Bay Area residents early Monday were able to enjoy sunnier skies, calmer winds and the departure of a deadly storm cell brought on by the second and final wave of an “atmospheric river” weather system.
Still, the chaos wrought by the storm lingered, with hundreds of thousands of customers lacking power, and authorities cleaning up trees that fell across the region.
The storm packed powerful winds leaving many residents without power due to downed trees and power lines. Also, high rainfall totals put San Jose city officials on high alert, watching the flood stage of the Guadalupe River and evacuating the unhoused from the river’s edge.
On Monday, Feb. 5, 2024, crews from Superior Tree Service remove a large oak tree that fell onto a house on Sunday on El Grande Drive in San Jose, Calif. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)
A pedestrian walks underneath broken utility poles while walking on the sidewalk along Ygnacio Valley Road in Walnut Creek, Calif., on Monday, Feb. 5, 2024. A large tree toppled over because of the high winds the night before, causing several utility poles to break and closing down Ygnacio Valley Road. The work of replacing the poles is estimated to be completed some time between 10 p.m. and midnight Monday. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
Pedestrians pause to look at a large eucalyptus tree that fell onto a home along Scotia Avenue on Monday, Feb. 5, 2024, in Oakland, Calif. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)
Bay Area Home Fashion, one of the businesses near Story Road and South King Road in East San Jose that is experiencing a power outage, remains open on Feb. 5, 2024, after an atmospheric river storm brought heavy rain and winds to the Bay Area. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)
The La Placita Tropicana shopping center in East San Jose remains closed due to a power outage on Monday, Feb. 5, 2024, after an atmospheric river storm brought heavy rain and winds to the Bay Area. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)
Nasir Tanin, an employee at Bay Area Smoke Shop, one of the businesses near Story Road and South King Road in East San Jose that is experiencing a power outage, keeps the store open on Feb. 5, 2024, after an atmospheric river storm brought heavy rain and winds to the Bay Area. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)
A home on Dalewood Way in San Francisco, Calif. is damaged by an 80-foot tall eucalyptus tree blown down by gale-force winds, Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group
Search and rescue workers investigate a car surrounded by floodwater as heavy rains caused the Guadalupe River to swell, Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024, in San Jose, Calif. The vehicle was uninhabited. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
A crew works to remove sections of a large tree that fell onto a housing unit along Rocky Creek Court on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024, in San Jose, Calif. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)
San Jose police closed Marten Avenue at Rubion Drive after a power line pole fell along Marten Avenue on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024, in San Jose, Calif. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)
A homeless encampment along the Guadalupe River on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024, in San Jose, Calif. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)
A man, who declined to give his name, carries a dog after being rescued from a homeless encampment surrounded by Guadalupe River floodwater on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024, in San Jose, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Waves crash over a breakwater in Alameda, Calif., with the San Francisco skyline in the background on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024. High winds and heavy rainfall are impacting the region. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
A boater stands on the bow of an anchored sailboat as waves crash over a breakwater in Alameda, Calif., Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024, in Alameda, Calif. High winds and heavy rainfall are impacting the region. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
A tree fell on a house on East 22nd Street near Rutherford Street in Oakland, Calif., on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024. No injuries were reported. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)
