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Marin emergency manager briefs Belvedere-Tiburon on Jan. floods, alerts and 9-1-1 outage
Summary
Marin County emergency management told the Belvedere-Tiburon advisory group that Jan. king tides compounded by storms caused localized flooding, lane reductions on Highway 101 and a countywide 9-1-1 outage; county staff described Alert Marin messaging, sandbag locations and ongoing damage estimates.
Steven Torrance, director of emergency management for the County of Marin, told the Belvedere-Tiburon Disaster Advisory Council that the county’s Jan. storm impacts stemmed from king tides compounded by traditional storms and wind-driven storm surge.
Torrance said tide forecasts rose from about 7.2 feet to as high as 8.4 feet on the bayside, producing localized flooding in places such as Lucky Drive in Corte Madera and the Larkspur area and forcing lane reductions on Highway 101. "What we are starting to see is the king tides are starting to be compounded with storms," Torrance said.
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