All market data delayed 20 minutes.Travis Fedschun is a reporter for FoxNews.com.

A storm in northern California dumped so much water on the region that roads turned into moats, Over the past few days, parts of northern California have been drenched with Russian River keeps rising. Two shelters have been set up that have about 75 people in them so far, according to Dugin. As of 28 February, Associated Press reported that around 2,000 homes had been inundated in the Guerneville area.

Relentless rain forced the cancellation or delay of hundreds of flights in San Francisco, and the city of Santa Rosa received a record 5.66 inches of rain, making it the wettest day on that date since at least 1902.Several communities also were under evacuation orders in Butte County because of flooded creeks. The storm system generating the flooding is what's known as an atmospheric river, which the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says is a huge plume of subtropical moisture. The NWS's Bay Area office said that Venado, California in Sonoma County

Such flooding generally occurs as a result of excessive rainfall, excessive snowmelt, excessive runoff, levee failure or a combination of these sources.

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Winter storm triggers flash flooding in California. 116). It happened so fast you don't even know, you know?" Tim Russell of Guerneville attempts to pull a motorist from Armstrong Woods Road after it became inundated in Guerneville, Calif., Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019. While Ralph can’t speak to the effects of climate change on this That could mean somewhat fewer atmospheric rivers in general, but it could also mean that some of the ones we do see are likely to be bigger, and stronger, a UPDATE WED 1:45pm: The River keeps rising! Parts of the state saw record rainfall, flooding and mudslides, and at least two deaths were reported.

On Tuesday, a mudslide near Monte Rio near Guerneville in areas scarred by 2017 wildfires trapped a man and a woman before they were rescued, messy but unharmed.

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Severe flooding was reported in Sonora.

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, "Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inboxThis material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. “And the fact is that the projections are for that pattern to continue.” While Dugin said the "worst of the rain" has tapered off, the river is expected to remain at flood stage until late Thursday night. But it … Torrential rain causes Russian River to overflow leading to mandatory evacuation for residents living nearby.Barry Dugin, a spokesperson for the Sonoma County Office of Emergency Operation Services, told Fox News that evacuation alerts have been sent out to over 3,600 people in and around Guerneville, located about an hour's drive north of San Francisco.

Follow him on Twitter @travfed Stay safe.That’s likely to bring more flooding, particularly as rising temperatures mean more rainfall that can swell rivers, and less snow that sticks to the slopes.

"Well, I fell into the mud when the tree fell over the top of me.

Major flooding along the Russian River in Sonoma County, California, has completely cut off the towns of Monte Rio and Guerneville. "If it gets really bad, we'll get out. "Atmospheric rivers are relatively long, narrow regions in the atmosphere – like rivers in the sky – that transport most of the water vapor outside of the tropics," The National Weather Service issued flood warnings and flash flood watches for the San Francisco Bay Area and many parts of the Sacramento area, lasting into Thursday morning. All rights reserved.

'Atmospheric river' spawns massive flooding in California, turns town into 'island' as thousands told to flee ... 2019. Another Pacific storm brought more severe weather and heavy rains to California from 06 March, 2019. “That firehose just got stuck on Sonoma county and sat there,” says These floods show why atmospheric rivers are double-edged swords for California.

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... Feb. 2, 2019. Below is a list of flood events that were of significant impact to California December 1861 – January 1862: California's Great Flood