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San Diego woke up Monday to brief heavy rain as winter storms buffeted California and brought flooding and heavy snow to the north. Radar at the National Weather Service office in San Diego showed a large area of rain spreading over San Diego county at sunrise. Drivers were warned to expect delays and minor flooding. Rainfall totals are expected to be light to moderate in the San Diego area, from a tenth of an inch along to coast to half an inch in the mountains. Highs will be in the mid 60s along the coast and low 60s farther inland.

 

The most powerful in a series of winter storms lashed Northern California and Nevada on Sunday with heavy rains and strong winds, causing widespread flooding, downing trees and unleashing mudslides. Hundreds of people were evacuated from their homes as rivers overflowed their banks. Several key highways including Interstate 80, Interstate 280, U.S. 395 and U.S. 101 were closed for periods because of hazardous conditions. Authorities were trying to determine whether the deaths of three people in the Bay Area — one killed by a falling tree, two others by car accidents — were related to the storm.

 

Ten homes in the Carmel Valley were partly flooded late Sunday after a nearby river swelled from heavy rain that pummeled Northern California, authorities said. The Carmel River breached “by several feet” and a levee in the area broke, sending water toward a cluster of 10 homes along the river bank, according to the Monterey County Office of Emergency Services. The extent of damage to the homes was not immediately known.