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Wild weather ... Aidan Stephenson, 12, and Conor Stephenson, 10, watch the waves break in Pacific Grove, California as the region is battered by a powerful storm. Picture: AP/Monterey Herald, Vern Fisher Source: AP
A STORM expected to be one of the windiest and rainiest in five years swept across the San Francisco Bay Area, knocking out power to tens to thousands and delaying travel by air, train and ferry.
Pacific Gas & Electric is reporting outages are widespread across the Bay Area due to weather, but officials weren’t immediately available to give a specific number of outages.
Wet, wet, wet ... Traffic moves through a flooded highway in south San Francisco. Source: AFP
Winds ... Commuter ML Mann struggles in the wind and rain to make her way to catch a ferry to San Francisco from Sausalito, California. Picture: A Source: AP
A spokesman for Bay Area Rapid Transit says a PG & E transformer appeared to have malfunctioned near the system’s Montgomery Street station.
Thar she blows ... A manhole cover is blown out by water rushing under a street in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Robert Gower) Source: AP
Jim Allison said the station has been shut to both BART trains and trains from the city’s Muni transit system and there’s no estimate on when it will reopen.
Under water ... A car and shopping trolley are submerged in Healdsburg, California. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg) Source: AP
High winds cancelled some ferry service east of San Francisco.
At least 10 ferry departures around the region were cancelled due to weather conditions, the San Francisco Bay Ferry reported on its website.
Darkness ... Traffic moves slowly across the Golden Gate Bridge during the storm. Picture: AP Source: AP
Brief gusts of wind blasted the Golden Gate Bridge and high waves were crashing.
Some flights arriving at San Francisco International Airport were facing delays averaging three hours and 40 minutes, The Federal Aviation Administration reported on its website.
Barrelling down ... A US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration image shows the strong Pacific storm system on the US west coast, bringing drought relief to California and Oregon. Picture: AFP PHOTO/NOAA/HANDOUT Source: AFP
Public schools in several Bay Area cities, including San Francisco, Oakland and Berkeley, and some private schools cancelled classes.
The storm comes as California suffers through a severe drought, which authorities say is the worst for 1200 years.