Photos: Heavy winds and rain pound Bay Area

The roof of a car protrudes above the floodwaters at the Ashby Avenue railroad underpass in Berkeley, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. (Kristopher Skinner/Bay Area News Group) ( SJM-BIGSTORM-1212 )

Car roofs protrude above the floodwaters at the Ashby Avenue railroad underpass in Berkeley, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. At least three cars were stranded. (Kristopher Skinner/Bay Area News Group) ( SJM-BIGSTORM-1212 )

A California Highway Patrol squad car was struck while working along flooded Highway 87 in San Jose, Calif., Thursday afternoon, Dec. 11, 2014. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

Emergency crews work around a truck that rolled after striking a California Highway Patrol squad car along flooded Highway 87 in San Jose, Calif., Thursday afternoon, Dec. 11, 2014. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

A California Highway Patrol squad car was struck while working along flooded Highway 87 in San Jose, Calif., Thursday afternoon, Dec. 11, 2014. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

Johnny Ochoa empties his boot while helping place sandbags around the Maria Elena restaurant on Gold Street in Alviso, Calif., on Thursday afternoon, Dec. 11, 2014. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

A minivan is stuck in the flood on Highway 237 near the Dana Street exit in Mountain View, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. (LiPo Ching/Bay Area News Group)

Waves crash the coastline in Pacifica, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. (John Green/ Bay Area News Group) ( BAY AREA STORM )

People take photos of waves crashing along coast in El Granada, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. (John Green/ Bay Area News Group) ( BAY AREA STORM )

Arnalado Mejia and daughter Sophia Mejia, 3, of Hayward, watch waves crash in Pacifica, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. (John Green/ Bay Area News Group) ( BAY AREA STORM )

Curtis Poppett, of Albany, stays dry as he awaits the bus on San Pablo Avenue in Berkeley, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. (Kristopher Skinner/Bay Area News Group) ( SJM-BIGSTORM-1212 )

Caltrans workers clear debris from the fllooded southbound lanes of Interstate 280 at Sneath Lane in San Bruno, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. Traffic was backed up to Daly City for hours.(John Green/ Bay Area News Group) ( BAY AREA STORM )

Clair Hamner, of Oakland, stands near her car after getting stuck in a manhole on Grand Avenue in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. The manhole cover appeared to have been dislodged by the pressure from storm water rushing underground. (Kristopher Skinner/Bay Area News Group) ( SJM-BIGSTORM-1212 )

Water is pumped from the street as a car plows through a flooded section of Powell Street in Emeryville, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. (Kristopher Skinner/Bay Area News Group) ( SJM-BIGSTORM-1212 )

Michael Martinez, with the Emeryville Deptartment of Public Works, empties his shoe as he does traffic control on a flooded section of Powell Street in Emeryville, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. (Kristopher Skinner/Bay Area News Group) ( SJM-BIGSTORM-1212 )

A car is submerged in floodwaters on Ashby Avenue under Interstate 80 in Berkeley, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. (Kristopher Skinner/Bay Area News Group)

Caltrans worker Dominic Civiletti, left, removes debris from along Niles Canyon Road on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014 in Fremont, Calif. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group) ( STORM )

After a Tiburon Public Works crew clears a drain behind Harn Court on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014, in Tiburon, Calif, a small river of muddy water runs around the house, down the driveway and into the street. (Frankie Frost/Marin Independent Journal) ( MIJ-L-STORM-1212 )

Homeless sisters Lavella Perry, 29, left, and Keisha Perry, 24 wait out the storm under an overhang at the Tully Community Branch library in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. Both have been homeless since July. (Gary Reyes/Bay Area News Group)

Jeremy Cadena, left, and Duane Alcorn volunteer with their own pump to help fight rising waters in their neighborhood in Alviso, Calif., Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

Nathan Gonzalez fills sand bags to help prevent flooding at her grandmother's house in Alviso, Calif., Thursday,Dec. 11, 2014. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

The De La Torre family watches from their Taylor Street doorstep as waters rise around their home in Alviso, Calif., Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

Johnny Ochoa takes a selfie while standing in a flood Taylor Street near his house in Alviso, Calif., Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

A car drives through flood waters at Coleman Avenue and Emory Street in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. (Gary Reyes/Bay Area News Group)

Repurposed plastic grocery bags serve as a pair of galoshes for this man who braves the wet weather along Jeffrey Drive in Pleasant Hill, Calif., Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. (Susan Tripp Pollard/Bay Area News Group) ( SJM-BIGSTORM-1212 )

Rainwater flows through a yard at Mountain Boulevard and Carson Street in Oakland on Thursday. (Kristopher Skinner/Bay Area News Group)

Kevin Sullivan with his dog Bone, checks storm damage on Thursday morning Dec. 11, 2014 along Creek Road in Fairfax, Calif., (Robert Tong/Marin Independent Journal)

Car car drives through standing water under the CalTrain over pass along Santa Clara St. in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. The big storm made its way south, after pounding the North Bay in the early morning hours. Flooding caused the eventual closing of the street. (Dan Honda/Bay Area News Group)

Car car drives through standing water under the CalTrain over pass along Santa Clara St. in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. The big storm made it way south, after pounding the North Bay in the early morning hours. Flooding caused the eventual closing of the street. (Dan Honda/Bay Area News Group)

City workers block off the flooded Taylor Street underpass in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

Residents out in the rain in downtown San Anselmo on Thursday morning Dec. 11, 2014. (Robert Tong/Marin Independent Journal)

Business owners sandbag the front of their shop in downtown San Anselmo on Thursday Dec. 11, 2014. (Robert Tong/Marin Independent Journal)

Water backs up through a manhole on Stockton and Santa Clara Streets in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. This water caused flooding and the closure of Santa Clara St. near the SAP Center. The big storm made it way south, after pounding the North Bay in the early morning hours. (Dan Honda/Bay Area News Group)

A person slogs through the flooded Caltrain underpass on Santa Clara Street near the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. The big storm made its way south, after pounding the North Bay in the early morning hours. (Dan Honda/Bay Area News Group)

Umbrella in one hand and coffee mug in the other, a woman crosses San Pablo Avenue in Berkeley, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. (Kristopher Skinner/Bay Area News Group) ( SJM-BIGSTORM-1212 )

A car drives through standing water along Santa Clara Street at the Caltrain underpass in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. The big storm made its way south, after pounding the North Bay in the early morning hours. Flooding caused the eventual closing of the street. (Dan Honda/Bay Area News Group)

Storm drains can't keep up with the flooding on Coleman Avenue in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. (Matt O'Brien/Bay Area News Group)

Pedestrians watch the rushing water of a creek at Diablo Road and Front Street through downtown Danville on Thursday. (Jim Stevens/Bay Area News Group)

A truck navigates a flooded section of Powell Street in Emeryville, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. (Kristopher Skinner/Bay Area News Group) ( SJM-BIGSTORM-1212 )

A Caltrans worker puts down cones around a flooded area at the A Street off ramp as heavy rains and winds cause problems in Antioch, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. (Dan Rosenstrauch/Bay Area News Group) ( SJM-BIGSTORM-1212 )

A Freeway Service Patrol worker helps a motorist right their vehicle after it spun out in the rain on Highway 87 in San Jose, Calif., Thursday morning, Dec. 11, 2014. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

The remnants of an early morning accident sit off Highway 87 in San Jose, Calif., during the morning's storm on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

City workers rake away leaves blocking a drain at the corner of L Street and Sycamore Drive as heavy rains and winds cause problems in Antioch, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. (Dan Rosenstrauch/Bay Area News Group) ( SJM-BIGSTORM-1212 )

Cars drive through a flooded area of A Street in Antioch, as heavy rains and winds cause problems in Antioch, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. (Dan Rosenstrauch/Bay Area News Group) ( SJM-BIGSTORM-1212 )

Novato Glass co-owner Tom Matthews watches flood water levels in front of his business on Reichert Avenue in Novato, Calif., before dawn on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal) ( MIJ-L-STORM-1212 )

Kenny Hindmon watches high water in the creek by his home in Novato, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal) ( MIJ-L-STORM-1212 )

Motorists drive through flood water on Center Road near Wilson Avenue in Novato, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal) ( MIJ-L-STORM-1212 )

With coffee in hand, Lisa Hutchinson walks through a downpour on Reichert Avenue in Novato, Calif., early in the morning on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal) ( MIJ-L-STORM-1212 )

A car is damaged under a tree along Tanager Avenue on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014, in San Leandro, Calif. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group) ( STORM )

Resident Mariam Bolado, left, talks with a worker from the East Bay Municipal Utility District after a tree in her front yard fell onto a car and knocked over a utility pole along Tanager Avenue on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014, in San Leandro, Calif. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group) ( STORM )

Santa Cruz firefighters work to free a student trapped under a fallen fir tree at Gateway School Thursday morning, Dec. 11, 2014. (Shmuel Thaler -- Santa Cruz Sentinel)

Antonio Tapia, center, works to take down a temporary overhang and awning at Moresi's Chophouse on Main Street as winds and rain pick up in Clayton, Calif., Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. Owner Ed Moresi holds the structure in place at left. Moresi said the outside structure was added to accommodate overflow seating for holiday parties but he added, "Mother Nature had other ideas." (Susan Tripp Pollard/Bay Area News Group) ( SJM-BIGSTORM-1212 )

A PG&E worker picks up parts from a power line after a tree knocked down a utility pole along Tanager Avenue on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014, in San Leandro, Calif. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group) ( STORM )

Workers with PG&E survey damage after a tree knocked down a utility pole along Tanager Ave. on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014, in San Leandro, Calif. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group) ( STORM )

A damaged American flag flaps in gale force winds on Duane Ave in Santa Clara, Calif., Thursday morning Dec. 11, 2014.(Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

Pedestrians race across West Hedding Street in a downpour in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. (Gary Reyes/Bay Area News Group)

Dogs get their morning walk despite the weather in Los Gatos, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. The big storm made its way south, after pounding the North Bay in the early morning hours. (Dan Honda/Bay Area News Group)

A bike rider braves the weather in Los Gatos, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. The big storm made its way south, after pounding the North Bay in the early morning hours. (Dan Honda/Bay Area News Group)

Storm drains become blocked along N. Santa Cruz Avenue in Los Gatos, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. The big storm made its way south, after pounding the North Bay in the early morning hours. (Dan Honda/Bay Area News Group)

City worker Sherrie Olsen clears a storm drain along N. Santa Cruz Avenue in Los Gatos, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. The big storm made its way south, after pounding the North Bay in the early morning hours. (Dan Honda/Bay Area News Group)

A huge tree was uprooted and fell onto an SUV parked in the driveway on Boxwood Drive in San Jose. on Thursday. (Gary Reyes/Bay Area News Group)

The intersection of San Pablo Avenue and Alcatraz avenues in Oakland is flooded as a major storm arrives on Thursday morning, Dec. 11, 2014. (Kristopher Skinner/Bay Area News Group)

Christmas trees are toppled at a lot on Concannon Boulevard in Livermore, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. (Cindi Christie/Bay Area News Group) ( SJM-BIGSTORM-1212-500 )

Maintenance worker Dan Johnston removes leaves from a clogged drain in downtown Clayton, Calif., Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. (Susan Tripp Pollard/Bay Area News Group) ( SJM-BIGSTORM-1212 )

Maintenance worker Sandro Arias rakes leaves away from the downhill flow of water on the hill near Mount Diablo Elementary in Clayton, Calif., Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. (Susan Tripp Pollard/Bay Area News Group) ( SJM-BIGSTORM-1212 )

A nativity scene is in disarray under trees in downtown Clayton, Calif., Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. (Susan Tripp Pollard/Bay Area News Group) ( SJM-BIGSTORM-1212 )

Reichert Avenue in Novato is covered by 6-8 inches of water on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal)

Traffic moves slowly across the Richmond San Rafael Bridge during heavy wind and rain on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. (Frankie Frost/Marin Independent Journal) ( MIJ-L-dining-1217 )

A Tiburon Publics Works crew clears a drain behind Harn Court in Tiburon, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. (Frankie Frost - Marin Independent Journal)

A man walking along River Street in Santa Cruz braces himself against the wind Thursday morning, Dec. 11, 2014. (Shmuel Thaler -- Santa Cruz Sentinel)

A large oak tree topples on top of an SUV at a home on Boxwood Drive in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. No injuries were reported. (Gary Reyes/Bay Area News Group)

A utility pole along Empire Grade Road was destroyed when a tree branch fell across power lines Thursday morning, Dec. 11, 2014, in Bonny Doon. (Shmuel Thaler -- Santa Cruz Sentinel)

Storm-fueled waves pour into Twin Lakes State beach in Santa Cruz, Calif., on Thursday morning, Dec. 11, 2014. (Shmuel Thaler -- Santa Cruz Sentinel)

Dorian Whittener and Brianne Martinez pause to offer a prayer in the rain along Monterey Road and West Alma Avenue in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. Whittener says they are refugees from The Jungle homeless encampment that was dismantled last week. (Gary Reyes/Bay Area News Group)

CalTrans crews close the onramp to Interstate 680 southbound at Moorpark due to flooding in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. The big storm made it way south, after pounding the North Bay in the early morning hours. (Dan Honda/Bay Area News Group)

A portion of W. Julian has turned into a lake due to heavy rains in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. The big storm made it way south, after pounding the North Bay in the early morning hours. (Dan Honda/Bay Area News Group)

Crews work to clear a think sheet of mud off of the southbound lanes of Highway 17 near in Los Gatos, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. The big storm made it way south, after pounding the North Bay in the early morning hours. (Dan Honda/Bay Area News Group)

Cars and trucks make it through a flooded El Camino Real in Burlingame, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. (John Green/ Bay Area News Group) ( BAY AREA STORM )

Jessica Avila and Socorro walk slowly through the flooded Le Mar Trailer Park in Redwood City, Calif., during a visit to friends Thursday afternoon, Dec. 11, 2014. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

Residents of the Le Mar Trailer Park in Redwood City, Calif., face rising waters late Thursday afternoon, Dec. 11, 2014, as a huge winter rainstorm continues to pelt Northern California. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

Mike Aitken, a longtime resident of the Le Mar Trailer Park in Redwood City, Calif., rights a potted pine tree knocked over during Thursday's storm, Dec. 11, 2014. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

Monica Guzman and her cousin Ernesto Perez evacuate their pets from the flooded Le Mar Trailer Park in Redwood City, Calif., Thursday evening, Dec. 11, 2014. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

Monica Guzman, with her cousin Ernesto Perez, evacuate her pet dogs from the flooded Le Mar Trailer Park in Redwood City, Calif., Thursday evening, Dec. 11, 2014. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

Juan Guzman checks on a toppled Christmas decoration at outside his home at the flooded Le Mar Trailer Park in Redwood City, Calif., Thursday evening, Dec. 11, 2014. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)