Weather officials in California are warning more than 3.3 million people in the San Francisco Bay Area about potential road closures and travel complications amid coastal flooding on Monday.
The advisories are more common with king tides, which are exceptionally high tides that typically occur during the winter months, but National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologist Dalton Behringer told Newsweek that an “alignment of solar features” is contributing to higher-than-normal tides on Monday.
Why It Matters
The coastal flood advisory directly impacts millions living and working along the Northern California coast, including densely populated urban areas and travel corridors. According to the NWS forecast, up to one foot of inundation above ground level was possible in low-lying areas near shorelines and tidal waterways, including parks, parking lots and roads, prompting officials to warn of isolated road closures and potential disruptions to evening travel and property safety.
What To Know
NWS San Francisco issued a coastal flood advisory for the San Francisco Bay Area on Monday, warning that more than 3.3 million people could be affected by minor flooding in city shoreline communities and surrounding counties.
From 7 p.m. to midnight PT, residents and travelers in San Francisco, the North Bay Interior Valleys and San Francisco Bay shoreline communities faced increased risk of inundation as tides rose above average levels…