30 Homes Evacuated After San Francisco Peninsula Mudslide

(TNS) – A mudslide in Woodside, a town in San Mateo County on the San Francisco Peninsula, shut down a road, isolating several homes, and officials are urging residents to evacuate in the aftermath of Tuesday’s wind and rainstorm.

The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office issued a warning just before 8 a.m. Wednesday for about 30 homes on the 600 to 800 block of Patrol Road where a mudslide has closed the road.

“If you live in this area, please pack your ‘Go Bag’ with necessary essentials: insurance policy, pets, medications, a change of clothes, and LEAVE NOW,” the sheriff’s office said. “Once the road gives out completely, residents in that area will not have access to emergency services. Evacuation location TBD.”

The evacuation warning comes after a rare “bomb cyclone” pushed onto shore Tuesday, whipping up winds and dumping rain across the greater Bay Area. The storm brought more wet weather to a region where soils are already saturated from an unusually wet winter.

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