#heavy-rainfall

#heavy-rainfall

"pretty clear landslide"

Berkeley is forecast to see wind gusts that could top 50 miles per hour and even heavier rain from that storm. At one point early Wednesday morning, an especially strong band is forecast to drop as much as 1.5 inches of rain in an hour as it rolls through the Bay Area. Forecasts then call for another round of heavy rain 24 hours later.

In Orange County, a possible tornado or waterspout moved ashore around 10:15 p.m. Thursday in the eastern Dana Point Harbor, a witness reported to the National Weather Service. The wind "lofted a 12-foot segment of chain link fence with privacy fabric and threw it 70 feet across parking lot," the weather service said. There were numerous calls of flooding in the city of Westminster, police said, where an astonishing 1.84 inches of rain fell in a single hour,

A deep, low-pressure storm system moving from the Pacific Northwest to California's Central Coast arrived Monday and, along with it, periods of heavy downpours and turbulent seas that parked a loose sailing vessel on the beach in Santa Cruz overnight and sent a possible localized tornado to an organic farm along the North Coast.

The combination of Hurricane Humberto and future Tropical Storm Imelda is expected to bring potentially devastating amounts of rain, ringing alarms for 'life- threatening flooding.' Humberto has deescalated to a category four storm but is still barreling toward the east coast with sustained winds of 155mph, according to the National Hurricane Center. NHC forecasters are more watchful of Tropical Depression Nine intensifying into Tropical Storm Imelda, fearing the storm system may strengthen into a hurricane right as it approaches the Georgia and South Carolina coasts.

Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow rain warning for Clare, Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo and Sligo, valid from 6pm today until 6pm on Thursday. The national forecaster has warned of significant rainfall accumulations from heavy showers and longer spells of rain, with isolated thunderstoms possible. Potential impacts may include localised flooding, poor visibility and difficult travelling conditions. Rain will be heavy to start off the morning in the north and east with thunder and some lightning, though this is expected to clear up quickly.