Starts now. This is ktvu fox two news at noon. Good afternoon and thank you for joining us. Im andre senior. Im ali rasmus. We continue to follow a developing story out of hawaii. Wildfires are raging on the island of maui. Flames have ripped through the Historic Town of lahaina on the islands west side. Thousands of people have been evacuated as the high winds from Hurricane Dora fueled those fires. Thousands are without power as the governor issues an emergency proclamation. Amanda quintana spoke with people at the airport heading out this morning. One couple said theyre not sure if their home will still be there when they land. The house burned down. We have nothing. We have a two cars. Thats it. And what we have right here, chemo and stuff. Kirkman were vacationing in the bay area when they heard about the fires in their hometown of lahaina. Fred street. Alina luna we live right up a line and we have a house and our dog are stuck in the house. We dont know if our house is up or we
And parents faced with a deadly dangers of opioids and alcohol. Ama that is why we are dedicating more time tonight as the abc 7 deep dive. Lauren martinez starts us off. Lauren a los gatos mom brought under targets for underage drinking. This becoming the headlines of news around the country. Members of the community are pushing their message forward that providing alcohol to minors is unacceptable. The community of los gatos upgraded their host ordinance, which holds anyone of a party holds any host of a Party Accountable for serving alcohol at their parties. It holds parents responsible if there is a party at their home and at their home. There are so many good, wonderful kids making healthy choices, and we are not talking about that. Lauren thompsons as they are in the process of collecting data from students to find out how many are actually drinking or not. It is about correcting misperceptions out there. We have the ability to how they see themselves and their fears when they re
He tells us he has a good guess as to what caused todays derailment raiment. Here at 30th street station many students are heading home for the o holidays and they were concerned given amtraks derailment south of seattle. Its a little scary. I think its crazy and i really feel for those people andheir families. Generally i feel safe but aveling in inclement weather its in the back of my mind. Robert mongeluzzi represented 34 passengers on amtrak train 188. The train derailed in Port Richmond with 238 passengers on board. Eight were killed and over 200 injured. The train was traveling over 100 miles an hour in a 50 Miles Per Hour zone when it hit a curve and went off the tracks. He sees striking similarities to todays derailment. The first thing that you think about when a train derails on a curve is it was going too fast. And when you see the locomotive, which is heavier and goes on a Straight Path while everything behind it falls over, it is eerily reminiscent of amtrak 188. Reporter
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We will go to that conference once the mayor begins his remarks. Well hear from a number of ceos about how sandy has impacted their businesses. The heads of hartford financial and landry is among the top executives who will be joining us over the last few hours. How equity Index Futures are trading. Will cease trading in 15 minutes time. The dow and nasdaq pointing d n down. As for europe, the action dominated by Deutsche Bank and bp. We do see green arrows across the board with a 1 gain in germany. At least 16 deaths blamed on sandy as the storm continues to wreak havoc on the northeast with new york and new jersey dechaired major disasters. Overnight more than 200 patients have been evacuated from two nyu langone hospitals after backup power failed. Millions on the east coast awoke without power or mass transit. An estimated 7. 8 million are believed to be without power and experts say it could be several days before it is restored. Mass transit at a stand still after an unprecedente