It to get to me. Reporter clearly a resilient group, those living in mariposa county, but still not completely unafraid. As the raging Detwiler Fire consumes acre after acre of dry brush, trees and hillsides. Threatening the small sierra foothills, towns and neighborhoods in its path. The lower temperatures are appreciated. The winds are still there that drive fires like that, the dry fuel is still there and then you have the dead fuels. Reporter with flames closing in on two sides, the residents of coulterville were given an emergency evacuation order. These folks were coming down from a Hilltop Community about ten miles outside of town. Prayers for the firefighters, and everything up there can be replaced. We cant. Reporter what did you grab . My golf clubs. Animals, clothes. Coffee maker. Thats about it. Reporter in coulterville, most of the Historic Downtown is empty. A town thats built several times before. A fact not lost on the locals. My house has been here since 1849. I think
Conference championship games. The highlights and celebrations coming up. We do say good morning to you, everyone. Im kendis gibson. And im Erielle Reshef in for diane macedo. We begin with the rising death toll in the southeast as severe storms spawned several tornadoes. First, lets take a look at the radar right now. You can see the powerful storm system stretching from south florida to north carolina. Overnight tornado warnings posted for Miamidade County as well as down to the florida keys. There have been 28 reported tornadoes since saturday. 19 people are dead in mississippi and in georgia. Video of the damage here in cook county, georgia. And its not just the southeast getting hit with severe weather, concerns of flash flooding and mudslides in california. This video showing a car being swept away in santa clarita. Dramatic images this morning from both coasts. Severe weather slamming the south. This morning the storms hitting florida, downing trees and knocking out power. In ad
Blocked. Not sure how long. Sounds like it was a major one and several vehicles got flat tires before they put the closure in place. A soggy bay bridge. The metering lights on 5 30 this morning. Slow drive approaching the bridge. Once you make it on the bridge, looking okay. Well look at drive times in less than ten. Thanks, alexis. Searchers will be out at Alameda Creek where officers believe a young woman died when she lost control of her car and drove into the creek. She and her car are still out there near niles canyon and palomares road. Elissa harrington is live near the scene for us. Such a sad story. The driver, an 18yearold woman from tracy, has been missing since saturday morning. Divers and search teams have not opinion automobile been able to get into the water because its been too dangerous. This is what the Alameda Creek looks like now, more like a river, swollen and deep with rapids. Rescuers are concerned about branchers or other debris in the water that could be danger
Can see the spin, its bringing in this unstable air. Look at all of this snow. This area is going to go down the coast and go by us tonight and things should start to dry out. In the meantime we are continuing with the wild weather. This area by livermore had some significant rainfall and hail rates. Its dying down, a lot of times when the sun goes away, the storms die down. Thats how it goes between now and tomorrow morning. Then things change drastically. We have seen 10 or 12 inches of rain. We will tally up the numbers and get going with the forecast for the week ahead coming up. Look at these pictures from sky fox. Thats a submerged car in alameda creek. An own year old from tracy was reported missing over the weekend after she drove into that creek, so far its been two dangerous for the dive teams to go into the water to look for the girl. It was the girls family that discovered the car. Reporter authorities said that the vehicle is submernled in 10 feet of water. It was difficul
The reservoirs. Avalanche danger in the mountains. Still a chance of some hail. We will talk about what it next coming up. In the east bay a century old tree came crashing down in lafayette. As rob shows us, it was not the only problem in the east bay, a sinkhole is making things difficult on a busy road. Reporter trimmers said it would take days to remove this tree on lafayette circle. It was quiet when it was going down but when it crashed, it hit the cars and made a huge noise. Reporter this woman was checking out her new car, it was one of five cars that the tree hit. I can get another car. Reporter the tree is estimated at 150 years old. Luckily everyone had just gotten inside. A lot of people could have gotten hert. Reporter the wet weather opened up this sinkhole near broadway terrace, but this is not just any sinkhole. A california Highway Patrol officer gave it a name on social media. Meet steve. I wanted to reach as many people as possible so i thought outside of the box and