dwyer. we begin with wind and rain causing problems all across the bay area. thousands of people are without power and people are warned about flooded areas. a six-foot-thick tree landed on a car traveling in the slow lane on 101. this happened at st. john s ramp early this morning. rain brought down trees in the east bay, too. in walnut creek, the rain-soaked ground gave way, toppling an oak onto a home. even more discouraging, the rain is not expected to let up any time soon. meteorologist nick o kelly is here now with the details. nick? it is going to be an interesting week ahead. we are getting a little break in the action this afternoon and evening, but enjoy what dry weather we get here in the next 24 hours because it is an active pattern. we check on winds first. winds were really gusty last night, blowing to 18 miles an hour, even stronger winds in the santa cruz mountains. rain was anywhere between one and two inches. right now looking at the doppler radar, we ve s
a dozen firefighters. the fires started after storms and lightning came earlier today. one fire burned more than 1700- acres 45 miles north of reno. it destroyed at least one home near the small community of doyle. other fires burned near bottom town and carson city causing some concerns for residents but not threatening homes there. another fire burning near bridgeport in mono county. cal fire moved strike teams from the coast to the redding areas in anticipation of lightning sparked fires. so far there are no reports of injuries. the big concern for firefighters is that lightning and wind. with more on the thunderstorm activity let s go to ktvu meteorologist mark tamayo. ken, not a lot happening in the bay area. but the active area to our east here is the latest on the satellite. switch this over to the radar. see the coverage. been some decrease but still some active weather in the eastern portion of the states with the possibility of some isolated thunderstorms. a dif
station. dangerous heat, people seek relief from extreme temperatures causing problems across maryland reporter: good evening and thank you for joining us. this heat wave is responsible for three deaths in maryland and taking its toll across the state tonight. we have this woman hydrating, others taking breaks if the shade. if you spent any time ows, outside, you know it s brutal. we re under a code orange alert for poor air quality and things are expecting to be worse tomorrow. susan has more on the first heat-related death. let s start with bernadette woods with doppler radar we ve seen one thunderstorm pop up. there s not much going on around the state but it was down in here. you can see making its way off of the coastline over the bay towards cambridge, that s dying down. it s the temperatures, made it to 94 and now down to 89 at this point. 93 in d.c. and the heat index higher. it feels like 95. 99 in easton and 92 in ocean city. the code orange alert has been i