Multiple records shattered across Bay Area as extreme flooding hits region |
Floodwaters covered roads in Marin County on Saturday morning as residents Jill Sherman and her kids Imogen and Zander Smith (in red) kayaked on the bike trail between Sausalito and Mill Valley on January 3, 2026.
After record-breaking king tides and coastal flooding drenched the Bay Area over the weekend, the region isn’t out of the woods just yet. Back-to-back rain showers are forecast to continue early this week, exacerbating existing hazards with gusty winds and pea-sized hail, but some relief is on the horizon, according to the National Weather Service.
On Sunday morning, a rain band was sweeping through the South Bay, contributing to lingering showers that moved out to the East Bay and portions of the Central Coast, Rachel Kennedy, a meteorologist for the agency’s Bay Area office, told SFGATE. Another is expected to follow suit in the evening hours as a deep upper-level trough from the Gulf of Alaska moves over the West Coast, producing at least half of an inch of rain across most of the Bay Area. As much as 1.5 to 2 inches of rain could fall across the region’s........