NEWSWEATHERAdd TopicStrong storms slam CaliforniaFloodwaters surround homes and cars on in San Jose, Calif. Feb 22, 2017. Thousands of people were ordered to evacuate their homes as floodwaters inundated neighborhoods and forced the shutdown of a major highway.Noah Berger, AFP/Getty ImagesA member of the Barazza family removes belongings to an upstairs apartment after flood waters overtook their neighborhood in San Jose, Calif. Feb. 22, 2017.Peter Dasilva, European Pressphoto AgencyRescue crews take out residents from a flooded neighborhood in San Jose on Feb. 21, 2017.Marcio Jose Sanchez, APTodd Marshall, a tenant of Will-O-Point Trailer Park refused to evacuate his trailer as Clear Lake continues to rise with flooding, on Feb. 21, 2017, in Lakeport, Calif.Kent Porter, APMichael Angel moves furniture from his home in Lakeport, Calif., on Feb. 21, 2017.Kent Porter, APBruce Alden paddles his way across a flooded street in Lakeport, Calif., on Feb. 21, 2017.Kent Porter, APA sign warns motorists of flooding on northbound Highway 101 on Feb. 20, 2017, in Corte Madera, Calif. Heavy downpours are swelling creeks and rivers and bringing threats of flooding in California's already soggy northern and central regions. The National Weather Service map shows floods, snow and wind advisories for the northern part of the state.Eric Risberg, APThree-year-old Emerson Cassidy takes cover from the rain in a storefront entryway on Feb. 20, 2017, in San Anselmo, Calif.Eric Risberg, APA woman walks her dog in the rain Feb. 20, 2017, in San Anselmo, Calif.Eric Risberg, APBill Bernstein and his son Will, lay sandbags around at the door of his home as they prepare for another storm on Feb. 19, 2017, in Maxwell, Calif. The first outer rain bands from a powerful Pacific storm headed to Northern California on Sunday brought light rain and wind and renewed warnings of possible flooding in the already soggy region.Paul Kitagaki Jr., The Sacramento Bee, Via APIn this view looking north, flood water crosses over Interstate 5 at Williams backing up traffic in both north and southbound lanes for hours on Feb. 18, 2017, in Williams, Calif. Northern California and the San Francisco Bay Area were facing a weekend return of heavy rain and winds that lashed them earlier in the week before the storm moves out.Randy Pench, The Sacramento Bee, Via APBarr Torrens, 5, plays in flooded neighborhood streets after a deluge of rain and water-runoff flooded much of Maxwell, Calif., Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017. Northwest of Sacramento, several hundred people were evacuated Saturday as overflowing creeks turned the town of Maxwell into a brown pond, with some homes getting 2 feet of water.Andre Seng/The Sacramento Bee Via APFlood water crosses over Interstate 5 on Feb. 18, 2017 in Williams, Calif.Randy Pench/The Sacramento Bee Via APAn abandoned Kia sedan is seen stuck in heavy mud in Lone Pine Canyon Road near Highway 138 in Phelan, Calif., on Feb., 18, 2017.David Pardo/The Daily Press Via APOfficials look over the scene where a San Bernardino County Fire Department fire engine fell Friday from southbound Interstate 15 where part of the freeway collapsed due to heavy rain in the Cajon Pass, Calif., on Feb. 18, 2017.David Pardo/The Daily Press Via APOfficials look over the scene on Feb. 18, 2017, where a tractor trailer fell Friday from southbound Interstate 15 where part of the freeway collapsed due to heavy rain in the Cajon Pass, Calif.David Pardo/The Daily Press Via APTraffic passes along the scene Feb., 18, 2017, where a tractor trailer and a San Bernardino County Fire Department fire engine fell on Friday from southbound Interstate 15 where part of the freeway collapsed due to heavy rain in the Cajon Pass, Calif.,David Pardo/The Daily Press Via APTina Dry mops up water and mud that seeped into her family diner, Kim's County & Cafe, after area storms brought flood-level water to the Colusa County town of Maxwell, Calif. on Feb. 18, 2017.Andrew Seng/The Sacramento Bee Via APA fallen tree crushes a car at a residence on Feb. 18, 2017, in Sherman Oaks section of Los Angeles, Calif. A huge Pacific storm parked itself over Southern California and unloaded, ravaging roads and opening sinkholes.Ringo H.W. Chiu, APPacific Coast Highway is reduced to one lane from three at the California Incline due to mud and debris being washed down from the bluffs in Santa Monica, Calif., as a powerful storm moves into Southern Calif. on Feb. 17, 2017. The saturated state faces a new round of wet weather that could trigger flooding and debris flows.Reed Saxon, APHesperia Unified School district Maintenance and Operations Staff cut away a tree which fell on a car at Kingston Elementary School in Hesperia, Calif., on Feb. 17, 2017. High winds preceded heavy rain as a winter storm blew into the High Desert.James Quigg, The Daily Press Via APA crew from Johnboy's Towing uprights a big rig that was overturned by high winds at the Highway 46 and 41 interchange in Cholame, Calif., on Feb. 17, 2017.Joe Johnston, The Tribune (of San Luis Obispo) Via APA woman struggles to hang onto her umbrella in the wind on Feb. 17, 2017, in Sausalito, Calif. A powerful storm is beginning to move into California as the saturated state faces a new round of wet weather that could trigger flooding and debris flows around the northern region.Eric Risberg, APStan Ross of Newport Beach digs up some sand near the Balboa Pier in Newport Beach, Calif., on Feb. 18, 2017, as he looks for coins and jewelry following Friday's storm that eroded the beach, brought high winds, and heavy rain which flooded many areas in Southern California.Mark Rightmire, The Orange County Register Via APA fallen tree crushes a car outside a residence on Feb. 18, 2017, in the Sherman Oaks section of Los Angeles.Ringo H.W. Chiu, APA woman with her dog stops to look at a fallen tree that crushed a car on Feb. 18, 2017, in the Sherman Oaks section of Los Angeles.Ringo H.W. Chiu, APA fallen tree crushes a car outside a residence on Feb. 18, 2017, in the Sherman Oaks section of Los Angeles.Ringo H.W. Chiu, APCars navigate flooding under the trestle at the junction of North and South Main Street in Salinas, Calif., as a new series of storms rolled into Monterey County on Feb. 17, 2017.David Royal, The Monterey County Herald Via APA worker starts repair work where trees battered by heavy winds pulled power lines which broke a pole in rural Salinas, Calif., Feb. 17, 2017.David Royal, The Monterey County Herald Via APA man struggles against gusty wind and heavy rain as he walks along a pier on Feb. 17, 2017, in Huntington Beach, Calif.Jae C. Hong, APA damaged apartment building after a 75 foot tall tree crashed onto it as the strongest storm in six years slams Los Angeles, California, on February 17, 2017.Mark Ralston, AFP/Getty ImagesRichard Boles moves a storage shed that was blown from his backyard over his house to his front yard by heavy winds at Las Palmas in rural Salinas, Calif., on Feb. 17, 2017.David Royal, The Monterey County Herald Via APA pedestrian crosses a street as the strongest storm in six years slammed Southern California, in Los Angeles, Calif., on February 17, 2017 .Frederic J. Brown, AFP/Getty ImagesInspectors examine a sinkhole, on Feb. 18, 2017, in Studio City, north of Los Angeles. Two vehicles fell into the 20-foot sinkhole on Friday night and firefighters had to rescue one woman who escaped her car but was found standing on her overturned vehicle.Ringo H.W. Chiu, APA bicyclist rides along a flooded street as a powerful storm moves across Southern California on Feb. 17, 2017 in Sun Valley, Calif.. After years of severe drought, heavy winter rains have come to the state, and with them, the issuance of flash flood watches in Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los Angeles counties, and the evacuation of hundreds of residents from Duarte, Calif. for fear of flash flooding from areas denuded by a wildfire last year.David McNew, Getty ImagesFeatured Weekly Ad