Catherine as for the two american missionary workers being treated for ebola the news about the First American being treated on u. S. Soil is encouraging. Catherine doctor kent brantly has been treated with an experimental serum called zmapp. And is said to be improving. Catherine over the weekend. He was brought to Emory University hospital. And everyone was happy to see that he was able to walk into the hospital from an ambulance. Doctors say the serum hadnt even been tested on humans before. But theyre cautiously optimistic. Catherine a special plane has arrived in liberia to bring home the second american missionary with ebola. Catherine Nancy Writebol is expected to arrive tomorrow in atlanta. And shes also been treated with the experimental serum. Catherine meantime the death toll in nearing 900. That new serum wont be of much help because at this point, there are only a few reporter ebola is a virus that is not highly contagius. But once someones infected. Its extremely dangerou
Top of the building and Fire Fighters say it was tough to get to the top of the building. There are four flights of steps to get to the top to fight the flames. The Fire Department says the power line on the engine also hindered their firefighting efforts but they were able to control the flames fairly quickly in the main home where the fire started. The fire jumped to the two buildings to the left and right of the home. The homes possibly had apartments and one of the buildings. It was contained to the exterior of one of those homes but made it to the inside of the other. Again nobody has been injured at. This at we spoke with jason smith to was inside when the fire began and he said all he could do was evacuate his wife and young son. He talked about his feelings. As odd as it might sound i was very calm. It was obvious to me the house would burn down. So all i wanted to do was get my wife and my son out. That was it. After that as i said to about a couple vital things i wanted to re
The morning commute will not be a fun one because we will see widespread rain and water ran it that the lightning strikes will continue and there is a decent amount of instability with the storm and we will continue to see modern and lightning strikes the storm is moving from the south to the north in considering approaching and the direction of the rain, you can see the storm is kind of merging with some cloud cover, a tropical moisture being sucked into the system, there will be extra rain tomorrow continuing our team coverage. Some bay area residents are bracing for possible flooding. Kron4s jeff bush is live in walnut creek at one of the several sandbag stations in the east bay. Jeff . Jeff bush Contra Costa County operates several sand bag filling stationsfive in all and they are free to anyone who needs them. They are spread out around the countyand, they are easy to get to. Pg e was busy on monday getting ahead of the storm by trimming back the branches and limbs of the trees. T
From the south bay on the wind damage there. First lets check in with our chief meterologist jacqueline bennet. So we need to bundle up on new years eve . . Jacqueline bennett still win the, and gone to get even colder in to in new years day. Were seen powerful gusts up to a 45 mi. An hour. Still 50 degrees in San Francisco 44 in san jose. But when you factor in the wins it feels like its 42 in San Francisco and 30 each in oakland. Its going to get a whole lot colder from here. Gusty winds topplef trees all over the bay area. One neighborhood in the east bay saw at least half a dozen fallen trees. Continuing our Team Coverage kron4s jeff bush is live in alameda where one resident saw one of those big trees falling over. Jeff . Check. This. Out. A massive oak tree fell over into the street. It happened on catalina avenue around 7pm. The tree did stand jeff anywhere between 40 and 50 feet before it fell over. Bronwyn emery and her family saw the whole thing happen. Bronwyn emery alameda
Lets first check in with kron 4 chief meteorologist Jacqueline Bennet how does it look for the weekend . We do have sharply reduced visibility at this hour will see foggy and a number of locations satellite and radar pictures showing that its funny now we do have one shower rod is a cold front here but theres a wood for a warm front in ahead of it. Repairs are underway in San Franciscos Richmond District where a huge sinkhole opened yesterday when a pipe ruptured. The road collapsed when a pipe connecting the storm drain to the sewer line ruptured. That caused the soil under the street to erodeleading to a broken water main. Repairs could continue through the weekend. With tentative plans to reopen the road on tuesday. The storm also caused flooding in the north bay. Some Business Owners in tiburon spent the day drying out their stores. Fans were blasting. After a foot of water soaked some stores. So when the process now of estimating the damage and starting on repairs its just a proce