So as a forecaster when you have to cover for that cover storms into the 5 00 a. M. Forecast, you have to get up really early. It is really challenging. Sometime some time ago, i read erik ons storm larsons book. It is a remarkable account of the worst National Disaster in history, the galveston hurricane of 1900. The book brings to life america at the turnofthecentury and the destruction of the city, at the time the jewel of the south, the new york city to be of the gulf coast. Author joins us here today and brings to life human drama, survival from a massive hurricane that slammed galveston almost 100 years ago, coming up on september 8. Given that it is the 100th anniversary, this is the great time for us to look back on the tragedy in the nonfiction andunt of erik larson the nonfiction account of erik larson. Before i introduce him, i want to discuss the anatomy of hurricanes, how we go about cutting it forecasting, and i want to step back in time to show footage taken after the da
Patrol with un peacekeepers and the Congolese Army in east india and see that you try to stop the rebel attacks that have already cost 1000 lives coming up in sports well see whats next for Manchester City as they take their punishment for breaking financial fair play rules to sports culture pale. So just in the past hour or so the u. S. Defense secretary has called china the biggest threat to the global order he was speaking at the Munich Security Conference markets accusing the Chinese Government of seeking advantage across the world by any means and at any cost and he again urged European Countries to stay away from the chinese tech giant huawei a demand that has been rebuffed by european allies. Under present shes rule the Chinese Communist party is heading even faster and further in the wrong direction more internal repression more predatory economic practices more heavy handedness and most concerning for me a more aggressive military posture it is essential that we as an Internat
All northbound lanes were blocked along with three of the southbound lanes. No word on the identity of the person killed in the crash. All lanes on the 101 reopened in both directions. We are hearing a caltrans crew is due to come out sometime between 7 30 and 9 00 to begin repair work on the Center Divide. We are on standby waiting for chp to arrive to give us more details on the accident as the investigation progresses and to also give us a sense on how traffic has moved this morning with the rain. A reminder for anybody no matter what direction youre going the rain is sporadic so if it is not raining now it could be in five minutes or it could have rained five minutes ago so there will be slick roads. The reminder for everybody is give yourself more time for your commute and take it slowly. Christien kafton, thank you. Im glad i left early this morning because we had slick streets. Yes, it does not take much. Even though the downpours have moved out have scattered rain and we could
Im deiah riley. A hurricane watch is posed for some central counties. Residents on the eastern seaboard are stocking up to prepare for the storm. If you think you will have to evacuate go do it now before the roads get clogged. Governor rick scott we expect impacts from reporter roadways are clogged in south carolina. Governor nikki haley issuing a warning. If you dont get out in time, you may get stuck. That is worstcase scenario to be stuck on the coast with no place to go because you didnt meet the evacuation time. Mandatory evacuation orders were issued for parts of north carolina. All three states plus georgia declared states of emergency through the caribbean. Matthew will brush up againsted east coast of the United States this week, residents are preparing and stocking up on everything from groceries and water to fuel and cash. I am hearing a lot of screeching of tires. Im waiting my time. I know it will be worse tomorrow. As people along the eastern seaboard brace for Hurricane
The roadways. Dave spar is in the Weather Center with another storm coming our way. We begin with whats happening now. The Storm Tracker showing the bulk of the rain coming down now in the north bay and were picking up traces on the peninsula. In the north bay, a wet ride along the entire stretch from santa rosa past highway 37 and down through sand rafael. You get a brief break and picks up again towards the Golden Gate Bridge. Richmond and the entire city under light rain as is heshg leez. Down into berkeley, wet weather to deal with. Sfo, youre running four hours behind on incoming flights. Thats the delay at the airport and spelling problems for you as the planes coming in are delayed, the turned around time is also delayed. Make sure and call the airport. Heres what were expecting during the 8 00hour. School starts and looking for impressive rain in the north bay at that point and a good bit of San Francisco and peninsula. The rain continuing south. Intense showers to start to pop