Polar bear used to enjoy. We begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. This storm is lifethreatening. We are going to have significant winds, significant power lines down. We are going to have a lot of downed trees. Hermine smashes into the southeast. Flooding potential right up through georgia, South Carolina. Across eastern North Carolina. Its pretty nerve wracking. You see the trees bending. He said im not paying for the wall and i said you are paying for the wall. Give me a break. This is a guy born with a silver spoon in his mouth but now is choking on because his foot is in his mouth, along with his spoon. The first time infected mosquitoes have been found in the United States. In the final preseason game of the year, Colin Kaepernick, the 49ers quarterback, refused from now on. A mother is demanding an investigation after jetblue put her 5yearold son on the wrong flight home. In florida, the Spacex Falcon nine rocket was preparing for a test
Like a monster. Its very symmetrical. It has a well defined eye. Both indications that it is a very strong storm. So the latest track, actually nudged it in a couple different directions. The next 48 hours it got nudged a little to the east. But where were concerned days four and five got nudged to the west. The previous track is the yellow line. You can see just how much of a nudge to the west it got. That means as we could have a category two hurricane anywhere from charlotte to a few hundred miles off shore. Something we need to start thinking about. Ill talk about what the impacts could be here coming up in just a few minutes. And heres a lack at what its like in haiti right now. Four people including two fishermen have already dined the rough seas as Hurricane Matthew approaches. Island the as we said, governor pat mccrory has declared a state of emergency for if counties. For the storm. Cbs North Carolinas beau minnick is live at the Emergency Operations center with more on hour
But were holding down the fort. Japans nikkei reopening after yesterdays Public Holiday and it plunged. 4. 8 . It closed at its lowest level since october 2014. The index is down in seven of the last eight sessions. That is coming as the yen has been rising against the dollar and it comes after yesterdays big selloff in the u. S. This years lowses have erased nearly 1. 8 trillion in value for investors just on that index. The s p is down 10. 5 since the first trading day of 2016. But u. S. Equity futures are rebounding this morning. Part of that is because of firmer oil market. Take a look at what crude is doing. It is bouncing back today following Late Afternoon comments by an opec Energy Minister from the United Arab Emirates that sparked hopes of a coordinated production cut. And though weve heard this story before and havent gotten anything out of it, the markets are interpreting that as a positive. Wti he crude currently up nearly 4 . 27. 21. Brent is sitting above 31 a barrel, up
Panels started to come loose around 6 p. M. On the Free Standing sign. Metro fire was among the agencies that responded and within minutes light rail tracks were completely shut down between county line and dry creek road. The highway reopened about two hours later just after 8 00. 9news reporter whitney wild is there. Whitney . Reporter adele, you said it. This every the panels started to come the panels started to come loose. When you consider it, this really could have been catastrophic. Each panel is 8foot by 4 feet. If one hit a car it, could have been catastrophic. Luckily that wasnt the case. The wind have been 40 winds have been 45 miles an hour. Earlier in the evening an employee saw those panels started to flutter in the wind. He told his supervisor who here in a hurry. Several firefighter from south metro fire and rescue went up the ladder about 100 feet to start tightening those panels so they wouldnt become any more loose. The highway was shut down. South Metro Fire Rescue
Ikeas monster sign meets its match in tonights high winds, i25 shut down as First Responders race to keep the sign in 1 piece. Those same winds are knocking down trees and fanning fires as temperatures soar into the 70s and break records. No quick fix, cdot still hasnt been able to reopen part falling out of the sky, a helicopter with five people on board goes down. And colorados infant mortality problem, digging into the numbers reveals a tough to talk about topic. 9news starts now. Saying its a bit windy is an understatement, strong gusts, some nearly 100 Miles Per Hour in the mountains and 40 to 50 in the front range left their mark. They impacted thousands of people during the evening rush is what the wind did to the huge ikea sign. Panels started to come loose around 6 p. M. On the Free Standing sign. Metro fire was among the agencies that responded and within minutes light rail tracks were completely shut down between county line and dry creek road. The highway reopened about two