Region, in the near term and medium term is not really sea level, rise, i mean there may be 6 inches by 2030 or 12 by 2050. But what we are really have to be concerned about in the near and medium term is what i called the trifecta which is the Sea Level Rise, combined with a big tide, and a big storm. And if you really want to bet big, you put the earthquake in there at the same time and that is what happened to hawaii last week, we had a 5. 0 the day before the hurricane hit. And so, what we are doing, with our partners at the point joint policy committee, abag is working on the an integrated 18 move for 24month plan that is fully integrated now. That is the hook that we are going to use to how the water is going to move and where the water is going to move of and how it is going to effect everybody on the ground and as you well know, you have discussed this, it is the water coming off of the hills that backs everything up into the creeks and so on, whether it is the Mission Creek so
Average. Yesterday we were over 20 below. Typical high in the mid30s. Currently 11 in pontiac. Current wind chill of 20. West chicago and illinois is at 10. Earlier today i got a threat from inside the station. If i keep using the negative numbers i will get it right to the chest. Some of these numbers need to be updated. It looks like some of our systems may have risen up. Satellite and radar composite does indicate at this hour we are dry. A weak front moves through. Not much moisture to tap into the system down to the south really dominates all the moisture. Todays High Temperature is up to 23. Tomorrow, 34. Friday we climb to 23. A quick update on traffic. Everything is looking good. No big delays. A little road work between the eisenhower and morgan. That basically is impacting both sides. Other than that, no big delays. Everything looks wide open and clear. The southeast is getting ready for what some are calling a historic ice storm. President obama has already declared a state
Maryland and her coworker second case sake treated Emory University hospital in atlanta. As is american dr. Who contracted ebola in sierra leone. President obama expressed concerns of the virus spreading. President obama owe obviously because of the two nurses getting sick that made people that much more concerned. Thats understood. I want everybody to understand it remains a very difficult disease to catch and if we continue to take the steps that we need to, then this will be contained. President added the best way to control a potential Ebola Outbreak at this is at the source. West africa. And today the he authorized the pentagon to call up more reserve and National Guard troops if theyre needed to assist there. The Action News Team is working here and on location to cover the latest surrounding the spread of ebola. Action News Reporter dann cuellar live in dallas, texas tonight and dann we begin with efforts there to deal with more potential cases. Reporter thats right, brian, fede
Today. Expected temperatures coming back into the 70s. Afternoon showers and thunderstorms will develop. 63 at the lakefront. 62 at midway. Down to bartlett its 57. Sixties in the union. Very warm numbers we think back to this time last week it was snowing. Satellite composite shows dry conditions but we do have some white sprinkles into portions of southern kane county. There will be the potential for showers and storms as the front arrives today. Typical high would be 60. We will hit 72 by 12 00. The chance for precipitation really spikes up into the afternoon. 71 degrees at 5 00 p. M. 60 percent chance of rain. 9 00 p. M. We have the chance of showers and thunderstorms. Boston pitcher is 56. More rain on wednesday. So far so good no major delays or hot spots but we do have word of a structure fire raged on roosevelt. We are hearing there are roadblocks in both directions. More on that plus a look at your travel times coming up. Police are looking for a driver after a fatal hit and r
Preconditions showers and even some thunderstorms south of the region. We are going to have when the conditions south of 80. Temperatures are staying in the 60s. Lukens the rain in the region. The good news is it is just rain right now. The heaviest of the rain is pushing into South Central county. As to continue down to lasalle piquancy that heavy rain making its way through. No thunder and lightning. In pontiac its coming down pretty well. Low pressure system a wave that is rolling up. Take a look at the powerful storms coming through. This is where the worst is going to be. Severe weather we will have the off chance of seeing something stronger today. 71 degrees right now. 66 in lansing. Temperatures are going wrong way. Showers are likely. Down to 51 tonight. It will be cooler high of 71. With a crash on 294 at 95 still has several lanes down. A car that flipped over. Good backups on the tristate. Other than that we still have some work out by the airport at 190. Its really getting