Broadcast center, this is abc7 news. Developing news now at 11 00. A massive earthquake 6,000 miles away from california has triggered a tsunami advisory along the states coastline. Im dan ashley. And im ama daetz. Chiles president said at least five people died in the 8. 3 earthquake. It hit off the coast. Now we are getting new images of damaged homes and lots of debris and the ceilings have collapsed. The strong aftershocks have hit, the strongest so far is 7. 0 which is a sizable earthquake. Inside stores is a lot of broken glass after things fell off the shelves. They are told to evacuate the coastal areas. The streets are flooded as the cars are trying to get out. The quake has triggered a tsunami advisory from Southern California to the central coast. This is a look at Huntington Beach in orange county. Strong waves could hit in a few hours. Now for the latest on the sue pho me advisory we president on the tsunami advisory, lets check in with sandhya patel. Lets take a look at t
Hold on. Mements of panic chaos and loss. Tonight the brave fighting the flames. Resilience dealing with the destruction. Good evening thanks for joining us. We begin with the latest on the valley fire. Tonight we have learned that roughly 1800 fire crew fighting the flames northeast of santa rosa. Fire has been raging since saturday. As you can see here it is explode in size and now at 97 square miles. Flames scorched 585 homes another 9,000 buildings are threatened. Tomorrow lake county sheriffs deputy will escort people to the home to pick up animal left behind. Schools in lake county remain closed. Many for the rest of the week. As you can see from the map the valley fire has spread out in several direction and 3 counties lake sonoma and napa. Its now 10 contained. Alan begins our Team Coverage live tonight in the Evacuation Center in calistoga. Alan . At this point the thought of this fairground becoming the home for the next few weeks or even months really hasnt sunk in yet proba
Homes. Heres a map now of where the fire is burning in the community of cobb. Its burning so fast its challenging firefighters ability to warn residents of the danger. We have some extraordinary video to share with you some morning from the community of middletown. An abc7 news photographer was allowed to stay there after the mandatory evacuations took place. House upon house is burning. Theres no sound. You just hear the crackling there of the flames. You will also notice there are no firefighters. Peoples possessions, their memories gone in an instant. With he wont know the extent of the damage in middletown until later today. But it is definitely substantial. We received word the fire destroyed a school. A school that serves kindergarten through high school. A small private school. We have this report. Katie is going to join us live now. Good morning, katie. Good morning. We are live at the Napa County Fair Grounds in calistoga where the red cross shelter is in place for the thousan
Linger from around bear valley up toward sonora. You see the Higher Elevations looking at a little bit of snow. This is all winding down. The wind advisory has expired but not red flag warning where there could be wind gusts of up to 50 miles an hour. We may see this lifted. A calmer day today and temperatures will be coming up a few degrees in some neighborhoods. Ill tell you where a bit later. Carolyn. Thank you, lisa. She just told you a wind advisory issued by the chp last night has been lifted. It was for the bay bridge and the san mateo bridge. Officers said winds were especially strong on the bay bridge. And the gusts have also caused plenty of damage in San Francisco. Abc7 News Reporter lilian kim takes a look. The calf folding on bay shore boulevard was no wind that swept through San Francisco. All of it came crashing done down on two parked cars in this parking lot. The owner of this s. U. V. Was walking into the store when it happened. Im so blessed if i stay inside the car
Burning. Our abc7 news now community is sharing incredible photos with us. Look at this photo from kelly, giving a last look at her home before she and her family were evacuated. Kerr nell bernard begins Team Coverage live a look at the die instruction left behind by the fire. Just surreal, cornell. Reporter the fire storm was so intense it reduced neighborhoods like this to complete rubble. Is virtually unrecognizable. Were here on it was wall of fire behind us when we left. Scariest thing ever. Im still in shock. Kimberly harper feels lucky to be alive. All of our houses are gene. Destroying her home october cobb mt. Along with her two sons houses. This middletown home belongs to a friend but it alsoen burned to the ground. Everyone is safe but the family pet vanished during the chaos. My cat, i just dont want him to suffer. The ferocious wall of flames moved toward middletown like freight train. The total number of homes lost will be staggering. As far as an estimate of homes, weari