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Bay Area forecast: Rain, high surf return through the weekend

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Another round of rain made its way to the Bay Area and is bringing more dangerous waves to coastal areas.

A high surf advisory is in effect through 4 p.m. Sunday, according to the National Weather Service. Swimming and surfing conditions will be considered dangerous and localized beach erosion is expected.

Daytime highs Sunday will be mostly in the low 60s on the coast, high 50s to low 60s around the bay, and in the upper 50s to low 60s inland. Overnight lows will be mostly in the upper 30s to mid 40s.

Rainfall combined with a malfunctioning pump overnight Sunday reportedly caused flooding on southbound Interstate 880 at Coleman Avenue. Video shows Caltrans had shut down the offramp onto Coleman due to the pooling water.

The area of Coleman to Bascom Avenue was impacted by the flooding.

Amid another high surf advisory, Santa Cruz city leaders Friday morning provided an update on the future of the damaged Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf. Robert Handa reports.

Forecasters say multiple rain systems will move across Northern California, bringing periods of rain to the region.

A second push of northwest swell is projected to arrive in the coastal waters, leading to a second round of dangerous surf and beach conditions, the NWS says.

The high surf advisory is for San Francisco; the coastal North Bay, including Point Reyes National Seashore; the San Francisco Peninsula coast; northern Monterey Bay; southern Monterey Bay; and the Big Sur coast.

It has been a dangerous and in some cases deadly week on the California coast because of massive waves. Sergio Quintana reports.

During high surf conditions, waves can seem to come out of nowhere and sweep across the beach, pulling people into the ocean from rocks, jetties and beaches, NWS said.

People should never turn their backs on the ocean and keep themselves and pets away from dangerous conditions.

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