San Francisco's Public Works Department says it had reports of 300 tree or branches down over the last day and a half.
The National Weather Service says San Francisco's downtown area has seen its wettest 10 days since 1871. In the last day and a half, the public works department has had reports of 300 trees or branches down, throughout the city.is still cleaning up after two days of wind and rain. The National Weather Service says the downtown area has seen its wettest 10 days since 1871.
The intersection of Sloat Boulevard and Junipero Serra is now open after being closed most of the day as crews worked first to remove a downed tree, and then repair the damage it left behind. A day and a half of rain, on top of a wet weekend turned some of the streets of San Francisco into rivers and finally proved to be too much for a cypress tree on Sloat. lines. "Stopped the Muni trains, the roadway is closed," said Rachel Gordon from San Francisco's Department of Public Works. "We had to bring a crane in to move the tree and we took another tree out as well just for safety considerations.
Crews used heavy equipment to remove branches and pull up tree trunks. The Department of Public Works says it had reports of 300 tree or branches down over the last day and a half; with the likelihood of more to come with more rain in the forecast. "When you have high winds with saturated ground that makes the trees more vulnerable to failure," said Gordon.Muni also had buses trapped by downed trees as DPW crews scrambled from one incident to the next.
Public Works crews say they're scrambling from one tree down to another. They say if residents see downed branches, but they aren't impacting power or causing a traffic problem, it could be a week or more until they can clear them all.
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