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Flood fears grow as atmospheric river streams into Bay Area

Updated 10:01 am, Wednesday, March 9, 2016

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Jeffrey Hendrickson of PGE walks behind downed power lines and a broken power pole blocking Via Roble in Lafayette, California, on Sunday, March 6, 2016.

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An atmospheric river over the Pacific Ocean is set to bring several storms to the Bay Area starting Thursday.

An atmospheric river that’s set up over the Pacific Ocean is taking aim at the Bay Area and will deliver several super soakers starting Thursday, forecasters said.
The National Weather Service issued a hazardous weather outlook lasting into Monday, during which time heavy rain will dump from the North Bay south to the Monterey Bay area.
More than 2 inches of rain is on track to come down in parts of the Bay Area while higher elevations in the North Bay mountains could see a foot of rain by early next week.

Thursday’s storm will first hit the North Bay in the morning before moving into San Francisco and the East Bay where there will be widespread rain through Friday.