A man walks on a flooded street Monday, Feb. 20, 2017, in Salinas, Calif. Forecasters issued flash flood warnings Monday throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and elsewhere in Northern California as downpours swelled creeks and rivers in the already soggy region.
(Nic Coury/Monterey County Weekly via AP)
Nic Coury/Monterey County Weekly via AP
Residents walk down a flooded road on Monday, Feb. 20, 2017, in Salinas, Calif. Forecasters issued flash flood warnings Monday throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and elsewhere in Northern California as downpours swelled creeks and rivers in the already soggy region.
(Nic Coury/Monterey County Weekly via AP)
Nic Coury/Monterey County Weekly via AP
People stop to watch water flow into the iconic Glory Hole spillway at the Monticello Dam on Monday, Feb. 20, 2017, in Lake Berryessa, Calif. Water is flowing for the first time in over a decade into the 72-foot diameter hole due to the recent storms in California. The unique spillway operates similarly to a bathtub drain. 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.
(AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
AP Photo/Eric Risberg
A member of Cal Fire, right, talks to workers on the Oroville Dam project in front of the main spillway in Oroville, Calif., Monday, Feb. 20, 2017. Forecasters issued flash flood warnings Monday throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and elsewhere in Northern California as downpours swelled creeks and rivers in the already soggy region.
(Hector Amezcua/The Sacramento Bee via AP)
Hector Amezcua/The Sacramento Bee via AP
A woman walks her dog in the rain Monday, Feb. 20, 2017, in San Anselmo, 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.
(AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
AP Photo/Eric Risberg
A sign warns motorists of flooding on northbound Highway 101, Monday, 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.
(AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
AP Photo/Eric Risberg
The repair project for the Interstate 15 is underway in the Cajon Pass, Calif., Monday, Feb. 20, 2017. A portion of the freeway was washed away by flooding last week.
(James Quigg/The Daily Press via AP)
James Quigg/The Daily Press via AP
Water flows into the iconic Glory Hole spillway at Monticello Dam on Monday, Feb. 20, 2017, in Lake Berryessa, Calif. Water is flowing for the first time in over a decade into the 72-foot diameter hole due to the recent storms in California. The unique spillway operates similarly to a bathtub drain. 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.
(AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
AP Photo/Eric Risberg
Three-year-old Emerson Cassidy takes cover from the rain in a storefront entryway Monday, Feb. 20, 2017, in San Anselmo, 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.
(AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
AP Photo/Eric Risberg
This Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017, aerial photo, shows major flooding in Maxwell, Colusa County, Calif. Water is receding in the farm community of Maxwell, where dozens of people sought higher ground after creeks topped their banks and inundated houses on Friday, said Colusa County Assistant Sheriff Jim Saso said.
(Hector Iniguez via AP)
Hector Iniguez via AP
A flooded Interstate 5 snarled traffic for miles on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017, in Maxwell, 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.
(Andrew Seng/The Sacramento Bee via AP)
Andrew Seng/The Sacramento Bee via AP
Members of the Maxwell Fire Department fill sandbags as the town prepares for another storm, Sunday, 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 AP)
Paul Kitagaki Jr./The Sacramento Bee via AP
Jesse Troughton sits inside his family cafe and diner, Kim’s Country Cafe, after area storms brought flood-level water to the Colusa County town 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.
(Andrew Seng/The Sacramento Bee via AP)
Andrew Seng/The Sacramento Bee via AP
Barr 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 AP)
Andre Seng/The Sacramento Bee via AP
Flood water crosses over Interstate 5 at Williams backing up traffic in both north and southbound lanes for hours on Saturday, 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 AP)
Randy Pench/The Sacramento Bee via AP
In this view looking north, flood water crosses over Interstate 5 at Williams backing up traffic in both north and southbound lanes for hours on Saturday, February 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 AP)
Randy Pench/The Sacramento Bee via AP
A fallen tree crushes a car outside a residence on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017, in Sherman Oaks section of Los Angeles. A huge Pacific storm parked itself over Southern California and unloaded, ravaging roads and opening sinkholes.
(AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu
Inspectors examine a sinkhole Saturday, 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.
(AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu
Stan Ross of Newport Beach digs up some sand near the Balboa Pier in Newport Beach, Calif., early Saturday, 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 AP)
Mark Rightmire/The Orange County Register via AP
A California Highway Patrol officer investigates the scene near a sink hole that swallowed a tractor trailer and a San Bernardino County Fire Department fire engine on southbound Interstate 15, just south of Highway 138, in the Cajon Pass, Calif., on Friday, Feb., 17, 2017. A powerful Pacific storm blew into Southern and Central California on Friday with wind-driven heavy rains that downed power lines and disrupted hundreds of flights at airports.
(David Pardo/The Daily Press via AP)
David Pardo/The Daily Press via AP
A worker with the Newport Beach public works department walks across a flooded beach-side parking lot near the Balboa Pier in Newport Beach, Calif., early Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017, following Friday’s storm that brought high winds, heavy rain and pounding surf to Southern California.
(Mark Rightmire/The Orange County Register via AP)
Mark Rightmire/The Orange County Register via AP
Floodwaters from the Tuolumne River have reached the picnic area at Driftwood Mobile Home Park Friday, Feb. 17, 2017 in Modesto, Calif.
(Joan Barnett Lee /The Modesto Bee via AP)
Joan Barnett Lee /The Modesto Bee via AP
A 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., Friday, Feb. 17, 2017.
(Joe Johnston/The Tribune (of San Luis Obispo)
Joe Johnston/The Tribune (of San Luis Obispo
Hesperia Unified School district Maintenance and Operations Staff cut away a tree which fell on a car at Kingston Elementary School in Hesperia, Calif., on Friday Feb. 17, 2017. High winds preceded heavy rain as a winter storm blew into the High Desert. [James Quigg /The Daily Press via AP)
A woman with her dog stops to look at a fallen tree that crushed a car Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017, in Sherman Oaks section of Los Angeles. A huge Pacific storm parked itself over Southern California and unloaded, ravaging roads and opening sinkholes.
(AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu
Rita Maissno, right, and Lara Seltzer make their way through heavy rain and gusty wind as they walk along a pier Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, in Huntington Beach, Calif. A major Pacific storm has unleashed downpours and fierce gusts on Southern California, triggering flash flood warnings and other problems.
(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
AP Photo/Jae C. Hong
Cars 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 Friday, Feb. 17, 2017.
(David Royal/The Monterey County Herald via AP)
David Royal/The Monterey County Herald via AP
A 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., Friday, Feb. 17, 2017.
(Joe Johnston/The Tribune (of San Luis Obispo)
Joe Johnston/The Tribune (of San Luis Obispo
Storm debris covers a waterfront walkway Friday, 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.
(AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
AP Photo/Eric Risberg
A woman struggles to hang onto her umbrella in the wind Friday, 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.
(AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
AP Photo/Eric Risberg
In this image released by the Santa Barbara County Fire Department, a large eucalyptus tree toppled onto carport damaging vehicles in Goleta, Calif., Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. A powerful Pacific storm blew into southern and central California on Friday, unleashing wind-driven heavy rains that forecasters said could become the strongest in years if not decades.
(Mike Eliason/Santa Barbara County Fire Department via AP)
Mike Eliason/Santa Barbara County Fire Department via AP
Waves crash against a pier Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, in Seal Beach, Calif. A major Pacific storm has unleashed downpours and fierce gusts on Southern California, triggering flash flood warnings and other problems.
(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
AP Photo/Jae C. Hong
Storm clouds form over the Hollywood Freeway in Los Angeles, Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. Wet weather has returned to California with the first in a new series of rainstorms moving across the northern half of the state while the south awaits a tempest that forecasters say could be the strongest in years if not decades.
(AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
During recent storms, authorities up and down the state of California have dealt with overflowing creeks, mudslide threats in foothill areas blackened by fires, road collapses and hundreds of toppled trees in neighborhoods. See pictures of the devastation.
