![]() ![]() "I parked my truck and the other side of the slide here so I could make sure I can always get in and out," said neighbor David Scheinman. Most we spoke with did not leave but still took precautions. With road access for emergency crews and residents threatened, San Mateo County Sheriffs deputies went door to door to the other homes to advise homeowners to leave. Officials say the slide originated at one property and the threatened one lower, those two homes saw forced evacuations. At that point, we made a decision just to let the residents in the area know that it could potentially get worse." "As crews arrived on scene, they noticed that the tree was falling into the structure," said Keenan Hird, battalion chief with the Woodside Fire Protection District, "They noticed a slight landslide that over the course of time got increasingly worse. Wednesday, when a resident called for help, concerned that a tree was going to fall into their home. Town officials say they first got word of it at 5 a.m. It was a quite an extraordinary experience." "Normally we're sheltered because we've got a mountain race between here and the ocean," MacLeod, "Redwood trees were flapping back and forth, like sails in the wind. A storm that shocked residents like Donald MacLeod who's lived at his home since 1964. The slide is attributed to the storm that impacted much of the Bay Area Tuesday. Officials were concerned that if the road gave out to the slide, emergency access would be cut off. It happened in the Town of Woodside on Patrol Road. East BayĪ mudslide in San Mateo County prompted an evacuation advisory for more than 30 homes Wednesday, says ABC7's Zach Fuentes. Los Gatos saw winds at 82 mph, Oakland International Airport and Mount Diablo logged winds at 74 mph in the East Bay, Napa saw gusts at 65 mph, San Francisco International Airport reached gusts of 64 mph, and the Monterey, Palo Alto and Watsonville airports all saw winds at up to 59 mph. RELATED: See record stats from 'once-in-a-lifetime' California storm ![]() Point Potrero in Richmond logged the highest Bay Area winds at 88 mph, according to the National Weather Service as of 8:08 p.m. SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) - High winds throughout the Bay Area on Tuesday blew down multiple trees and knocked out power, causing cancellations and delays on public transit, the closures of some highways and roads, and safety hazards as arcing power lines hit land. Latest updates will be provided on the Met Éireann website HERE.Bay Area residents are reeling after a rare "bomb cyclone" pummeled the region Tuesday toppling trees and leaving thousands without power. However, even at that it “still brings the risk of severe winds, possibly stormy conditions and very high seas”, as Met Éireann’s Deirdre Lowe told BreakingNews.ie. Met Éireann says its most likely path after this transition brings it to the northwest of Ireland without making landfall. Numerical prediction models currently show a wide spread of outcomes for the storm track ranging from Greenland to the north of France.Īs of today (Monday 30 September) it’s expected that Lorenzo will transition into an “extra-tropical depression” between noon and midnight on Wednesday 2 October. The powerful weather system, which is currently threatening the Azores in the mid-Atlantic, was recently the most easterly Category 5 hurricane on record, surpassing Hurricane Hugo 30 years ago.įorecasts beyond the next 48 hours “still of low confidence given the uncertainty” of the storm’s current behaviour. Met Éireann says the progress of Hurricane Lorenzo this week and any potential impacts for Ireland “are being closely monitored”. ![]()
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