Northwest territories terms. This place is twice the size of france, its got 16,000 people in it, so vast scales that were talking about. This is essentially three communities to the left of yellowknife. And you can just hear a float plane into the distance, by the way. This is the Mackenzie River behind me. Yellowknife under a full evacuation order, as you probably heard, yesterday. We came out here a day before because, to be frank, the writing has been on the wall for days that that wildfire was going to pose a grave threat. Ok, so theres a huge lake called great slave lake. Yellowknife is on the top of it. Then, at the other side of that lake its a very large lake you have two communities called fort smith and hay river. Together, they have got about 7000 people in them. On saturday and sunday last weekend, they were both told to evacuate. Thousands of people fleeing down the highway to alberta, where they still are. We have no timeline for when people might be able to get back to
Followed by cheers and clapping as jurors returned a guilty verdict on the most serious charge, the kidnapping and murder charge. And subsequent charges after that. Lets look at our video. Antolin garciatorres sat motionless and expressionless at the charges and the verdicts were read. The panel of seven women and five men said the mountain of circumstantial evidence proved the 25yearold kidnapped and murdered sierra lamar. Morgan hill teenager disappeared more than five years ago as she headed to a bus stop. Prosecutors prove beyond a reasonable doubt that lamars dna on a rope inside the suspects car it is previous attempts to carjack and kidnapped three other victims added up to a guilty verdict. The Defense Attorneys declined comments as they left the hall of justice. David boyd, the assistant da says the complete package of evidence led to the conviction. That same jury held him responsible for the attacks on three women in a safeway parking lots in 2009. Cynthia lundy, annette wal
Across the central portion of the region this extends into allentown and reading, as well. In the central areas were expecting a line of drenching showers and thunderstorms later on. Some of the storms this afternoon and evening could be severe and numerous in fact in the central portion of the region. These are the areas highlighted by the storm prediction center. Any storms that form could produce damaging wind gusts and perhaps some hail and theres a slight chance of a tornado embedded somewhere in this wide, yellow region after the storms come through. The best chance of this is closer to dinnertime in the i95 corridor, down the shore, later, 7 to 9 00 p. M. Right now we dont see action out there, there are showers ahead of the front. The air in place is in uncomfortable and humid and theres a lot of energy to chew on when the storms come through. Were at 80 degrees at this early hour. Thats pretty unusual. 80 in allentown. 78 in trenton. 78 in millville. 71 in cape may. The dewpoi
Authorities in dallas say a patient had sex with someone who had recently become infected while traveling to venezuela and also became infected with the virus. The red cross is telling blood donors who have been to the outbreak stones to wait a month zones to wait a month before donating blood to make sure theres no further spread. Lindsay logue is live in tampa now. At the rate that zika virus is spreading could we see locally transmitted cases by the summer . Thats what experts are predicting. If you can think about this, the majority of the cases now throughout the world are transmitted through mosquitos. That is going to be the big fight, a successful fight against mosquitos is what people think could help combat the zika virus from spreading throughout the communities. Right now in downtown Tampa Hillsborough county commissioners are meeting and are requesting a staff report, keep you protected and how to keep the virus from spreading throughout the bay area. Already two confirmed
Weather adlib elias lets get into the top five this morning. Elias a slippery mess across iowa tuesday, as Mother Nature left snow for everyone to deal with as they began they commute to work. The snow and ice sent cars into ditches, and created a busy day for road crews, Law Enforcement and tow trucks. Sabrina two spot this morning. Sabrina two Southern States dealt with weather concerns of a different type. At least nine reports of tornadoes touching down across alabama and mississippi. Homes and businesses have suffered major damage, but only minor injuries have been reported. Elias the third thing you need to know before you walk out the door. Elias with a new regional administrator in charge, the epa is in force in flint, michigan and working to remedy the citys contaminated water crisis. The new leader says that the best minds have problem important thing is were going to let elias regional resigned in issues. Number four. The president ial campaign now heads to New Hampshire. An