Years ago. Comparisons show 1997 on the left, the red and white areas on the right the current formation. It could bring a lot of much needed rain after four years of drought. An el nino is a band of warmer water in the tropical pacific that changes weather patterns. My brother is a roofing contractor in the east bay and he is going nuts right now. Usually its slow but everyone is worried about the rain that could be coming. Im hearing a lot of reports from roofers, also Car Dealerships where people are trying to trade in their cars and get trucks. Suvs. Because, you know, you dont want to hydroplane this time of the year when we have the el nino and i have to tell you its the number one question im being asked by people every day, is it really going to happen . I got to tell you last year, we were saying were seeing signs of it and it didnt pan out. This year its very consistent day to day. Were watching el nino reports. Looks like we are going to have a wet late fall or early winter.
Sight at lake tahoe. Good evening and thank you for joining us. We begin with the weather tonight of record heat last weekend to late summer showers and a water spout. Our drew truman is here with live doppler 7. Drew. I want to share the photo of the water spout. This is over lake tahoe over this afternoon around 4 45 p. M. You can see the funnel cloud right here on the lake water. You can see the circulation is picking up some of that lake water. Thats why it is called a water spout. It is making contact with the surface. Well take you to the report early this afternoon, this one coming in at 4 45 p. M. North lake tahoe district reported that water spout. Live doppler 7, you see showers and thunderstorms for the severe weather, they have diminished at this hour. Back here at home, it felt nice in terms of air temperatures and cooler air finally arrive at the 40 hours change. Most spot cooler still is with us. The dew point is measuring the amount of moisture in the atmosphere in the
Wane. He is responsible for corn ending efforts in the north bay. Tom baker was there today as they talked about the next steps. Tom . Reporter he is a big job, the fire moves so fast and it did wipe out everything in its path, what is important about this is a private and Public Partnership needs to get together to fill the gaps that the government alone cannot to. They need to do this as soon as they can to speed this all up. This is a great effort moving forward to get to where we need to end up. Reporter rebuild north bay as a nonprofit of key officials, dismiss officials and nongovernment agencies in north bay counties affected by the firestorms, this will operate for years to come, the goal is to raise as much money as possible to fill the gaps where insurance and government cannot make people fully whole. Disasters are about people, not politics. Reporter the newly appointed director is no less than james lee with. They need to be identified and then utilized in all of this to m
Shows one of the officers doing. And tonight, we celebrate a great. I found my thrill on Blueberry Hill the pioneer inspiring elvis, the beatles and jeb rations that followed. Good evening and its great to have you with us on a wednesday night. And we begin with President Trump, tonight responding, after soming under attack from two senators in his own party. The president was asked if he accepts any blame of the civility oshgs lack thereof in politics right now. And the president tweeting about a stand og vags he received from republican senators as proof they are not fractured. Heres abcs senior White House Correspondent cecilia vega, leading us off. Reporter at the white house today, with his character under fire from fellow republicans, President Trump brushed aside questions about whether its time for him to be more civil. Well, i think the press makes me more uncivil than i am. People dont understand. I went to an ivy league college, i was a nice student, i did very well, im a ve
Investigated. Thank you for joining us. A coup health and city official says oak lawn moved debris from the property without a permit and before the e. P. A. Could check fore hazardous waste. This is a story youll see only on abc 7 news. This is what was found at shrilla capri. I was very surprised because there was no set criteria or approvals for any property to move forward at that point. No approval and no permit as required by the city. Though the capri burned down two weeks ago, moon says the area is an active unrestricted disaster zone. We issued a cease and desist, or stopwork order. Workers say they complied but they had already removed the bulk of the debris. Heres what it looked like. 57 . The e. P. A. Has not yet conducted sweeps at properties that burned down. Were taking Hazardous Materials from one location where we can control it and we transport it to a new location that could potentially now be contaminated with that material. This is a bad thing . It could be, yes. M