The final round in a three-week siege of deadly winter storms is expected to depart by Monday evening, capping a devastating run of atmospheric rivers that caused flooding and mudslides across California, filled once-parched reservoirs and pounded the Sierra Nevada with heaps of snow.
The storm likely will mark the final major blast of precipitation for the foreseeable future, offering the region a chance to recover from deluges that have killed at least 19 people across California since late December.
Still, meteorologists warned residents to remain vigilant a little while longer as flooding risks will remain until Monday due to extremely waterlogged soils.
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“The ground is still saturated,” said Colby Goatley, a National Weather Service meteorologist. “There’s still going to be plenty of chance for runoff and localized flooding. We just want everyone to keep paying attention.
“But hopefully,” he added, “this is the light at the end of the tunnel.”
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A large section of eroded hillside along Faircliff Street on Sunday, January 15, 2023, in Hayward, Calif. A Saturday afternoon mudslide rendered at least one home uninhabitable. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)
A barbecue crushed by the wall of a home along Faircliff Street on Sunday, January 15, 2023, in Hayward, Calif. A Saturday afternoon mudslide rendered the residence uninhabitable. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)
A large tree-trimming crew on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023, begins cleaning up the remnants of a massive tree that toppled and crushed at least four cars at a shopping center in Woodland Hills. The tree fell at the strip mall on the 23300 block of Mulholland Drive on Saturday. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Contributing Photographer)
Clouds rise behind a farm near the flooded Salinas River during a brief in a storm close to Chualar, California, on January 14, 2023. (Photo by David McNew/AFP via Getty Images)
A truck drives along a muddy street in Felton, California, on January 14, 2023 as a series of atmospheric river storms continues to cause widespread destruction across the state. (Photo by David McNew/AFP via Getty Images)
Residents clean up their muddy neighborhood in Felton, California, as a series of atmospheric river storms continues to cause widespread destruction across the state. (Photo by David McNew/AFP via Getty Images)
Two lanes of the northbound lanes of the I-5 freeway near Templin Highway remain blocked Friday, January 13, 2023. The landslide occurred during last weeks storm. Crews will shut down the freeway to one line overnight Friday to install k-rail and shore the freeway before the next wave of rain due Saturday through Monday. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
A utility pole lays in floodwaters after the Salinas River overflowed its banks on January 13, 2023 in Salinas, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Salinas River overflow floods an agricultural field on January 13, 2023 in Salinas, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
The beach path and parking lots are covered in sand at the north end of Bolsa Chica State Beach after recent storms in Huntington Beach, CA, on Wednesday, January 11, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
People walk on Rio Del Mar beach, covered with storm debris, in Aptos, California on January 12, 2023. (Photo by Nic Coury/AFP via Getty Images)
Sandbags line a driveway in Spreckels, California, on January 12, 2023. (Photo by Nic Coury/AFP via Getty Images)
The waves were crashing violently at Torrance Beach as Southern California gets a few dry days in between stormsin Torrance on Wednesday, January 11, 2023. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)
Salinas River floodwaters submerge a truck near Chualar, California, on January 12, 2023. (Photo by Nic Coury/AFP via Getty Images)
Floodwaters covering an orchard reflect trees on January 11, 2023 in Planada, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Debris lines the coast after after the last storm, with more rain coming on the weekend, in Long Beach on Wednesday, January 11, 2023. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)
Kelly Slate packs a mirror in the back of a truck after her home was flooded on January 11, 2023 in Planada, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Driftwood and storm detritus wash up in front of the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk amusement park on January 11, 2023 in Santa Cruz, California. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
A person bicycles with a dog past a tree which toppled during recent storms on January 11, 2023 in Santa Cruz, California. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
A vehicle drives through storm runoff as it flows over Swarthout Canyon Road off of Cajon Blvd. in the Cajon Pass on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023. Another storm system bringing additional rain is forecasted for the coming weekend. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Floodwaters submerge parked vehicles on January 11, 2023 in Planada, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Arborists cut up a tree that was taken down by high winds on January 10, 2023 in San Rafael, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Lytle Creek a small town and roadway between the San Gabriel Mountains experienced overflown roads after Tuesday’s storm. OHV driving areas where completely flooded by run off from the mountains and increased volume of the river on Jan. 10, 2023. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)
Gulls fly above above a storm-damaged pier on January 10, 2023 in Capitola, California. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Cars drive through a flooded roadway in Planada, California, as an atmospheric river continues soaking the Golden State on January 10, 2023. (Photo by Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)
Two cars plunged into a large sinkhole that opened during a day of relentless rain on January 10, 2023 in the Chatsworth neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images)
Floodwaters submerge a home in Gilroy, California, on January 09, 2023. (Photo by Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)
Waves crash into the Manhattan Beach pier after an overnight storm moved through the South Bay on Tuesday, January 10, 2023.(Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
Floodwaters run through Felton, California on January 9, 2023. (Photo by Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)