An atmospheric river brought additional rain, strong winds, and flooding to the Bay Area Tuesday, and thunderstorms were threatening to add to the storm's impacts.

The Bay Area woke up on Tuesday to the sound of pattering rain from a winter storm that soaked the region overnight, and forecasters say it’s only expected to intensify as a cold front moves through this afternoon.

An atmospheric river brought additional rain, strong winds, and flooding to the Bay Area Tuesday, triggering evacuation orders for the area around the Russian River in Sonoma County.

A first round of light rain hit the Bay Area on Friday and over the weekend, with more expected to come this week after a notably dry January. The atmospheric river triggering the showers was more focused in far Northern California,

Team coverage of the weather impacts from the potent atmospheric river storm that continued to pound the Bay Area Tuesday.