Right here, its apocalyptic. I mean looking at that and were going to hear, i know you had on your show people on the ground there my show also going to talk to some of the residents who are climbing out of this with kids, trying to juggle that with schools being closed, figuring out a place to live, where to get water, food. It is an ongoing crisis for these people, and were going to continue to shine a spotlight jim, thanks so much. Ill take it from here you bet. And good morning, everyone. You are live in the Cnn Newsroom. Im Pamela Brown in washington, and we begin this hour with exclusive new video Into Cnn that will give you more perspective on the scope and the scale of the catastrophe in the southeast and what people are dealing with right now in this very moment. You are looking at the wounds of asheville, North Carolina one of the cities that Helene Hit the hardest. Take a look here. This is the river arts district, just more than a week ago. It was a vibrant, beautiful area
Unhealthy. First it was tacky talked to several Restaurant Operators in the city and taylor today some fresh air fried some hope. It can finally move we moved into better air quality tonight and you can definitely see the change in the streets of San Francisco a lot more people out today and while we were in that moderate level for a majority of the day Restaurant Owners say that it was a breath of fresh air as i mentioned it was nice to see people back out and sitting outside of the restaurants, they say its something that was a much needed after hitting 80 yet again another hurdle throughout this pandemic. Obviously with the fires. Back to kind of having to close for 2 days people not going outside again. So its kind of a bummer to have like a whole nother the thing this year that 6 people inside and not sitting at my table Jacob Roberts owns in the country and polk street. Thats one of the many restaurants in San Francisco, the close its outdoor seating because of smoky conditions o
Joining us on a wednesday, im darya folsom and im James Fletcher weve got lots to cover for you this morning air quality still right there at the top of the list because thats whats impacting all of us once again today, although i have to tell you john yesterday did feel a little bit better outside yeah today even better yet guys if you liked yesterday today going to feel like a dream because its been a long time since weve seen air quality is good as were about to today walnut creek am well its a little bit foggy but its definitely not near as easy as it once was fog is pushed in across the bay and a very welcome sight because this fog is steered in some clean air from the pacific that has really done a number on the poor air quality. If youre not seeing a yellow or orange in your area on this map its because youre good or very close to normal. Those areas that are in yellow light conquered san jose in Mountain View Still Holding on to moderate conditions but a lot better than the ora
Keeping it clean and fresh for the bay area. It is because of that ocean breeze kicking in and that is why we are looking at temperatures a little cooler someboo inand an82day as 67n ano in san jose and 85 for concord. You can see the seasonal temperatures as we go through our day. We will talk about some changes by the end of the week and it will feel more like summer. Details on that are coming up lets see how it is getting busy on the altamonte. It is already. It was busier than usual even at last check of the roadways. A possible broken down vehicle right around airway. That might be adding to an already busy ride. I will keep a close eye on that. I am not sure if it is on the eastbound and westbound side but it is sluggish on tracy and mount house yawned north flynn. There is one advisory that might be adding to slower travel times. It is 35 minutes, 205 towards 680. Now along the 101 southbound area out of sausalito, it is a little slower as they work to now to campaign 2020, it
More than a dozen fires are raging in every bay area county but San Francisco. Cal fire has grouped them by region to the north the lnu lightning complex fire. In the east way, the scu lightning complex fire. And to the south, the czu august fire. And across the state cal fire today there are more than 60 fires that started because of lightning strikes this week. Cal fire tonight says there is extreme fire behavior. Fires burning in four north bay counties. Napa, sonoma, solano and lake. Seven fires have burned a total of 14 h. 124,000 acres. The most destructive started in napa and pushed deep into Solano County today. In the east bay, a disastrous combination of dry fuel, gusty wind and hilly terrain fires in alameda, contracosta and santa clara counties could explode in size. Burning at least 102,000 acres. New Evacuation Order have been issued tonight for residents east of san joses city limits. Residents of coastal communities all the way south to davenport and Santa Cruz County h