Live storm updates: Effects of king tides, atmospheric river still felt around Bay Area

North Bay neighbors were bracing for more high water and flooding Sunday, brought on by some of the highest King Tides seen in decades.

North Bay neighbors were bracing for more high water and flooding Sunday, brought on by some of the highest King Tides seen in decades.

Floodwater was rushing in again into a Corte Madera neighborhood on Lucky Drive -- but neighbors there were not feeling so lucky.

"It sucks. It's getting worse and worse. Hopefully today's going to be the last day," said Eduardo Diaz.

Water from Corte Madera Creek is spilling into Diaz' property, brought on by the highest King Tides recorded since 1998. Furniture and belongings stacked high. Sandbags were not able to keep water out.

"Most of our stuff is getting taken out by the current," Diaz said.

Water got into the first floor of Lee Greenberg's house. It was a mess.

"It's been quite intense. Some things on the floor got destroyed," Greenberg said.

Big 5 Sporting Goods on Nellen Avenue remains closed, damaged by flooding. And staff at Fitness SF are hoping their barricade keeps more floodwater from coming in.

It's been a battle all weekend.

"We had pumps running on the floor, shop vacs vacuuming the exterior. Basically, there was no way to stop it, we were trying to slow it down as much as possible," said Fitness SF Marin General Manager Ryan Davis.

Davis said the gym could reopen on Tuesday after being cleaned and disinfected.

On Saturday, Highway 101 near Lucky Drive became a lake. Traffic was reduced to one lane. One car floated away, the driver jumping out.

In Sausalito, we found more flooding near the waterfront. Parking lots were inundated. The onramp to northbound Highway 101 was looking wet.

"I've lived here 35 years. I've never seen something like this," Blanca Bareto said.

Bareto showed us her flooded backyard in Greenbrae at the Marin Mobile Home park. It's a waiting game for the water to go down.

"I know it might take a few hours. The water will recede, but it's still very scary," Bareto said.

North Bay Congressman Jared Huffman plans to tour areas impacted by storms and King Tides on Monday.

Heavy rain moved east of the Bay Area by about 1 p.m. on Sunday, allowing some flood advisories to be lifted by the National Weather Service, but a coastal flood watch remains in effect through 5 p.m. Monday.

Effects from the high king tides and an atmospheric river storm were still being felt Sunday as several roads and highways remained closed due to flooding:

• In Marin County, U.S. Highway 101 at Lucky Drive flooded and was closed, along with portions of Lucky Drive, Fifer Avenue, Doherty Drive at Redwood High School, and Riviera Circle at Doherty Drive, according to the Central Marin Police Authority.
• Drivers were also urged to avoid the section of U.S. Highway 101 known as Redwood Highway at Wornum Drive because of standing water.
• Mill Valley police urged drivers to move their vehicles out of low-lying areas, including Miller Avenue, which was closed between Camino Alto and Almonte Boulevard.
• In Richmond, drivers were asked by police to avoid Canal Boulevard near Cutting Boulevard because of flooding there.
• In the city of Belmont, drivers were asked to avoid the 1300 block of Shoreway Road after it was closed.
• The eastbound ramp from state Highway 121 to state Highway 37, in Sonoma County, also remained closed on Sunday, as did both directions of state Highway 12 west of 8th Street.
• In Monterey, the ramp from state Highway 68 to state Highway 1 was closed, along with Murphy Road at the Pajaro River.

Flooding from heavy rain caused the California Highway Patrol to close the westbound onramp from state Highway 68 to northbound state Highway 1 in Monterey on Sunday.

A coastal flood watch from the National Weather Service remains in effect through Monday.

The ramp was closed at about 8:30 a.m. after about 2 inches of rain fell in the area in about 12 hours, according to the National Weather Service.

CHP did not provide an estimate for when the onramp would reopen.

Elsewhere in the city of Monterey, localized flooding was reported at Del Monte and Palo Verde avenues, and at Del Monte Avenue and Camino Aguajito.

City crews were pumping and monitoring water levels at El Estero Lake and Del Monte Lake. Flooding was also reported in the 300 block of Franklin Street at the Monterey Sports Center, and in the Sports Center parking lot.

Sandbags are available at fire stations in Monterey, Pacific Grove and Carmel-by-the-Sea.

Rain is forecast to continue through Tuesday.

A coastal flood advisory was in effect until 2 p.m. Sunday, a day after San Francisco recorded its highest tide since 1988, the National Weather Service said.

The high tide in San Francisco was 2.56 feet above normal, the fourth highest on record, Weather Service meteorologist Dylan Flynn said. It was affected by 1.28 feet of storm surge blown by the wind, he said.

High tide at 11:18 a.m. Sunday is expected to be up to 1.9 feet above normal, Flynn said. The time of high tide varies up to 90 minutes earlier or later along the Pacific Coast and through the San Francisco Bay, the weather service said.

High tides will begin to grow less prominent as storm surge lessens and the moon becomes less aligned with the earth, Flynn said. There were reports of shallow landslides in the North Bay due to saturated soils as rain showers continued Saturday, the Weather Service said.