With gusts of more than of 81 miles per hour, according to the National Weather Service, winds knocked down hundreds of trees across the Bay Area. Three people were killed by falling trees on Tuesday, in Portola Valley, Rossmoor in Walnut Creek and Oakland. A big rig truck on the Bay Bridge toppled over and blocked most eastbound lanes for hours Tuesday night.
By Wednesday morning the lingering storm had dissipated with winds calming down to 12 mph in San Jose.
Crews were assessing and repairing damage to the Lefty O’Doul Bridge near Oracle Park in San Francisco. The 90-year-old historic bascule bridge was battered by storm-pushed barges.
Emergency crews in Contra Costa Couty responded to 100 calls over a 24-hour period for downed wires, local minor flooding and vehicle crashes, according to Contra Costa Fire Protection District spokesperson Steve Hill.
Crews work on the Lefty O’Doul Bridge near Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif., Wednesday morning, March 22, 2023, after the historic bascule bridge over Mission Creek was battered and damaged by storm-pushed barges yesterday. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) Damage to the Lefty O’Doul Bridge control building near Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif., is visible Wednesday, March 22, 2023, as public works crews assess the 90-year-old historic bascule bridge after it was battered by storm-pushed barges yesterday. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) A boat patrols along the damaged Lefty O’Doul Bridge near Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif., Wednesday, March 22, 2023, assessing the 90-year-old historic bascule bridge after it was battered by storm-pushed barges yesterday. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
A truck drives around a downed tree blocking the lanes of Grizzly Peak Boulevard on Wednesday, March 22, 2023, in Berkeley, Calif. Rain and strong winds downed a number of trees across the Bay Area. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group) A truck drives under a fallen tree along Skyline Boulevard on Wednesday, March 22, 2023, in Oakland, Calif. Rain and strong winds downed a number of trees across the Bay Area. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group) A Contra Costa County public works employee surveys a downed tree blocking the lanes of Grizzly Peak Boulevard on Wednesday, March 22, 2023, in Berkeley, Calif. Rain and strong winds downed a number of trees across the Bay Area. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)
Pedestrians make their way across 20th Street near Franklin Street during a rain and wind storm in downtown Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, March 21, 2023. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) A large tree fell on a car along Martin Luther King Junior Way near Francisco Street during a rain and wind storm in Berkeley, Calif., on Tuesday, March 21, 2023. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) CHP vehicles block traffic on Alpine Road in Portola Valley, Calif., where a falling tree struck a truck causing a fatality, Tuesday, March 21, 2023. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
The latest storm brings strong winds and rain to the San Jose State University campus on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, in San Jose, Calif. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group) The latest storm brings strong winds and rain to the San Jose State University campus on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, in San Jose, Calif. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group) San Mateo County employees clear a fallen tree in Menlo Park, Calif., blocking two lanes of traffic on Santa Cruz Avenue, Tuesday, March 21, 2023. Strong winds knocked down countless trees in Menlo Park as the storm intensified in the afternoon. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
