A good morning to you all. Im diane macedo. And im nick watt in for kendis gibson. One of the most powerful Atlantic Hurricanes ever is speeding towards florida. Hurricane irma made its first landfall in the caribbean overnight. The category 5 hurricane is expected to hit the u. S. Virgin islands later and pass north of puerto rico tonight. Timelapsed photography shows the outer bands rolling into the island of st. Martin. Also in irmas path, tourists and resort workers are riding out the storm in hotel ballrooms there. All the forecasts agree that Hurricane Irma is headed straight for florida, but after that theres several paths it could take, up the east coast, along the gulf coast or through the middle of the state. But wherever it goes, florida is getting ready. Abcs janai norman has more. Reporter a monster storm whipping through the atlantic. Hurricane irma, a category 5 storm, with its eye on the caribbean heading toward the florida peninsula. Its a really big storm. Theyre real
There, our shot is a little buggy, and the fact that weve got the low clouds starting to roll back in. Yes, lets lay over the 12hour day planner. You can see 63 to 65, maybe even 66 degrees at 7 00. Well stay in the upper 60s at the coast from noon to 4 00. Your middle temperatures there, 76 and 78, thats the bay. 81 to 85, those are our temperatures in our inland. Well go from low clouds to high clouds this afternoon. And a nice evening, 65 to 73. Well take the latest onirma as shes just destroying an quilla right now. Well see where shes going to head coming our way next. Heres alexis. All right, taking a look at the roads this morning, we had a fatal crash overnight in the vallejo area. This is westbound state route 37 right at the state route 29 interchange. Up until just a couple minutes ago, we had all lanes blocked. Traffic was getting by on the shoulder, but we got the all clear from chp. All lanes are back open now, and unfortunately, that person was on a mike. That happened a
I dont have any major problems to talk about so far. We did have an issue here in the dublin area. Westbound 580 connector to 680 was closed, initially they thought for about three hours this morning. They got it down to 30 minutes. They were doing repairs on an attenuator in the area. They got it wrapped up about 15 minutes ago. For a short time, we had a backup, but things have cleared out. Mass transit off to a much better start than yesterday, too. Well look at that coming up next. We continue tracking breaking news in san jose. San jose police have just confirmed they are indeed investigating a homicide in the area of story road and hopkins. Also just a few moments ago, we learned from our crews the suspect still on the loose right now. I want to quickly show you these live images of whats happening out there. Police have started to clear some of the scene already. You can see crime scene tape is down. But there are still cones out there, still police presence. Overnight, police s
A good thursday morning to you all. Im diane macedo. And im nick watt. We have the latest information on Hurricane Irma as it tears its way across the caribbean. The incredible size of the storm. Its winds have decreased a little to 180 Miles Per Hour but they can be felt as far as 50 miles from the center of the storm. And new video shows what irma did to antigua knocking down trees, blocking roads. But some 30 miles away on barbuda an official calls it absolute devastation. Cell phone towers were snapped in half. On st. Martin streets are underwater and major buildings damaged. The waves were Strong Enough to knock people off their feet. The eye moved past puerto rico overnight. Abcs linzie janis is there. Reporter nick and diane, the eye of Hurricane Irma just passed us in san juan 50 miles to the north off the coast. Thats a little further away than it was predicted to come but we just now feel safe enough to come outdoors because we have been experiencing sustained winds of 55 Mil
Lefthand lanes. Havent seen updates and it does not look like its slowing down the carpool lanes. Hopefully it means its all clear. Not all clear if youre trying to get out of tracy. Westbound 580 into dublin, 54 minutes. No delay, southbound 680, and northbound 85, you still look good at 15 minutes. Ill update that crash we have in san jose in less than ten. Okay, here at the live desk, we continue tracking Hurricane Irma. The storm cutting a path of destruction across the caribbean. At least ten people are now dead. The tiny island of barbuda is the worst hit so far. This is an aerial view of the destruction. Officials say 95 of the buildings are damaged. Also want to show you the storm right now. This is a live picture of the Dominican Republic. We have been watching this all night and all morning, and if you can believe it, this is actually much less windy than it was just a few hours ago. Evacuations under way in florida ahead of the storm. Officials there saying this morning key