A car is submerged as the Russian River floods Johnson's Beach, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, in Guerneville, Calif. The latest in an onslaught of winter storms comes with blizzard warnings for the Sierra Nevada and a new round of flooding for Northern California river towns where thousands of people remained under evacuation advisory Tuesday. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The Latest on winter storms in California and Nevada (all times local):
7:30 p.m.
Officials say people are being evacuated from businesses and homes in downtown San Anselmo after a rain-swollen creek broke its banks.
The Marin County Sheriff's Office says the Corte Madera Creek is flowing 1 foot over flood stage Tuesday evening.
The office is urging residents of the town 20 miles north of San Francisco to seek higher ground.
It says flood sirens are sounding in San Anselmo and nearby Fairfax.
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3:25 p.m.
Authorities are asking 2,000 people to voluntarily evacuate a Northern California community where floods are threatening to spill over a levee.
The Sacramento County sheriff's department says water was expected to top the levee late Tuesday night.
Authorities predict one foot of flooding in and around the rural community of Wilton, which has about 5,000 residents.
Crews have been working to bolster the levee along the Cosumnes River channel as the water rises.
Authorities have opened an evacuation center to help Wilton residents.
California is experiencing some of the heaviest rain and snow in years as a series of powerful storms inundates much of the northern part of the state.
11:45 a.m.
Yosemite National Park has reopened the valley floor to visitors after a storm-swollen river forced its closure through Monday.
Park spokesman Scott Gediman said two roads into the park opened at 8 a.m. Tuesday. A third road was closed due to a rock fall but is expected to open later today. Officials plan to close Highway 140 at 6 p.m. tonight because of rain and snow.
Gediman said it was snowing heavily.
A grocery store and food court are open. He said hotels will re-open tomorrow.
A fresh round of winter storms bore down on Northern California and Nevada Tuesday after a torrential weekend drenching.
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9:40 a.m.
Avalanche warnings and storm conditions prompted several ski resorts in the Sierra Nevada to close Tuesday or halt chair lift operations due to high winds and low visibility.
The Sierra Avalanche Center has issued an avalanche warning through Wednesday morning saying on its website a "high avalanche danger exists for all elevations."
Sugar Bowl ski resort's website said that due to the road closure of I-80, high winds and low visibility it would be closed Tuesday.
Adventure Mountain in Lake Tahoe was closed due to blizzard conditions.
Mammoth Mountain spokeswoman Joani Lynch said that just one lift was running Tuesday morning after heavy overnight snowfall.
Bear Valley said the "extreme weather" forced it to stop all lifts Tuesday but it planned to reopen Wednesday. Its website said "Wednesday will be an epic day, so come and enjoy."
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6:45 a.m.
State officials opened the Sacramento Weir gates for the first time in more than a decade as stormy weather continues to lash Northern California and Nevada.
The Santa Rosa Press Democrat also reports (http://bit.ly/2j3GXq0 ) that evacuations are still advised for roughly 3,000 people living in low-lying areas of Guerneville and Monte Rio.
Department of Water Resources engineers opened a number of the dam's gates early Tuesday to direct water through the Sacramento and Yolo bypasses.
The Sacramento Weir has been in operation for 100 years. It is nearly 2,000 feet in length and consists of 48 gates that are removed manually to allow water to spill from the Sacramento River.
The weir is opened after the Sacramento River hits 29.87 feet. It was last opened in December 2005.
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2 a.m.
Northern California and Nevada braced for another powerful storm after getting lashed by downpours that flooded roads, homes and vineyards and toppled a storied giant sequoia.
Parts of Northern California were soaked by more than a foot of rain over a 72-hour period that ended early Monday, forcing hundreds of people to evacuate and leaving thousands without power.
The heavy rains forced rivers out of their banks and toppled trees, among them the famed "Pioneer Cabin" in Calaveras Big Trees State Park that had a drive-thru tunnel carved into its base more than a century ago.
Flooding surrounds an arcade and miniature golf course Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, in Guerneville, Calif. The latest in an onslaught of winter storms comes with blizzard warnings for the Sierra Nevada and a new round of flooding for Northern California river towns where thousands of people remained under evacuation advisory Tuesday. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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Pedestrians walk with umbrellas as they cross an intersection in San Francisco, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. Days of back-to-back storms have brought the heaviest rain in a decade to parts of Northern California and Nevada, flooding homes, roads and vineyards.(AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
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A vineyard is flooded in the Russian River Valley on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, in Windsor, Calif. The latest in an onslaught of winter storms comes with blizzard warnings for the Sierra Nevada and a new round of flooding for Northern California river towns where thousands of people remained under evacuation advisory Tuesday. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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City crews clear tree branches and debris from the Truckee River in downtown Reno, Nev., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, after flooding sent water over the banks and caused to close all downtown bridges the day before. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)
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A woman crosses the Truckee River on a bridge in downtown Reno, Nev., in the rain on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. Flooding sent water over the banks Sunday night and Monday, temporarily closing all downtown bridges. Rain was expected to turn to snow late Tuesday or Wednedsay. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)
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A pair of ducks make their way along a flooded road Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, in Monte Rio, Calif. The latest in an onslaught of winter storms comes with blizzard warnings for the Sierra Nevada and a new round of flooding for Northern California river towns where thousands of people remained under evacuation advisory Tuesday. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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A vineyard at Korbel Champagne Cellars is flooded Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, in Guerneville, Calif. The latest in an onslaught of winter storms comes with blizzard warnings for the Sierra Nevada and a new round of flooding for Northern California river towns where thousands of people remained under evacuation advisory Tuesday. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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A man stops to take a picture of the Russian River as it floods Johnson's Beach Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, in Guerneville, Calif. The latest in an onslaught of winter storms comes with blizzard warnings for the Sierra Nevada and a new round of flooding for Northern California river towns where thousands of people remained under evacuation advisory Tuesday. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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Johna Peterson, of Monte Rio, Calif., looks out from a bridge at the rising Russian River during a walk Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, in Monte Rio, Calif. The latest in an onslaught of winter storms comes with blizzard warnings for the Sierra Nevada and a new round of flooding for Northern California river towns where thousands of people remained under evacuation advisory Tuesday. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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A vineyard is flooded in the Russian River Valley on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, in Windsor, Calif. The latest in an onslaught of winter storms comes with blizzard warnings for the Sierra Nevada and a new round of flooding for Northern California river towns where thousands of people remained under evacuation advisory Tuesday. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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The Russian River floods the River Bend RV park Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, in Forestville, Calif. The latest in an onslaught of winter storms comes with blizzard warnings for the Sierra Nevada and a new round of flooding for Northern California river towns where thousands of people remained under evacuation advisory Tuesday. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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A duck makes its way as Russian River floods Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, in Monte Rio, Calif. The latest in an onslaught of winter storms comes with blizzard warnings for the Sierra Nevada and a new round of flooding for Northern California river towns where thousands of people remained under an evacuation advisory Tuesday. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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FILE _ In this Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017 file photo, a large pine tree fell early in the morning on blocking both lanes of Mountain Boulevard near Ascot Street in Oakland, Calif. California trees endured five thirsty years of drought capped off by a beetle attack that killed millions, and this winter's soaking rain storms are now knocking over scores, landing on homes, cars and killing two people recently. (Laura A. Oda/Bay Area News Group via the AP)
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FILE - In this Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017 file photo, workers continue to remove a portion of a downed tree blocking the Redwood Road off ramp on southbound Highway 13 in Oakland, Calif. California trees endured five thirsty years of drought capped off by a beetle attack that killed millions, and this winter's soaking rain storms are now knocking over scores, landing on homes, cars and killing two people recently. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group via the AP)
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