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Bay Area storm filling creeks, rivers

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SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- It's been raining throughout the Bay Area and that rain has to runoff somewhere. While there were no reports of mudslides or any major flooding in urban areas, the runoff certainly is changing local creeks and rivers.

PHOTOS: Storm rolls through Bay Area
PHOTOS: Storm rolls through Bay Area
A storm moved through the Bay Area Monday, bringing much-needed rain to the region.


The Guadalupe River in San Jose is a major channel that gets runoff from surrounding hills out to San Francisco Bay.

Thanks to the rain, the river is once again looking like a raging river and so are other waterways.

The ducks look happy and the spillway next to Los Gatos Creek Trail drew plenty of attention. "It's been a few years since I've seen this much rain, I mean this much water in the creek," Campbell resident Ellie Monk said.

A jogger welcomed the rain, although he wasn't ready for it. "I actually left my sneakers out last night and I woke up about 5 a.m. and they were completely drenched, which I was kind of bummed out about, but you got to look at the bright side, we haven't had rain in a while, so it's a good thing," San Jose resident Miguel Flaquer said.

READ MORE: Bay Area storm causes accidents, causes traffic delays
Bay Area storm causes accidents, major traffic delays
A storm moving through the Bay Area caused up to four-hour traffic delays and several accidents throughout the region on Monday. All lanes on westbound I-580 in Livermore have re-opened following a big rig accident.


The rain created some street flooding, turning a traffic lane on Meridian Avenue into a lake.

There was a power outage also on Stockton Avenue in San Jose.

The rain also justified homeowners who took the plunge and had rainwater collection systems installed. "A 2,000 square-foot roof with one inch of rain will be about 1,200 gallons of water," Rainsavers owner Brad Daniel said.

Rainsavers custom designs systems using a variety of tanks and barrels. "Most homeowners in the Bay Area don't have the space to do large, elaborate systems, but these tanks are anywhere from 200 to 1,000 gallons, they fit, and they're not complex," Daniel said.

Daniel said the average systems cost about $1,000.

Homeowner Sabine Trammell said her friends were skeptical at first. "They look at me kind of funny when I tell them how quickly the barrels fill, but I usually just bring them over and show them the system and when you knock on them, you can hear the hollowness in the very top and you can hear that there is something in it in the bottom," she said.

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AccuWeather Forecast: Rainy, winter-like Sunday
Saturday night clear skies will give way to clouds and showers after midnight. Lows drop into the upper 40s to lower 50s. Sunday will feel like a winter day as a storm, ranking 1 on the Storm Impact Scale, rolls through the Bay Area.






















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