The worst of the intense atmospheric river that slammed the North Bay, causing intense rainfall, flooding and road closures, has passed, experts say.

The second day of an atmospheric river brought heavy rain to Northern California and the Bay Area Thursday, with the heaviest downfalls in the North Bay ahead of the storm moving south on Friday.

The National Weather Service forecast for the greater San Francisco Bay Area for Friday calls for up to 100 percent chances of heavy rain, especially in the North Bay

An atmospheric river dumping rain across Northern California and several feet of snow in the Sierra was making its way across the state Friday, bringing flooding and threatening mudslides along with it. The storm, the first major rainmaker of the season ...

A major storm with heavy snow and record rain that's moving through Northern California has toppled trees, closed roads and prompted evacuations in some areas after knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of people in Washington and Oregon.