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Follow suit . Ennightly news begins right now. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Police say grainy images we showed you here last night have helped solve the murder of a young dance student that traumatized the university of texas this week, one of the largest schools in the nation. The barely recognizable face in that video is believed to be that of a homeless teenage boy who police are convinced is their killer. The victim just a teen herself from oregon was found dead on tuesday sparking fear and anguish on the sprawling austin campus, and thats where we start this evening with nbcs gabe gutierrez. Tonight 17yearold Meechaiel Criner is in jail charged with firstdegree murder in the death of haruka weiser. An emotional Austin Police chief saying he had just spoken to her family who had this message. O once but twice. Reporter just 18 years old weiser was a freshman dance major, her body found tuesday in a creek on the main campus of the university of
The first video at the height of that monster storm is just coming in. Stormteam 5 meteorologist Danielle Vollmar is tracking its path. And she joins us now. Danielle . Danielle thats right, karen. I was a very strong storm earlier in the week. In fact, the strongest hurricane on record in both the eastern pacific and the Atlantic Basin but since then, coming inland it has weakened. Now a category one hurricane with winds of just 75 miles an hour and gusts up to about 90 miles an hour. It is also moving pretty quickly to the north and east at about 21 miles an hour. Now its already brought a lot of rain for parts of mexico. Anywhere from about 10 to 11 inches in spots. And expected in the next 24 hours to bring any with from 812 inches in mexico. Then it travels north and feeds tropical moisture into texas. This is one area under flash flood watches this morning because of another system that does not need any of the rain. Now closer to home, you see this area of low pressure, this col
Antoinette is off this morning. What was once Hurricane Patricia is now Tropical Storm patricia. It made land fall. The remnants carrying a lot of rain headed north. Storm team 5s meteorologist Danielle Vollmar has the latest on this storm. Danielle it was weakened as of the 8 00 update but at one point it the strongest hurricane on record both in the eastern pacific and the atlantic basin. Now though a Tropical Storm. Of course, its been moving over land so losing its tropical characteristics with winds of about 50 miles an hour. Gusts to 90 and its moving to the north and east at about 21 miles an hour. Now it has already put down in some locations 10 inches of rain looking to add an additional 48 inches in some areas. They really dont need it in mexico. Then it will move farther to the north and affect texas which, of course, does not need more rain as of right now. 42 degrees in boston. Youre still stuck at 26 degrees and 24 in jaffrey. So it is a cool start to you folks in the mer
Facing charges after threatening to shoot up their school. The tips that led to the arrests. Frank and new overnight a pickup truck crashes sending a tree up in flames. The Quick Reaction to the roadway fire. Youre watching wcvb, bostons news leader. Good morning this is newscenter 5s eyeopener. Frank its saturday, october 24. Good morning. Im frank holland. Karen and im Karen Anderson. Antoinette is off this morning. Hurricane patricia is weakening after making landfall. The first video at the height of that monster storm is just coming in. Stormteam 5 meteorologist Danielle Vollmar is tracking its path. Good morning, danielle. Danielle good morning, karen. Thats right. It has moved inland into mexico. It is weakening as it does so going across the land. It was the strongest hurricane on record in both the eastern pacific though and the Atlantic Basin at one point. Now it is a category 1 hurricane. Winds are still at 75 miles an hour so it is still maintaining tropical characteristics