 100yearold oak and about 100 feet tall fell on hickory road at 5 this morning. Some of the branches fell on to this car. The pictures are from the marin independent journal. Heres what it looks like at Watsonville High School this morning. Water flooding out the open space. Students are stuck off to the left there as you can see underneath the overhang. Driving certainly proved to be a challenge this morning especially for those on the bay bridge. Lights there were knocked out for about an hour today right in the middle of the Early Morning commute. Metering light at toll plaza not operated creating more chaotic traffic conditions than normal. The lights started coming on again from the west end and within a few minutes the entire span relit at about 6 30. The lights on the san rafael bridge went out for short time today as well. Pg e crew plan to work through the night restoring power outage in north bay with 700 homes and businesses still in the dark. 400 without power in santaruz county. 2 03 customers in the east bay, 2 30 on the peninsula, 170 in south bay. Just 5 in San Francisco are still in the dark storm watch continues all weekend here at abc 7 news. Live reports tomorrow morning starting at 5 with the abc 7 saturday morning news and of course you can track the rain any time with live doppler 7 hd you will find that at abc 7 news. Com. As we continue tonight the fbi arrest 2 men they say planned an attack on the United States with explosives. We have the latest on that next. Plus a bridge collapse derails train in new jersey. Toxic chemical spilled. Latest on that disaster and Holiday Travel season is here. Up next what could be happening at your what could be happening at your hotel when you are not there tonight 2 men in custody charged with plotting to help terrorist launch a strike against americans. Men are brothers. Naturalize citizens living in florida. Pierre were told they were part of plot to obtain weapons of mass destruction. Fort lauderdale men in custody. Accused of plotting to detonate a bomb in the u. S. Homeland. 2 men brothers are identified as naturalize citizen from his pakistan. Sources tell thus was not a sting. And theounger brother had been in contact with over seas radical. Possibly connected to al qaeda. Indictment accuses the men of attempting to provide lodging communication equipment and transportation in conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction. And sources say the fbi found evidence the younger brother had been monitoring recent fbi sting cases so Authorities Say infiltrating the alleged conspiracy with a nonstarter. Back to you. 3 people are dead after a series of Violent Attacks in wyoming. Police say it all started off campus of cast par college with where man killed the woman. He then drove to the Science Building killed a faculty member in front of the students then committed suicide. Witness told police the killer used a bow and arrow. He was not a student. Police say he knew the victims although they have not said washington the relationship wa was. There was a terrifying scene in a small town in new jersey today. Train derailment set a hazardous gas spewing that the air. More than 70 people sought medical treatment from the fumes. Lindsaydavis tonight on the hidden risk passing through towns every day. Thousands of gallons of the hazardous chemical vinyl chloride spewed into the air prosecute the ruptured car. Resident told to stay in the home. 3 schools within a mile ordered to keep students indoors. We are saying to all watching this that live within the borough of pauls borrow its a sign for caution. Reporter 71 people admitted to local hospital. Vinyl chloride is a colorless gas. Inhague it can cause problems breathing high levels can cause loss of consciousness and extremely high levels can cause death. There are concerns about this bridge before. I have been told today that the resident most close to that bridge had heard unusual characteristic sounds, sounds they dont always hear with the bridge. Reporter just three years ago a coal train derailed on the same bridge. 140,000 miles of freight track across the country carrying dangerous chemicals near the homes of millions of americans 99. 99 percent of chemical shipments get the their safely but when they dont results are deadly. In South Carolina in 2005 a train carrying chlorine gas exploded. 9 people killed. Lots of Activity Still at this hour. That the point they are in the process of cleaning the rail cars of the toxin before they can be removed. Ntsb is documenting what happened and in the next several days expected to try to find a cause of the derail many. Lindsay davis abc news, new jersey. We are seeing more showers in the bay area right now. Lets check in with sandhya with the very latest on live doppler 7 hd. Some of these are becoming a little more intense. Show you live doppler 7 hd. Own radar in Mount Saint Helena moisture up to the north. I show you the cell here just northeast of forestville you cap see out to river road. And it is moving pretty quickly so heading off to the east. We are watching also in the north bay the napa area down the street level old sonoma road. First street. Highway 29 there you can see some heavy returns out towards the silverado trail and really this moisture is just developing and shifting quickly eastward and it will continue to do so as we head towards the east bay here kenyon road highway 4 heavy rainfall coming down rate now in the area of be negotiate at 7 yichlt watching the showers as well. The showers are quickly developing and pushing off or just pretty much going towards the east. Heres a look at the peninsula. Few showers down to palo alto. San jose looking just fine. Right now i want t show you the forecast for the upcoming days. Showers on and off on saturday. Heavy rain and winds sunday morning and flood watch continues for the Russian River in guerneville. Heres a look at the satellite radar. This is storm that came through here with 60 to 85 miles an hour wind gust at times. Probably felt the wind. Obviously there was pouring rain. Now back behind it these are the shower showers. Moisture that continues to come in. We have another storm that is coming. This one is developing in the pacific. Come together and affect your plans late saturday night going into sunday. So lets check out a computer animation. 11 00 p. M. Tonight we have scattered showers around. You head that the Early Morning hours and we start to see intensity picking up in some 80s lick the santa cruz mountains. Moderate rainfall. Across the rest of the bay area. Heaviest in the santa cruz mountains. We head that the rest of the day showers actually hit or miss kind of thing in the afternoon. You can see here very scattered in nature so they let up a little bit. Only to pick up again saturday night storm no. 3 moves in Stormy Weather begins to develop with the strong gusty winds and the heavy rain at times. North bay starts to pick it up at 5 00 a. M. Sunday. The front continues to press south ward. 7 00 a. M. Across the heart of the bay area and really at 9 00 a. M. Theres a little bit of red showing up there in the santa cruz mountains. Could see isolated thunderstorm or 2. As you notice very heavy rainfall across the region. Behind the front, though, quickly we start to see breaks showing up and it should be sunny for 1 00 oclock in the afternoon when the raiders play the browns at the coliseum lacking fine. Breezy. Cool. Take your jacket with you. Mostly cloudy. Rainfall total up until sunday up to 5 inches in the north bay mountains. Running into 1 00 p. M. Sunday. 2 to 4 inches in the north basement up to 4 inches in the santa cruz mountains. Most of the rest of the bay area one to 2 additional inches of rain. We do have a couple of rivers we are watching Russian River near hop land. Flood stages 21 feet its going to exceed flood stage as you look at this graph here sunday night into monday expect to hit at 24 feet. Right now it is close to 6 fee feet. Other river that we are watching is the Russian River at guerneville. Currently 24 feet so rapid rise in the last 24 to 48 hours with the rainfall. It is expected to crest at 30 feet. Flood stage 32. So its going to get close there. High surf advisory until 10 00 a. M. Saturday. Waves and surf up to 17 feet. Watch out for the rip current and the High Pressure for your saturday with the scattered showers around mainly in the 60s. Look at the accuweather 7 day forecast stormy time period late saturday nature first half of the sunday Morning Hours and then we are basically looking at clearing late sunday afternoon going that monday. We need that tuesday, wednesday, weaker storm certainly bring us some more rain. Yes at least we get a chance of dry out. Reporter exactly. Thats very important. Chance to dry out. But now we are concerned with the saturated ground going in sunday because the storm will dump additional rain and cause more problems with down tree power lines with the wind coming and saturated ground means of course there could be some mud slides. Thanks sandhya. Half of the mystery is over one of the 2 power ball jackpot winners came forward today. How the missouri kim is handling all the twhaengs they plan to do now. Stay with us. Pl