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Images: Nine Intense Photos From Tuesday’s Bay Area Storm Deluge

Written by Sophie BearmanPublished Jan. 10, 2023 • 3:00pm

A 100-foot black acacia tree crashed to the ground at on Post and Pierce streets, destroying a Subaru and blocking a portion of the road in San Francisco on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. | Julie Zigoris/The Standard

Rain and winds toppling a 100-foot tree in San Francisco. Lightning striking buildings and cranes across the city. Hail, thunder and flooded roads. That was the scene in San Francisco and across the Bay Area on Tuesday, Jan. 10, as yet another storm hit the region and left carnage in its wake. Rain and winds have been nearly nonstop in Northern California since New Year's Eve.

Here are nine photos of the storm—and its impact—on Tuesday.

This aerial view shows a flooded neighborhood in Merced, California, on Jan. 10, 2023. A massive storm, called a "bomb cyclone" by meteorologists, has arrived and is expected to cause widespread flooding throughout the state. | Josh Edelson/AFP for Getty Images

This aerial view shows a flooded neighborhood in Merced, California, on Jan. 10, 2023. A massive storm, called a "bomb cyclone" by meteorologists, has arrived and is expected to cause widespread flooding throughout the state. | Josh Edelson/AFP for Getty Images

Donald Johnston of SOMA West cleans the storm drains on Harrison Street under the Central Freeway during a storm in Francisco on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. The storm included thunder and lightning, and it hailed in some parts of the Bay Area. | Camille Cohen/The Standard

Donald Johnston of SOMA West cleans the storm drains on Harrison Street under the Central Freeway during a storm in Francisco on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. The storm included thunder and lightning, and it hailed in some parts of the Bay Area. | Camille Cohen/The Standard

Arborists cut up a tree that was taken down by high winds on Jan. 10, 2023, in San Rafael. The San Francisco Bay Area and much of California continues to get drenched by powerful atmospheric river events that have brought high winds and flooding rains. | Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Arborists cut up a tree that was taken down by high winds on Jan. 10, 2023, in San Rafael. The San Francisco Bay Area and much of California continues to get drenched by powerful atmospheric river events that have brought high winds and flooding rains. | Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Gulls fly above breaking Pacific Ocean waves on Jan. 10, 2022, in Aptos in Santa Cruz County. The San Francisco Bay Area and much of Northern California continues to get drenched by powerful atmospheric river events that have brought high winds and flooding rains. | Mario Tama/Getty Images

Gulls fly above breaking Pacific Ocean waves on Jan. 10, 2022, in Aptos in Santa Cruz County. The San Francisco Bay Area and much of Northern California continues to get drenched by powerful atmospheric river events that have brought high winds and flooding rains. | Mario Tama/Getty Images

A 100-foot black acacia tree crashed to the ground at on Post and Pierce streets, destroying a Subaru and blocking a portion of the road in San Francisco on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. No injuries occurred in the incident, according to Capt. Jonathan Baxter, public information officer of the San Francisco Fire Department. | Julie Zigoris/The Standard

A 100-foot black acacia tree crashed to the ground at on Post and Pierce streets, destroying a Subaru and blocking a portion of the road in San Francisco on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. No injuries occurred in the incident, according to Capt. Jonathan Baxter, public information officer of the San Francisco Fire Department. | Julie Zigoris/The Standard

People walk amid storm debris washed up on the beach on Jan. 10, 2022, in Aptos, California. The San Francisco Bay Area and much of Northern California continues to get drenched by powerful atmospheric river events that have brought high winds and flooding rains. | Mario Tama/Getty Images

People walk amid storm debris washed up on the beach on Jan. 10, 2022, in Aptos, California. The San Francisco Bay Area and much of Northern California continues to get drenched by powerful atmospheric river events that have brought high winds and flooding rains. | Mario Tama/Getty Images

Hail from the midday storm settles on a residential deck in the Outer Sunset in San Francisco on Jan. 10, 2023. | Liz Lindqwister/The Standard

A motorist navigates a flooded roadway in Merced, California, as an atmospheric river continues on Jan. 10, 2023. | Josh Edelson via Getty Images

A motorist navigates a flooded roadway in Merced, California, as an atmospheric river continues on Jan. 10, 2023. | Josh Edelson via Getty Images

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