The powerful storms that moved through the Bay Area have now claimed two lives in Sonoma County.Police say a driver died Saturday morning after they attempted to drive through a flooded road in Guerneville.

Parts of Sonoma County were hit by as much as 15 inches of rain, with Occidental getting more than 20 inches. Much of the runoff will make its way down to the Russian River from it massive 1500 square mile drainage area.

Authorities are investigating after a person was found dead inside a vehicle in Guerneville on Saturday morning.

Guerneville floodwater claimed the life of a man who appears to have tried to drive through it Saturday morning, according to the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office, which is investigating the death. The body of another man was found in Piner Creek near Santa Rosa,

Two people have now died in floodwaters in Sonoma County since an atmospheric river began dumping water on the West Coast, KTVU has confirmed.

A person has died after being submerged in a vehicle in floodwater near Highway 116 and Mays Canyon Road in Guerneville, according to the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office. At 11:29 a.m. on Saturday, the sheriff’s office was informed of a person trapped in a vehicle that was in floodwater in Guerneville.