Posted on 12/14/2024 11:40:04 PM PST by Morgana
San Francisco was hit with its first-ever tornado warning after a devastating storm tore through northern California, flipping cars and leaving multiple people injured.
Around one million people woke up to an alert urging them to 'take shelter' early Saturday, after the warning was extended into parts of neighboring San Mateo County.
Forecasters have since confirmed that a tornado ripped through Scotts Valley, located an hour and a half south of San Francisco.
Several people were treated for minor injuries after cars were flipped over on Mount Hermon Road, KION reports.
Terrifying video showed motorists struggling to maintain control of their cars amid the heavy winds and trees downed in the middle of the road.
Another clip taken in Scotts Valley showed the powerful funnel of wind whipping up branches and detritus as it rampaged through a Target parking lot.
Gusts of up to 80mph also toppled power lines and plunged around 221,000 people into blackouts, with tens of thousands still to regain power.
The stormy conditions are the result of a powerful atmospheric river which battered the West Coast.
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Reminds me of the winter of ‘85-’86. No tornadoes, but lots of rain (100 consecutive days where it rained every day). I was driving a route up in the hills in the south bay, and some of the roads washed out, and I almost wiped out on a mudslide on Hwy 9. Good times!
Has Gov. Newsom declared that it was due to climate change and demand more regulations and taxes to end carbon emissions?
He will.
Climate change!
I remember a storm that went through parts of Palo Alto, Mountain View and I think norther Santa Clara maybe thirty Years ago. There were small tornadoes hopping around.
A friend of mine lost roof shingles on her house near U.S. 101.
It’s not unknown in Cali, just very rare.
Better a tornado than fire and brimstone, I suppose. :P
Did that happen just as Peloosie fell?
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