Intense rainfall and high winds early Thursday continued to cause flooding, mudslides and severe traffic alerts around the region to create havoc on the roads.
Several areas of the Sonoma County experienced major flooding, shutting down lanes of traffic. The California Highway Patrol reported flooding on Highway 1 between Valley Ford Road and Middle Road in Petaluma and on the highway between between North Bay Hill Road and South Harbor Way in Bodega Bay.
Flooding on Highway 121 between Fremont Drive and Eighth Street East, outside of Sonoma, also shut down all lanes of traffic, as well as both directions of Highway 12 between Watmaugh Road and Millerick Road.
Officials urged drivers to seek alternate routes until the flooding recedes.
