In a ski area betwee portland and bend. Its been snowing all day in the area, and this picture shows the traffic mess. No snow here, of course, but with a lot of rain expected, San Francisco public works will put up temporary flood barriers at 17th tomorrow. The area is notorious for flooding. Lets take a live look now from san rafael where its soggy tonight. Its hard to see because of the water on the lens there. The north bay hit with heavy rain in a matter of hours, and andy is tracking it all for us. Those windshield wipers full speed tomorrow as heavy rain hits. Live doppler 7 now showing us just a little bit of a lull in the activity. We are tracking some moisture, but its right around our radar side and so a little light shower activity there. Heavier stuff is coming as you look to the north around ureka, the leading edge of the storm, and wider per sective shows you what it expect. This storm is a three. Its a strong storm for tomorrow, and theres quite a bit of moisture moving
Your honored thus of people to find safe shelter. Schools airports closed. Hotels converted into shelters. More than 15,000 tourists were evacuated. Astronaut scott kelly snapped the picture of the enormous storm from the International Space station. Hope to show you that with the message. Its massive be careful. Storm grew so big so fast took most meteorologist by surprise. Drew here now with more. Reporter this storm went from tropical system to category 5 major hurricane in just a little over 24 hours time. Very strong current brought warm water into the storm. Made it explode very quickly. The this show the past 12 hours it has made land fall. Made land fall at 4 15 p. M. Local time. And it was right about here which is about 55 miles to the west north west of manzanita where the biggest wind wave flooding are to occu occur. What is happening to Hurricane Patricia after this hour. Its weakening about you still very serious mainly hurricane category 4 wind, 130 Miles Per Hour. Booki
Hightech planes. Im wolf blitzer, youre in the situation room. With just 27 days to go until all of us are hit with tax increases, takes it across the board a cut of 55 billion. People have it in their power to avoid the socalled fiscal cliff arent negotiating, theyre not debating right now, so many of them simply leaving town. But theres more going on than meets the eye. Lets bring in our senior Congressional Correspondent dana basch, she has the latest. Reporter theres so much political theater around here right now, you could say tickets. One of todays acts was the house leaving. Lawmakers streaming out of the capitol hill, racing to their cars to get to the airport and go home. Its a scene you usually see on a thursday afternoon or friday morning, not wednesday at noon. Good morning. House Republican Leaders told members theyre free to leave, because they have nothing to vote on. I understand that you are saying legislation has been put on the floor. When it comes to just pure opti
Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. We begin with the looming tax hikes. All of us are facing a little over three weeks. Those increases coupled with spending cuts in vital programs including defense, health care and Housing Assistance are being called the fiscal cliff. The only way to i void it is for president obama and congress to make a deal, cutting spending and raising revenue. Adding to the sense of urgency. News that 350,000 people simply gave up looking for work in the month of november. And while that drove the Unemployment Rate down to 7. 7 , the fiscal cuts and tax hikes are expected to dramatically slow job creation and increase unemployment possibly plunging the economy back into a recession. Lets go to dana joining us from capitol hill. The latest negotiations dont seem to be going anywhere. They sure dont. The House Speaker ended the week by calling it a wasted week. He only had one phone call with the president of the United States and he said it was just, mo
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