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

King Tides and heavy rain early Saturday caused several roads to be flooded around the Bay Area amid a coastal flood watch from the National Weather Service.

U.S. Highway 101 was flooded in both directions in Corte Madera, prompting a severe traffic warning from Caltrans at about 12:45 p.m.

An image taken by ABC7 News reporter Cornell Barnard showed both directions flooded under two to three foot of water.

Traffic was being diverted off the highway at Sir Francis Drake Boulevard due to a full closure with no estimated time for reopening. Drivers were urged to take alternate routes and prepare for delays.

Flooding was also reported by the California Highway Patrol in Sonoma County in the eastbound lanes of state Highway 37 at the interchange with state Highway 121, causing all lanes to be closed as of about 12:30 p.m. The closure is expected to last until at least Monday morning, according to Caltrans.

Also in Sonoma County, state Highway 12 was closed Saturday afternoon in both directions at 8th Street because of about 5-6 inches of water.

The San Francisco Department of Emergency Management urged drivers not to drive through flooded roads.

Another photo by Barnard showed the Grand gas station in Larkspur also flooded in the gas pump filling area.

Along the Peninsula coast, people prepared for the wet weather on Friday, hoping it's not as intense as the Christmas Day storm.

Along the Peninsula coast, people prepared for the wet weather on Friday, hoping it's not as intense as the Christmas Day storm that damaged homes and power lines last week.

Waves of wind and rain hit communities like Half Moon Bay. On Friday evening, we spoke with a PG&E spokesperson, who says they are keeping an eye on things.

"Coastal areas will be hit particularly hard, about 40-45 mile per hour winds along the coast and about 25 mile per hour winds inland," said Paul Moreno, PG&E spokesperson.

We spoke with a family from San Jose who made the trip to the coast.

"Freezing, it's very cold, but it's fun, we're having fun," said Peter Krieger Senior, San Jose resident.

And the forecast did not deter a couple from Dublin.

"I lived in Seattle for ten years so I don't really mind the rain," said Michelle Thein from Dublin. "And so we kind of read about king tides which I think brought more people out here," her partner said.

San Gregorio resident Paul McGregor took videos of low tide off Pillar Point Harbor, north of Half Moon Bay. Wind surfers were catching some serious air.

Earlier around 3 p.m. Friday afternoon, drone pilot Mike Kolar captured a partial cliff collapse in Santa Cruz near West Cliff Drive and Gretchell Street.

Last April, a portion of West Cliff Drive reopened after a two-year closure from winter storm damage.

PG&E's Paul Moreno says wet weather's impact on the ground can present challenges.

"This won't be as severe as the Christmas storms we just had, but we are getting quite a bit of wet weather and with soggy soils to runoff flooding can be an issue for access for crews," he said.

Floodwaters covered roads in Marin County on Friday as residents braced for another King Tide event.

Floodwaters covered roads in Marin County on Friday as residents braced for another King Tide event.

"We've lived here for 47 years and it's never flooded like it has today for some reason and I can't figure out why," said Dick Ryerson, Larkspur resident.

The Redwood High school parking lot in Larkspur became a place to play.

"It's a lot of fun. It's like wakeboarding but through a parking lot so it's fun," said Jackson Heravi, Redwood High School Student.

Tara Campbell: "What gave you the idea?

"I'm not going to lie. We saw it on TikTok, people doing it down south, and we saw this was flooded, and thought hey, why not?"

Headlamp on and shovel in hand, neighbors helped neighbors into the night.

"I just came home and it was after the high tide. And I have a lot of bark here so I was just trying to clean up a bit because the drains get really stuffed up, so I was just trying to be neighborly and clean them up before tomorrow," said Sharon Bowers, Larkspur resident.

"We've lived in this house for 30 years and we've never had water come as high as it has yesterday (Thursday) and today (Friday)," Linda Suddeth, Larkspur resident.

Linda and her son navigated something new having never had a need for sandbags before.

"Today it was flowing down the side of the house on both sides and into the streets, and filling up the streets, and coming into the garage from the side door and front door. And if anyone drove by during the big puddles, it made a big wake and then it really came in the garage," she said.

It's all about protecting the family home, the home her son's known almost his entire life.

"Yeah, seeing it come through the front of the garage, I'm 31, and haven't seen this," he said.

Epic flooding from king tides and storm surge left roads in Marin County underwater and several businesses damaged on Friday.

Parts of the North Bay are slowly drying out after epic flooding from King Tides and storm surge left roads in Marin County underwater and several businesses damaged Friday. Many people were left stranded.

Some low-lying streets in Corte Madera vanished in epic floodwater, which was transformed into rivers.

Some drivers were left stranded, seen sitting on top of their cars. The water came up fast.

At Fitness SF gym, staff members were seen using buckets to bail water. Gym members say they were caught off guard.

"I was doing my workout, finishing up on the treadmill. Somebody said, 'We need to close up. There's a flood coming. My car is short. It wasn't safe to drive it," said Jamelle Namacatcad.