German company to raise profit outlook. We talk to the ceo at 11 30 cct. Good morning, everyone it is monday hope you all had a great weekend and it is a new week, especially for those investors caught with political tensions between north korea and u. S. , sent stocks down, the worst performance since last november. On this monday morning, seeing a bit of a relief rally. If we look at the indexes one by one, these gains are broad based. Ftse up by a half point. Dax surging by 1. 12 we will talk to the cfo later today. When it comes to the sectors, what youll see is that we see a bit of a rebound when it comes to the Banking Sector, up by 1. 7 this is one that was hurt pretty heavily. Auto trading high on the back of fiat report that oil and gas are underperformers. Back to the big political story that kept us busy over the weekend. President trump under fire for failing to explicitly condemn white supremacist groups, this where a man drove his car into people protesting against extrem
Make good sand sandbags. Hopefully they will be ready. Thank you. Many bay area cities have sandbag filling stations ahead of the storm and some clue palo alto and menlo park and richmond and martinez and walnut creek. Bring your own shovel. We have a list of locations on our website at abc7news. Com. Up to half a not of rain is expected today in the Santa Cruz Mountains which is a serious situation in the loma fire burn area. Matt . Good morning. Do i look prepared . I have my rain gather and rain pants on. If you are in the Santa Cruz Mountains you have to be prepared. Right new we are not seeing the big stuff, it is a drizzle. That will soak you. It is coming down right now. If you stand outside for five minutes you will be drenched. Check out the video. It is from Scotts Valley the past hour. Driving in the mountains is always dangerous. Always a threat of a crash on highway 17. With the rain is the possibility of rock slides and debris flow. That let is real for people in the area
And we have alexis smith tracking the roads and meteorologist mike nicco preparing for this day all week. This is as good as advertised, no hype here. When we upgraded it to a 3 we stuck with it. The leading edge of the steady rain is around santa rosa and north but we have scattered pockets of drizzle to scattered light rain. It is not going to be a dry commute but it will not be like the evening commute either when the batch of rain comes down. Here is san rafael an area seeing the wet weather, temperatures today are going to be in the midtoupper 50s and upper 50s and nearly 60 heaviest rain this morning through account in the north bay and heart of bay from noon to 4 00 and south by by 7 00. Alexis . We have wind gusts and high wind advisory for the bay bridge so both hand on the wheel. Not the best difficult to haul a trailer or camper. Westbound 580 before north flynn is our only blocking issue. Heading to the Altamont Pass we have the far left lane blocked. The vehicle respond ou
Alexis . Not doing too bad. So for this morning we had an earlier crash through vallejo westbound 80 before the cartinez bridge. It is picking up the last couple of minutes. In fairfield westbound 80 beyond highway 12 interchange we have wood in the roadway that people are swerving to avoid blocking the left lane. The richmond side of the richmondsan rafael bridge, wet in several areas. Drive for the conditions. Major area of concern this morning for flooding and mudslides, the Santa Cruz Mountains. Up to 6 of rain expected today in the burn area. Matt is there. Matt . Yes, is with i was told by someone i look like a wet noodle. It is drizzle all morning, and i have my photograph others an expert on the Santa Cruz Mountains and an expert on driving highway 17. What are the conditions looking like to you . Bad. People are drive close together, you have fog, you have wet conditions, poor visibility. It is tough. You have to drive slow and cautiously. What happens on days like this . Get
You and see the breezes are picking up. They are gusting to around 20 to 25 Miles Per Hour. This is a 3 a strong storm on our stormimpact scale where we rank storms from 1 light to 5 severe. Gusts town 50 Miles Per Hour. That causes wind damage and power outages. 2 to 5 of rain in hills so that means flooding and rock slides. You can see around san rafael from sir Francis Drake boulevard to mill valley, moderatetoheavy rain and moving up to napa and sonoma right new. Here is the big picture, ahead of the heavier line we have waves of lighttomoderate rain and in the heaviest rain is not in your neighborhood i will show you what to expect. How is the traffic, alexis . Not the best day to be on the roads, a look right new at the Golden Gate Bridge we are okay at the moment. Not seeing anything too slow but we have road spray kick off and it is looking socky you will have to have the wipers on. I have live doppler hd on top of the traffic map and everyone is getting sprinkles, the heavier