Most of the impact was in Bonny Doon, Felton and Zayante, he said.īither didn’t have details on the number of trees that fell onto structures, how many rescues occurred or how many injuries there were overnight, but that it was a challenging night. Tuesday, most of which were for trees crashing into power lines, sending them into roadways. The agency received 70 calls overnight from 9 p.m. Multiple large-diameter trees fell overnight onto garages and structures while people were home, said Cal Fire Battalion Chief Eric Bither, who covers an area bounded by Highway 17 to the summit, the Santa Cruz-San Mateo county line and the ocean. and 3 a.m., and the sheriff’s office was still getting calls as Tuesday evening approached.
The majority of the impacts happened between 2 a.m. “But the most reported area that we saw down trees and wires, and the most impact, was the San Lorenzo Valley, being so incredibly wooded up there.” “We did see some periods of some incredibly intense wind and rain overnight, which caused trees down in a lot of parts of the county,” she said. Read more about Newsom’s visit from Wallace Baine.Īshley Keehn, Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson, said as a result of the overnight storm, first responders had been working to relieve an overwhelming number of calls about downed trees, with one injury in La Selva caused by a downed tree on a home. Gavin Newsom was set to tour storm-damaged parts of Capitola Village on Tuesday afternoon. While crews cleaned up the damage from downed power lines, felled trees and landslides overnight, Gov.
Read more details on our Storm Central blog.Īs if Santa Cruz County hadn’t already seen enough, storms Monday night into Tuesday morning brought their own twist, throwing lightning and hail into the mix, with another strong band of rain and exceptionally strong winds. That figure doesn’t include damage to the cities, nor the storms on Monday and Tuesday.
And county officials estimate that unincorporated areas of Santa Cruz County sustained at least $28 million in damages from the storms that happened between Dec. 10: Seacliff State Beach remains closed after “catastrophic damage” to seawall, pier and campground. Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers.
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