Desensitized to these numbers. Imagine three boeing 747s crashing every single day. Thats what were looking at right now. Thats abc thats abc 7s special go ahead, ama. Please. Sorry, dan, go ahead. Thats abc 7 news special correspondent dr. Alok patel who just spoke on our 7 00 news getting answers. Good evening to you. Im dan ashley. And im ama daetz. Dr. Patel talked about 1,000 deaths a day. Experts say that could soon hit 2,000, matching or exceeding what we saw in the spring. Thats because just a little while ago we learned that a quarter of a million americans have died from the coronavirus, passing the number dr. Anthony fauci predicted in march. And tonight several counties are seeing the most Covid Patients admitted in a single day since the last wave hit in july. It raises the question will hospitals have to ration care . Abc 7 news iteam reporter stephanie sierra is digging into this question and leads us off tonight. I have not been in the military and i have not been in wa
Morning to you. It is saturday, september 30th. Im Gloria Rodriguez and meteorologist lisa argen is here this morning. And lisa, i know a lot of us woke up with some rain today. Yeah. Is that continuing . Yeah, just a little bit. Yes. We still have our storm impact scale for the day today, but starting first with live doppler seven, you can see the activity, thunderstorms, even a couple inches of snow in the Sierra Nevada down around the san joaquin valley, yosemite. But for the bay area, very widely scattered. This is a level one system just for today. Some slick roads, some gusty winds and a slight chance of a thunderstorm. And as we look at our exploratorium camera, awfully gray out there, 56 downtown, looking at 58 in palo alto and this looks like a winter scene, doesnt it, from mt. Tam, upper 50s santa rosa, 61in concord. So it is breezy out there. Winds anywhere up to 20 to 25 miles an hour. Theres the airport. Well get into a little clearing, but not going to clear out the showe
Tomorrow morning. The winds are not going to be strong the entire day. Theyll die down some and then be back up. Temperaturewise, starting in the 40s in areas over novato. 47degrees for you this morning. Santa rosa 40 degrees. Slightly better than yesterday. And with the wind its not going to feel any better. 48 in oakland. And 39 in palo alto. As we get into the afternoon. Upper 50s and low 60s, when i come back ill have a look at the numbers. And a warmup coming our way. More on this in just a minute. The time is 5 01. Good morning to you. And right now weve been looking at the far away commutes and some people may be getting on the road early. Westbound 580, slow traffic on the tracy triangle. And stretching almost to livermore. And through livermore it looks okay to pleasanton and castro valley. And we are focusing on the toll plaza. We have an early backup at the toll plaza. And i have some good news here. Remember we had that deadly crash over the weekend. The damage to the toll
Yesterday morning. Its nice out there. Giving you a view at the wind advisory and how long its going to last for the north bay hills and the east bay hills. With wind gusts Strong Enough to topple trees and bring down power lines. 48 in livermore. And 37 santa rosa. And 49 degrees in San Francisco. Afternoon highs, upper 50s to low 60s. Ill detail those and a coastal Flood Warning thats going on coming up in just a little bit. Lets check on the highways this morning with sal. Right now we do have the toll plaza toll booth 14 is over commission as you know. So far its been okay. The traffic on the 80 commute westbound. And you can see the only booth thats not open is number 14. It was damaged in a deadly collision over the weekend. But its not affecting the traffic right now. This is a look at 880 in oakland. And traffic is moving well past oracle arena. Southbound is slow past 238. It gets better by 92. And the south bay is off to a good start. Oops, i pushed the wrong button there. 6
Plus, its going to be a cold weekend across the northeast and the midwest section of the country. Yep. And now they are dealing with flooding and freezing. It just looks miserable. You look at that and you think, there is absolutely nothing we can say negatively about our weather here. That like icy river flowing through the streets there just looks horrible. Bitter cold. So for more on what our weather looks like very thankful in the bay area. I mean, when you see the pictures. They have been dealing with an extended period of extreme cold temperatures up the eastern seaboard. We cant complain too much. We have been tracking some rain. Of course, it was relatively dry here in the bay area. Look at this scene out towards San Francisco bay. Yeah. Almost looks like a nice painting to frame, put on your wall. Thats what we have this saturday morning. Clouds in place. Fog in place. But the rainfall, for the most part, is scooting out of town. There is a chance of drizzle or a few sprinkles