SAN JOSE, Calif. — The San Francisco Bay Area began cleaning up Thursday from a punishing storm that left tens of thousands of people in the dark, flooded coastal businesses and killed two people, even as two more atmospheric river storms line up in the Pacific, poised to hit California in the coming days.
Utility crews raced to restore power to large chunks of the Bay Area as officials in the region’s urban centers reported hundreds of downed trees and numerous washed-out roads from the latest powerful atmospheric river to roar ashore this week. To the west — most notably in Capitola and Rio del Mar along the Santa Cruz coast — one of the largest storm surges in recent memory caused significant damage to waterfront businesses and tourist attractions.
The damage assessments came as meteorologists warned of more rain in the forecast over the next several days, with a parade of storms marching across the Pacific Ocean toward Northern California promising to further inundate the Bay Area this weekend and early next week.
