Domin cu. Meteorologist drewtuma has the storms latest position and intensity. Hard to believe another storm is hitting the caribbean. And its hard to believe how fast it has strengthened. Just 21 hours ago it was a category 1 storm and thou a category 5 storm. And thats the highest category you can get on the hurricane scale. Here is the eye. Just moved over dominica. And now you can see maria is moving off to the north and to the west. So now we have watches and warnings ahead of that storm. And hurricane warning now in effect for puerto rico and the u. S. Virgin island. That is the next location that will likely see another landfall from this hurricane. So right now its a category 5 storm. Winds 160 miles an hour. And the latest track does have it weakening slightly, but weakening is just in terms of about 5 miles an hour or so for wind speed. So a major category 4 storm as it moves through puerto rico wednesday with winds at 155 to 45 miles an hour. And that is the reason why thatv
Opportunities, ceo in new york. Since 2009 he has worked to expand Employment Services provided by ceo to 18 cities, oklahoma, colorado, ohio, pennsylvania, california and new york. He previously served as director of Economic Development for senator schumer. I look forward to your testimony, sir. Next, we have mr. Brian parker, of the Community Food bank of eastern oklahoma. Mr. Parker joins us today from tulsa, on behalf of the Community Food bank of eastern oklahoma. He is currently enrolled in the lo reisbeck taylor Culinary Trade Program, which provides training and professional skills for the Restaurant Industry. Previously, mr. Parker served in the navy on the uss midway, thank you for your service and semper fi for all the marines you helped and ran a Small Business in japan for more than 20 years. [ speaking Foreign Language ] thank you for being here today and i look forward to your testimony. Mr. Jimmie wright of wrights market, i would like to welcome the witness from alaba
Morning. Hurricane rita bears down in the caribbean. A category five storm makes landfall in dominica and Virgin Islands for another beating as well. Puerto rico has declared a state of emergency this morning. Global markets on edge. Investors waiting for good twoday meeting today. Central bank expected to detail how it will unwind the fourpart 5 trillion Balance Sheet. We are expecting details tomorrow. Had it all back in futures indicate a higher opening today in the u. S. Dow industrial to open 20 points. European indices right now makes ft 100 up a quarter of a percent. Dax ncsc around breakeven this morning. The nikkei in japan was a standout up almost 2 from a long Holiday Weekend in japan. The nikkei average higher. Other majors nicely lower. Former Trump Campaign manager Paul Manafort wiretapped. Federal authority secured a warrant post during and after the election they were wiretapping him. Another man on a scandal for equifax was hit by a separate hack in march and only disc
It could be felt in mexico sfwi 76 miles northwest of the epicenter. This coming on the anniversary of the 8. 0 quake that exic cityn thi1985. It caused catastrophic damage, widespread death and injuries. Earlier today, earthquake drills were held in mexico city on mark the anniversary. Okay. Thank you. Todays earthquake comes ten days after another deadly 8. 0 quake off the Southern Coast of mexico. Experts say todays event was not an aftershock from the earlier quake because the he said centers were too far apart. After the 8. 0 magnitude quake. Were killed in that tragedy. It is an important reminder to be prepared right here in the bay area. You will find guidelines for stocking up on an earthquake kit rfo family. Weve got on it abc7 news. Com. Wm Mother Nature is making news with hurricane maria. Authorities in guadalupe confirm at least one person is dead and two others are missing. It is now headed for the u. S. Virgin islands and puerto rico while hurricane jose is still churni
Eye on the surf and the potential for flooding and following an accuweather alert for parts of our region as the impact of hurricane jose begins to peak. We have Live Team Coverage tracking the effects at the shore and we begin with cecily tynan with the latest from the National Weather center. Monica and rick hurricane jose remains a category hurricane maximum sustained winds 75 Miles Per Hour. Its tracking 200 miles off coast and you can see the highest winds, the most intense rain right around the center of it, beginning to make the turn to the northnortheast. Moving at 8 Miles Per Hour. Some showers are moving in south jersey and delaware and even a few light showers near philadelphia and the reports show you that we are dealing with gusty winds and one buoy in the mouth of the delaware bay winds sustained at 28 Miles Per Hour and gusting up to 40 Miles Per Hour but the most intense part of jose is the wave action. Its really whipping up the surf wave heights impressive up to 25 fe