Major flooding in Santa Cruz Mountains as atmospheric river storm pounds Bay Area – Santa Cruz Sentinel

Storm drenches Santa Cruz County creating flooding, slides, slip outs, downed trees and wire © Shmuel Thaler - Santa Cruz Sentinel

San Lorenzo River hits second-highest level in 85 years, as Bay Area is soaked with another storm

The fifth atmospheric river storm in 10 days, an onslaught of soaking weather that has drenched Northern California since New Year’s Eve, hit hard again Monday, causing major flooding near Felton in the Santa Cruz Mountains, submerging Highway 101 near Gilroy and sending creeks and rivers to the tops of their banks…