Wildest weekend California weather images: Buckled roads and banks of snow

OAKLAND, Calif. – The weekend climate all through California continued to wreak havoc throughout the storm-battered state.

Roads buckled. Timber fell. Snow-bound guests walked by tall banks of snow. 

Ski resorts, reminiscent of Sugar Bowl in Norden, Calif., closed trails for avalanche mitigation and Palisades Tahoe closed one of many gondolas for the day.  

Deirdre Des Jardins shared a photograph taken by Jim Owens of a cracked-up Glenwood Drive in Scotts Valley in Santa Cruz County – among the many hardest hit counties in California for the reason that rains started in earnest on Dec. 27. 

The Twitter account, Tahoe Climate, shared video of a person strolling out of his home in Bear Valley, Calif., Sunday morning by a snowbank about 10 ft excessive.

Caltrans officers did a terrific job holding drivers up to date with site visitors circumstances all through the weekend, sharing info and movies of closed highways and snowy circumstances as skiers headed to the slopes.

At one level, Interstate Freeway 80 was closed.  

Saturday was a loopy climate day, too.

The Nationwide Climate Service shared video of the lightning strike that hit the Golden Gate Bridge about 5 p.m. captured on one in all their webcams. 

In Sacramento, one intersection at San Juan Highway and Northgate Boulevard was so flooded, it was practically unattainable to cross the road.  

Rains will proceed on Monday and will dry out a bit on Tuesday. 

The NWS stated there shall be one final weak system on Wednesday earlier than dry climate returns.