PHOTOS: The 43 Most Powerful Images Of The 2014 Bay Area Storm
/ CBS San Francisco
It's being called #HellaStorm in typical NorCal lingo, and #Stormageddon, albeit sarcastically, but the storm mentioned as the potential "Storm of the Decade" delivered Thursday, flooding homes and businesses, plunging over 100,000 into darkness, delivering waves of nearly 30 feet to Mavericks, winds above 135 miles per hour in the Sierra, and rainfall of several inches. At the peak, 6.6 million Bay Area residents were under an emergency flash flood warning, and the Russian River is still forecast to rise 32 feet by Friday.
And everyone had camera phones ready. Here are the most powerful pictures from KCBS and KPIX reporters, and viewers who sent in their shots of the damage.
FULL STORM COVERAGE: http://cbssf.com/storm
Wall collapses on Blandon Road in Oakland, December 11th, 2014 (Photo: @OaklandFireLive Oakland Firefighters) Surfing on Lake Tahoe, December 11th, 2014 (Photo Placer County Sheriff's Dept.)Massive waves on Lake Tahoe, as surfers trade snowboards for their summer boards during gale-force winds, December 11th, 2014 (Photo Placer County Sheriff's Dept.)Waters on El Camino Real rise in San Carlos, CA. My coworker, Johnny, and I had to bail from work early to setup sandbags to avoid ReadyPulse flooding. (credit: laurenmaygould)Caltrans crew readies emote-controlled boat.San Francisco Flooding at Fremont and Howard, December 11th, 2014San Francisco Flooding at First and Howard, December 11th, 2014Cars Flooded In Santa Rosa, December 11th, 2014San Tomas Aquino Creek fills up next to Levi's Stadium (CBS)Trucks plowing through flooded creeks in Marin County, December 11th, 2014PG&E braves flood waters on the way to restore power in Marin County, December 11th, 2014Healdsburg flooding, December 11th, 2014.jpgHealdsburg flooding, December 11th, 2014.jpgHealdsburg flooding, December 11th, 2014.jpgFlooding in Downtown Healdsburg, December 11th, 2014 (KCBS)Flooding in Downtown Healdsburg, December 11th, 2014 (KCBS)San Antonio Creek at Highway 101 North, December 11th, 2014San Antonio Creek at Highway 101 North, December 11th, 2014San Antonio Creek at Highway 101 North, December 11th, 2014(Uploaded by anonymous CBS SF user. No location provided)Highway 280 Southbound Flooded, December 11th, 2014 (CBS)Flooding in Capitola, CA December 11th, 2014Flooding in Capitola, CA December 11th, 2014 (Randy Watts) Flooding On Highway 280 In South San Francisco, December 11th, 2014 (Roberta Gonzales) (Shmuel Thaler/Santa Cruz Sentinel)Memorial Bridge in Healdsburg (credit: Palo Alto Police)Russian River at Memorial Bridge in Healdsburg (credit: Jaime Lease)Kayaking in the flooded Healdsburg Safeway parking lot, December 11th, 2014 (KPIX)Flooding from the December 2014 storms in downtown Healdsburg (Curtiss Kim/CBS)SAN RAFAEL - DECEMBER 11: City of San Rafael crews at the intersection of Los Gamos and Oleander in Terra Linda (credit: Bob Cullinan/CBS Local)SAN RAFAEL - DECEMBER 11: City of San Rafael crews at the intersection of Los Gamos and Oleander in Terra Linda (credit: Bob Cullinan/CBS Local)SAN RAFAEL - DECEMBER 11: City of San Rafael crews at the intersection of Los Gamos and Oleander in Terra Linda (credit: Bob Cullinan/CBS Local)SAN RAFAEL - DECEMBER 11: City of San Rafael crews at the intersection of Los Gamos and Oleander in Terra Linda (credit: Bob Cullinan/CBS Local)Downtown Healdsburg 12/11/2014 (Curtiss Kim/CBS)Flash flood in Daly City 12/11/2014 (Miguel Escobar)A massive oak tree crashes into SUV and home in West San Jose. There were no injuries. (Matt Bigler/CBS)89th Street and Edgeworth Avenue in Daly City (Miguel Escobar)
