Have been innonedated by the most water in a long time. Some folks have already left. Many have stayed taking a cautious wait and see approach. Some stranded folks are hoping that flooded out roads will eventually recede, giving them access to and from their homes on higher ground. Definitely something you prepare for, but i think the scope of this storm is definitely something that people didnt plan for even in their preplanning for the storm. The only reason why im chilling is because im a three time flood victim. I was laying there doing nothing while everyone is moving. Even my next door neighbor, everybody is gone, but me. Its looks a lot deeper and it doesnt look like it will recede. In 2014 when the tides receded, you had access into your house, but it doesnt look like that this year. Do you think there are homes that werent affected . For sure. And the volume of water that is reaching the houses is definitely at a higher level, so more things are compromised. Since these towns are river towns, theres no shortage of row boats and kayaks and many of the pieces of emergency equipment there based on a long history are well capable of going through several feet of deep water. Now, one other thing needs to be responded to and that is this. Why are they up on stilts . Because after this river flooded time after time after time, the federal Flood Insurance people said, you either get your house up on stilts or you will simply not be able to, whatsoever, get any insurance. This is the most water in a long time. Reporting live, tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news. We saw that when you were doing interviews, the rain had stopped, but looking at you now, it looks like the rain had started again. How bad is it right now . I would say this is just the light rain at this point in time. But it is starting to come down heavier. And remember, the problem is this water doesnt go into the ground. It goes directly into the rivers now. The ground is saturated. So as it goes into the drains and the sewers and all of the other stuff, its going to go directly into the rivers. When it gets to the rivers, those levels are going to go up. If anybody thinks this will be a cessation of this, if it goes down a little, when we get the heavier rains later, they are likely to go up again. Well have more from bill martin in a few minutes. Tom vacar, thank you. The storm drenched many parts of the bay area. Ktvu crews have been busy capturing images of the damage that the Stormy Weather left behind. Heres a look at some of them. There are flooded yards, toppled trees, and sink holes. Those are just some of the problems people are dealing with. And tonight, crews are working to clear that massive mud slide along highway 17 in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Ktvus ann ruben is there right now and she joins us live. Are crews making any progress . Reporter its slow, but steady out here. Crews say this mud slide will continue to affect the evening commute and most likely it will affect the morning commute as well. Video from the california Highway Patrol shows what happened. When 750 cubic yards of hillside slid on to highway 17. It crushed another television stations news van, sending the photographer to the hospital with minor injuries. And, it forced the closure of both northbound lanes, making a mess of the commute. Now it is just a matter of cleaning this up, which is a huge dynamic, because there are wires mixed in with tree stumps. Boulders, and loose mud, dirt, and gravel. The cleanup will likely take all night and into the morning. Meanwhile, chp has diverted traffic in both directions to the southbound lanes. And this is just one of nearly a dozen slides in the Santa Cruz Mountains, another one blocked part of highway 35 near summit road. We need the rain, well, not like this. The storms that sent cars off the roadway, this one had to be towed from 60 feet down. The rain also washed away part of bear creek road. They would have been an alternate route for commuters to get to san jose, but not now. And a section of highway 9 was closed for 12 hours due to a slide there. Caltrans engineers are now assessing the situation. There is a lot of water coming off the hill. The whole hillside is draining down and bringing more mud with it. Resident was home when the mud slide began. It took out his neighbors deck, furniture, and most of the hillside. Basically, it was a crunching, sloshy sound when it went. It was pretty sudden. He now spent part of the afternoon packing up his belongings and waiting to hear from a building inspector. If it is seen this property isnt stable at the moment, you know, were ready to go. Back here along highway 17, you can see traffic has been moving pretty slowly in this stretch and its been raining all day here, which isnt helping. Again, crews hoping to get this mud slide cleared by sometime tomorrow morning. Julie, back to you. Yeah, and more rain is on the way. Ann ruben tonight, thank you. Lets bring in our chief meteorologist, bill martin, we have gotten a lot of rain. Not quite as much as we thought, but a lot of rain. What are the areas youre most concerned about right now . Where tom is right now, the Russian River, we were talking about, mud slides will continue. I want to point out, did you see how yesterday hit Critical Mass . It got to a point where anymore rain and everything was going to start to pop. The Russian River went to then it stopped. We got very close to doing a completely different newscast today, because the rain stopped. We didnt get the 12 inches of rain that was forecast and thats good. We got probably 6 to 8 inches, which is a ton of rain. But had we gotten the forecast amount of rain, things would have been much, much worse. We are looking at some of the rain totals now. You did get 14 inches. Boulder creek came in at almost 8 inches of rain. These are significant rain fall totals, especially in the hills. And so now, as tom mentioned, we have ground saturation with more rain coming tomorrow and more wind advisory tomorrow, winds could be a little stronger with this system. Up to 60, possible in the higher elevations. Trees down, Power Outages tomorrow, not the heavy torrential rains. Well see rain, but nothing, an inch, inch and a half. And the big rivers, well, they should be in okay shape, because theyll have a chance to recede today and then the day after tomorrow, we get a bit of a break, too. This is the system im tracking. It is an atmospheric river, it has a long stream of moisture plume, but its coming from a further north location. Its going to be colder. That helps lake tahoe sierra area. Youre going to see less snow melt. Rain falling right now in the north bay. You can see the yellow areas. Rain will be falling everywhere, certainly by midnight tonight. And your morning commute and your afternoon commute are going to be a bit dicey. Well talk about that when i come back. We did dodge we have stuff to deal with, but we were fortunate that the rain ended when it did. That was a torrential and it could have been a lot worse. See you back here. Traffic is moving again on northbound highway 1 in pacifica after being shut down for more than 14 hours because of a mud slide. It was first reported late last night near rena. Caltrans shut down all northbound lanes, creating one of the worst morning commutes in recent memory in pacifica. A drive along a 2mile stretch of highway 1 that normally takes five minutes, took nearly two hours. The landslide totally took up the right hand side of the road, and crept into the left side and it was 8 to 10 feet tall. Did you know about this before i came out . I did. I thought i would come down and see if i could get through. And it was going through for a moment when i got here, but you can see three cars back. One of our producers lives in pacifica. It took him three hours to get from pacifica to Jack London Square in oakland today. Caltrans reopened northbound lane of highway one this afternoon. The other lane is expected to open at any moment. The chp identified a man who was killed in a crash today. His car was found at 8 40 this morning in a remote part of marine county near the samona county border. 20yearold Jose Enrique Hernandez was killed when the car he was driving went off the road and crashed into a creek. The car was found upside down and partially submerged. Investigators say it is likely the crash happened sometime overnight. Also, only one lane of traffic is open on lucas valley road because of a sink hole. This picture was tweeted out by the marin county fire department. No word on when that road will be open. Authorities are recommending using sir francis boulevard for drivers trying to get to or from west marine. Rising water prompted the flood gates to be open for the first time in more than a decade. Officials manually opened the sacramento dam this afternoon to manage downstream flows of the river. The water flows into the yolo bypass, which is used for farming in dry years. Farmers were warned to move their livestock before the flood gates were open. The army corps of engineers towed a dead whale to a new location. The 40 to 60foot whale is now tied to a pier at angel island. The carcass was discovered near Howard Terminal on saturday. It was moved so it wouldnt be hit by ships passing through that area. Experts believe the whale was a young female, a fin or blue whale. The Marine Mammal center is planning to determine the cause of death. No obvious signs of trauma or wounds. Coming up at 5 30, police in berkeley announce the arrest of a uc Berkeley Student accused of stabbing a woman to death. But first, a mother and her son from the south bay were killed after falling into icy waters on vacation. Coming up next, details on that freak accident and what the father is saying about how it happened. My wife and my son are in heaven right now, more than i ever could have imagined. Sky fox, only on ktvu fox 2. The iraq war veteran accused of gunning down five people at the Fort Lauderdale airport last friday appeared in court this morning. 26yearold, estaben did not enter a plea. The motive is unclear, but the criminal complaint says santiago admitted to planning the attack. The man accused of going on a deadly shooting rampage at the Fort Lauderdale airport makes his first court appearance. Esteban santiago, an iraq war veteran is facing a range of federal charges, including committing an act of violence at an international airport. The fbi says santiago flew from alaska to florida to specifically carry out fridays shooting. His only checked bag for the flight containing a 9 mm semi automatic handgun and two magazines. We are focused after the 9 11 attacks on securing the airside of aviation to make sure that people get on planes, but what we have not focused on is what we call from the curb side to the airside. People congregate. They wait to get on planes and certainly, this incident highlights the fact that there is a vulnerability here. Tmz releasing this video of the attack. It shows the moment santiago opened fire in terminal 2 of the busy airport. Sending people fleeing for cover. Five people were killed and six others injured in the attack. Santiago, who has a history of Mental Health issues was taken into custody at the airport after the shooting. Heard pop, pop, pop. A lady came out running screaming and hiding behind, and five or six other people came out. The 26yearold could face life in prison and the death penal penalty if convicted. Fox news. A huge man hunt is underway tonight in orlando, florida, authorities are looking for a gunman who shot and killed add veteran Police Officer this morning. This afternoon, they urged 41 yearold, lloyd to surrender. Accused of killing Debra Clayton outside a walmart store. Investigators say the offduty sergeant confronted lloyd as he appeared to be shoplifting and he opened fire. A motorcycle deputy was also killed in a traffic accident. They say lloyd is wanted for questioning in the shooting death of his pregnant exgirlfriend last month. The mother and her child from the south bay both died after a freak accident on a frozen pond while they were on vacation. Jesse is in san jose with more on the accident. The husband was the only one who survived and you spoke with him today. I cant even imagine what hes going through right now. Frank, you really dont want to imagine what hes going through. I talked to gary clawson who went into the water. By phone, he tells me he is devastated by the loss of his wife and his eightyearold boy. Not to mention, going along with the rest of his life. He is leaning on his faith to help get him through. My wife and my son are in heaven right now. God just more than i ever could have imagined. Gary says fridays ill fated trek across a frozen kansas pond started out as family fun during a visit with relatives. The trio decided to go shoe skating, shuffling and sliding across the ice in shoes, instead of skates. He talked to locals about the strength of the ice. They analyzed the weather, how cold it has been. How many degrees below freezing for how many days, and time and again from the locals that it would be absolutely safe. It wasnt safe. The inch thick ice broke 15 feet from shore. 8yearold trent went in. Both mother and father tried to save him, but were unable. 50 minutes later, First Responders were able to pull him from the icy water, but polly and trend had been in and under the frigid water too long and both died. The community up here is definitely going to miss polly and trent a lot. And trent was well liked on the street by all the kids. Polly was so generous. She gave to the point she probably shouldnt keep giving, but she kept doing it. Neighbors in the secluded Mountain Community where the family lived are in shock. Staffers after the church in los altos say they are grieving and trying to shield children from the loss of the beloved sunday schoolteacher and wife. She was a phenomenal woman. Brilliant. Gifted, with finance and yet absolutely loving and caring and hospitable. Gary clawson is still in kansas, preparing a funeral for both his son and wife. Beyond prayers from the public and memorial. We talked to friends who say that they are setting up some kind of assistance for gary, such as meals being delivered to the house because polly is the one that handled all the domestic affairs. Well put all the information on our website in case you want to help or assist the family. Im jesse gary, ktvu fox 2 news. And the powerful storm that slammed the bay area is leading to major flooding in parts of nevada. The Truckee River swelled more than 4 feet above flood stage, prompting evacuations. The stormy conditions are expected to continue in the Sierra Nevada this week and lower temperatures are expected to turn the moisture from rain to heavy snow. Lets bring in our chief meteorologist to talk about the rain and more is on the way and its a particularly concern both in the Santa Cruz Mountains, but by the Russian River. Right now, the rivers are forecast to stay just above flood stage, like at againville where it is now or lower. It doesnt look like we had a break today. Well get a storm tomorrow, but it shouldnt be a big deal. This is from twin peeks and looking at the bay shore freeway. Headlights coming up toward candle stick point. The park isnt there, is it . Isnt that crazy . Completely gone. Candle stick park. You look back and its gone. Okay, so you are looking at the bay shore. The truckee pictures were another few hours of rain fall there, truckee, reno would have been the water was coming over that bridge. The point is, this thing stopped just in time. It really did. Very fortunate. Wind advisory throughout the bay area, i think thats going to be the story. Its going to be wet, morning commute is wet. The afternoon commute is wet. When all is said and done, Power Outages and pictures on the news, there will be trees down and mud slides, i imagine, too, but the trees, the winds are going to get going. The grounds are wet, the trees loosened up from yesterdays wind. This is an atmospheric river, its not as powerful, and its colder. Its coming from further north and slides through, it has some dynamics, which in some ways, thats going to bring the wind. Its good, because they will push it through more quickly, thats what the models are suggesting. Theres the rain. We have rain throughout the bay area. Its raining in San Francisco. Its raining in pacifica right now, and we have rain falling in sacramento, rain falling in the bay area, just north up by the Russian River. As you go into tomorrow morning, theres the rain in oakland. Morning commute is wet. Afternoon commute, or lunchtime is wet. And then the afternoon commute is wet. So, thats how the day goes. Its not a gully washer, but its going to be wet. Well have typical storm related stuff. Wind advisory might be the big deal. It is Flash Flood Watch for pretty much the entire bay area. When i come back, well go boom, boom, push it all the way through tomorrow. Know its a wet one. Keep the umbrellas handy. 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