Power grid means Power Outages across the bay area. Why pg e transformers just cant handle the heat. 100 degree temperatures once again today all over the bay area. Good evening, everyone. The good news, it will get cooler, but today we saw a variety of problems. We have Team Coverage tonight with ktvu Debora Villalon the power problems, Jana Katsuyama on the sweltering commute on bart. First to chief meteorologist bill martin with todays new records, bill . San francisco did not get a record today. Yesterday they did break a record. Today getting up to 27 degrees. Here are the records. 90 degrees at sfo, 101 and moffat, moffett field, Mountain View area, and these are big numbers. Napa 100 to come Oakland Airport 99, santa rosa 100 degrees. These are the rest of the temperatures throughout the bay Area Temperatures way above the average, even at the cost. Half moon bay set a record today, 85 degrees of the coast in a very, very hot. Iso105 degrees or 108 degrees down in king city toda
tournament would he consider pulling a tom brady and unretiring announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone hurricane fiona now a major category 3 storm and likely to get stronger as it sweeps across islands of the caribbean. days after puerto rico took a direct hit, that island s residents are facing difficult and harrowing days from long gas lines to limited access to drinking water more than 1.1 million power customers without electricity. 55% of the island territory has no running water. for many it s a flash back of the days of crippling misery that followed hurricane maria which struck puerto rico five years ago today, causing the deaths of 3,000 people that recovery still incomplete tonight, we re tracking hurricane fiona s destructive march as it bears down on the turks and caicos islands with sustained winds of 115 miles an hour. expected to become a category 4 storm by tomorrow as the atlantic storm season picks up speed gabe gu
the country s longest serving monarch. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. it is tuesday, september 20th, 4 a.m. here on the east coast of the united states where we are tracking hurricane fiona as the storm gains strength in the atlantic. fiona is now a category 3 hurricane barrelling closer to the turks and caicos islands after tearing through the dominican republic on monday. heavy rains and strong winds ripped through cities destroying buildings and homes. more than 1 million people are without running water in the dominican republic and officials say it s too soon to know the exact number of power outages. it s only a glimpse of the power of this storm, and that s expected to get even stronger through the weeks. let s turn to our meteorologist pedram javaheri who s keeping a close eye on the storm. all eyes on the storm. it is a major hurricane, category 3. possibly up to a category 4. the turks and caicos, home to 5,000 pe
raining. the outer band still lashing puerto rico. t a least four deaths reported so far. emergency crews have rescued more than 1,000 people. the efforts are still ongoing as responders try to get to people in hard to reach areas. parts of puerto rico are still recovering from hurricane maria that made landfall there five years ago today. cnn s leyla santiago is live for us in san juan. what are you hearing? brianna and john, as i checked in with families this morning, if you were in san juan, the metropolitan area, there is a small portion of areas that have had power restored. they are getting water back this morning. but if you are in the interior, if you were on the southern coast, really hit hard by hurricane fiona, there is still no power, no water. there are still people at shelters, and there are still crews trying to get access to some areas because of that flooding. i know you went over a lot of the numbers in terms of how much water has come down, the deaths
fiona dealt a devastating blow to puerto rico. most of puerto rico without power this morning. it could be days before it is restored. many people there also have no running water. at least two deaths have been reported from the hurricane which dumped up to 30 inches of rain. emergency crews have rescued well over a thousand people including this woman who had to be carried to safety. many more may still be trapped in the flood waters. parts of the island, puerto rico we re talking about, are still struggling to recover from maria that made landfall five years ago today. let s go to layla santiago. what can you tell us? brianna, john, it has been continuing to rain this morning. these are the outer bands of fiona. we are in the northeastern part of the island, san juan. where a small portion of customers have actually had their power restored, but in the interior, in the southern part where we spent most of our time it s a different story. they are waking up without pow