Beastly storm set for the Bay Area may cause flooding, avalanches — mashable.com

Some are already calling it a "rain-pocalypse." A massive storm system is expected to descend on parts of California this Thursday, drenching the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento and potentially causing significant damage. The storm will likely be the biggest of its kind to hit the state in more than five years. Making matters worse is that the height of the storm is likely to slam into the San Francisco Bay region during rush hour on Thursday morning, prompting a cascade of school cancellations as authorities anticipate a traffic nightmare.

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