This is a big one. This is no joke, this hurricane, unless of course you are part of the Graphics Team at fox 5 new york. For the lesser antilles, you see winds at around 60, 65 miles per hour. A lowend hurricane. Jimmy the weather men get very excited in these types of situations. Anyway, its good to be back. The most interesting take on the storm in my opinion is not from a meteorologist. It came from a random guy in florida, yes, who believes we could put a stop to these storms if we just use the resources we already have. See how they havent come up with some kind of way to combat these storms yet. They keep saying, you know, two days ago, three days og, oh, its going to hit all this warm weather, all this warm weather and warm water. We have a navy. Why dont the navy come and drop ice in the warm water so it cant get going as fast as its going. Theres got to be ways to combat this instead of just pointing at the thing and saying, its getting worse. You know its getting worse. But
Spanning as far east as madagascar and a large number is believed to be due to slash and burn practices by farmers has been compounded by shorter rainy seasons why its orange dinahs Data Scientists and drought specialists who focuses on african agricultural trends he says the lack of rain in the past 3 years is having a huge impact the real issue is that the impact of these brush fires is getting worse if you look at a lot of parts of sani abacha parts of the african continent particularly the west african said hello this used to be a regular occurrence during the dry season and when the rains would come around. There would allow for grasslands to grow again but unfortunately we are seeing a very significant increase in variability of rainfall its making the rainy seasons very volatile and less predictable. Still ahead this half hour israel sends tanks and troops to its borders with lebanon and syria after carrying out acts strikes in both countries. And the u. S. Congress you to call
Save and all just because we have thunderstorms in the 4 calls the next couple days its a very unsettled picture hold away from texas the southeast the mid atlantic and into the northeast you also notice into central count at canada on terry we have this area of low pressure so that will work its way gradually eastwards taking the rain with it but also the cooler air so for those winnipeg. Hello there we have the heat back in place across much of texas that he devised was in place but to the east of there it is all about this massive cloud that you can save in august. And we have thunderstorms in the forecast with the next couple days its a very unsettled picture hold away from texas the southeast the mid atlantic and into the northeast you also notice into central count at canada ontario we have this area of low pressure so that will work its way gradually eastwards taking the rain with it but also the cooler. So for both winnipeg. Hello there we have the heat back in place across muc
Its thanks to a new law that requires car dealers to issue temporary license plates before a car hits the road with numbers that can be tracked. Good evening, im julie haener. And im frank somerville. The bay area total authority says new data shows the state law is working as it was intended with a dramatic drop in the number of cars passing through the toll gates without paying. It was a ktvu investigation that drew attention to the problem six years ago. Prompting peninsula assemblymen kevin mullen to craft a new law. Ktvus Jana Katsuyama was the reporter then and shes at the bay bridge toll plaza tonight with a closer look at the positive impact of the new law. Reporter frank and julie, when we first reported on this, california told authorities and Law Enforcement officers had no way of catching these drivers. Thats because these generic dealer placards were so common. Now this initial data shows more drivers are paying their fair share. At toll crossings more money is rolling in
Well check that in the next couple minutes. Maybe a bridge crew can confirm or deny. Meanwhile the san mateo bridge shows how light the traffic is. New this morning, a new push to allow medical marijuana in all Public Schools across the state. Today in the bays bob redell live to tell us more about this controversial legislation. Bob, could students actually be allowed to light up on campus . Reporter laura, no. Thats an important distinction. If this bill were to become state law, parents will be able to administer medical marijuana to their student child on campus as long as the medical marijuana is in the nonsmoking form. Yesterday the California Assembly approved a bill to allow local School Boards whether or not to let this happen on their 12 campuses. Some students use medical marijuana to treat medical seizures. Right now they must go off caus. Supporters of the bill argue its dangerous for the students to go off campus. Some question whether this drug should be allowed on campu