Rain floods North Bay roads

Well, this wet weather is causing a number of issues in the North Bay today, from crashes to flooded streets. That's right, and it's keeping local agencies in Marin County really busy as they try to respond to all of the rain-related problems. Our Jana Katsuyama live now in Mill Valley with the very latest for us. Jana. Heather and Alex, the rain just started coming down again pretty hard in the past 10 minutes. I'm gonna just step aside and show you. We're at Goodman Building Supply in Mill Valley. You can see they have put up sandbags all around their building, and boy, did they need it today. There was rain throughout the area that shut down roads and caused flooding. Throughout Marin County, the rain brought flooded roads, and CHP officers were responding to crashes. CHP officer Arthur Tellez says it's important for drivers to slow down. Yeah, we had an accident just northbound on the viaduct, San Rafael. There's a vehicle that's perpendicular in the lanes after just spinning out. The downpour brought more flooding to spots that already had been underwater earlier this year from high tides. Sandbag stations refilled after running out of supplies at some spots. We've got probably 30 sandbags here, and we put plastic along the garage wall and then sandbags. Over that local public works crews shut down some streets. It's mainly a problem when it's a high, high tide and there's rain because there's nowhere for the rain to go. And Caltrans closed roads near Highway 101 in Mill Valley. Drivers faced detours and the Marin County Sheriff shut down the 101 southbound seminary off ramp due to flooding. Marin County's flood control dropped sandbags at the Coyote Creek Bridge at Flamingo Road. That's new. They haven't done that before. I know that some of the neighbors were really nervous about it. A Marin County fire spokesperson says with more rain ahead, people should stock up on supplies. With flooding, often comes the need for you to stay home. You're actually safer inside. Avoid travel at the peak of the storm. Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. And Marin County Fire says that they have pre-positioned some water rescue crews in the west side just in case with this coastal flood advisory and also the high tides and the concerns about flooding. We also understand that Corte Madera is having a sandbagging event tomorrow where volunteers will be sandbagging for people who have difficulty, such as seniors and other people who can't make it there. So really important as we see this first of several. Storm systems that are going to be moving through the area. Heather and Alex? Yeah, glad to know those resources are going to be available for folks there. All right, Jana Katsuyama, thank you.