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‘That’s not dirt’: SF residents endure flooded homes as sewer pipes back up in storms
Dec 12, 2019
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/That-s-not-dirt-SF-residents-endure-14894184.php
After a weekend storm walloped San Francisco, officials say preventing flood damage from powerful rains in vulnerable areas of the city largely remains a pipe dream.
A storm that inundated San Francisco with more than an inch of rain in a single hour Saturday flooded two Muni light-rail stations, snarled traffic on Highway 101 and forced residents in parts of West Portal to wade through waist-deep water that surged into homes, causing thousands of dollars of damage.