We started to the north, now its been extended farther south. As we look at the radar shay, a lot of heavy rain. Right. When i first came in this morning we were talking about how Citrus County was really under the gun earlier this morning. They are starting to clear out. What you were saying, it weakened as it moved onshore. That is similar to what were seeing to the south. Hopefully that continues. Its this cell were watching to the south. I think the water temperature is still very cold now this mid60s. That could be weakening the storms as they move in. But boy, look at this, torrential downpours, frequent lightning crews most of the area. A little further south and west were watching this area, with a little spin but i must say its been weakening as well. Hopefully that will follow the trend we had out there early this morning. That heavy rain, at a minimum, possibly gusty winds. Its going to be moving into area, across the skyway, fort desoto and northern portions of Manatee Coun
Breaking news throughout the night. The National Weather service now confirms a tornado hit pensacola late last night pummeling the panhandle. With heavy rains and very strong winds. This new video came in three hours ago showing the storms fury. You can see storms destroyed homes, absolutely shredding one buildings roof. There are reports that the dangerous weather left at least six people hurt though were still working to find out how serious the injuries are. At least 7,000 families we do know spent the night without electricity because the storms brought down power lines. The team from the National Weather service will head to pensacola today to get a better sense of the damage. That same line of storms took a deadly turn in the deep we found out overnight there are still some people unaccounted for, in hard hit louisiana. At least three people are dead, dozens more hurt between louisiana and mississippi. One First Responder says its some of the worst damage hes seen in almost 40 y
Nearby hospitals died. It took 30 minutes for crews to open up with just a couple lays and all lanes hope now. Right now crews tearing apart the deck of the san mateo bridge. You can see one of the vehicles just making its way along that deck span. Caltrans shut all of that down late last night because 12, 30 foot sections will be replaced for r. Announcer retrofitting. Its inconvenient but i dont mind they are spending time and money making sure that the bridge is safe. Its going to be a pain in the rear. That man is a limo driver said he crosses the bridge several times a day so this weekend will be tough on him. There is the bay bridge, if you have to head into the city you can see things moving just fine. However, caltrans said most people likely wont use it, they will most likely use the dunbarton. Green is a good thing going across if you need to go that way. Things are looking fine. That bridge is set to reopen by five monday but caltrans has scheduled the same closure for next
With the traffic. A hot spot we are following. George we are looking at some better news for the ride of 580 in the westbound direction. We are looking at this westbound 580 crash. There were two of them and the macarthur maze 3 that the second one as clear as well. All lanes are open and there are no longer any instructions for these westbound 580 ride where the westbound 24 ride so things are improving pretty nicely. We do however have a south bay hot spot. When no ones out found that in south san jose with three of the plant north bound lanes blocked traffic backed up to the five interchange into the type of the valley. He erica the live without live. Temperatures right now predominantly in the upper 50s by the time we reach a afternoon highs expect low 60s coast side to upper 80s inland. Well break on your specific numbers coming up at 715. Mark we are getting no information on this massive fire the one fire burning just outside the yosemite park. The fire now at 105,000 a. 165,000
Getting a hold of this thing. Over 2000 firefighters are working diligently kaka claims under control. Trying to get underfire underneath the control. With residents being advised to leave. Reporter many nervous residents are hoping that the flames will stay away from their homes. I will continue to follow the developments, with a Community Meeting is planned tonight. Another pinteresting t remains open. There is another section that is being threatened. Reporting live, scott rates, kron 4 news. Pam for more now on the wildfire. Weather center with our chief meteorologist. Jacqueline bennet. Jacqueline where is all the smoke from the yosemite fire headed . Jacqueline it is really coming out of the south west, with the satellite for this ramify or other visible satellite. It is going towards the north. Again the these wind is really coming from the southwest. Here is where the fire is located. You can see that it is headed to the north and to the northeast. There are hot, dry conditions