Diane catherine Hurricane Patricia is making landfall in mexico tonight. Near the resort area of manzanilla. Its being described as the strongest hurricane ever in the western hemisphere. Thousands of residents have fled their homes along the southwestern coastline. And tourists have been removed from Coastal Hotels and taken inland. Forecasters say the storms winds have eased only slightly and its expected to be extremely dangerous. The Pacific Coast is dotted with sleepy fishing villages and huge resorts. Many of them empty tonight. Planes are being diverted but one air force reserve member says her crew flew into the outer edges of the huge storm. Filling our rollercoaster. Constant dropping out of your stomach we left it intensifying each half to the ill last night they kept getting stronger and stronger. Catherine the view from outer space is feared. It went from a Tropical Storm to a huge hurricane in less than 24 hours. The potential to cause death and destruction has led to the
Excellence news for folks waiting for bart to come backs it is back and we have 33 bart trains running but there is a major delay system wide for system restoration so be aware they are picketing 20minute delays expected at the start of the service. We will keep you updated if that changes. Here is a look at the toll plaza where we have plenty of traffic sticking up in the far right happened lane to pay cash and the rest of the fast trackers are moving. 5 01 and breaking news in san jose all lanes are open on northbound 680 at north capital after a major accident. It happened before 3 00 this morning, and at least three vehicles were involved. You can see some of them there now. Two women and a man were rubbed to a hospital. There are reports that one of the women was hit after she get out of her vehicle after the accident. All lanes were shut down for an hour. In San Francisco, police are looking for the shooter who opened fire on two men at a bus opened fire on two men at a bus stop
With the airline on a plan to keep the planes flying for a maximum of five days while the inspection are completed. In the bay area five flights have been canceled at oakland. There are no canceled flights at sfo or Mineta San Jose International airport according to. Flightaware. Com. East bay republican lawmaker has a bill to ban bart workers from going on strike. The assemblywoman believes she can get it pass by focusing on how damaging the strikes are to 9 commuters and Traffic Congestion and the economy. Workers have said a ban gives management an unfair situation with conflicts. Arizona truck driver is in custody accused of causing a horrific commuter train crash in southern california. Police arrested the 54 yarrows ramirez on suspicious of felony hitandrun accident. These got out of the truck and was found walking more than a mile and a half from the accident in obligation understand west of los angeles yesterday morning. We brought that to you. He said he turned prematurely and
Squad. And the latest in lesotho, where no one has enough photos to claim victory in the african elections. So then a rescue mission is underway at a mine in Eastern Ukraine where there has been a huge explosion. Families of dozens missing are gathering outside the mine in the city of donetsk. According to reports, 30 are dead, others dropped below ground. U. S. President obama says the israeli Prime Minister has no viable alternatives for dealing with iran in a speech to the congress. World powers would see sanctions dropped for strict limits on irans ability to produce fuel. Binyamin netanyahu claimed that it would lead to a nucleararmed iran. Reporter this was unprecedented, a leader of a kunt country, giving a speech criticising the white house. Here to talk about iran and the ongoing negotiations over its nuclear programme. This deal has two major concessions, one leaving iran with a vast nuclear programme, and, two, lifting restrictions on the programme in about a decade. That is
And why the long search for water, one of kenyas driest regions could soon be over. People knew there is water under ground, this area is called the local language for land of water. Reporter lebanon president is appealing for more money to deal with the strain that syria refugees are putting on the country. More than two Million People have fled the conflict and the no other country has taken many more and 800,000 refugees in lebanon and another half a million are not registered and this means that 14 people in lebanon is a syrian refugee. In a moment we will talk to the person in capitol beirut and we are live in the valley and andrew . Reporter yes, im in the valley and this is one of four refugee points where they register for a series of areas of help. But its a critical situation, its diminished beyond recognition in lebanon now. 14 people in this country are syrian. That is choking the economy. Its also putting major strain on a whole variety of factors such as ethnic tension an