Snowing in the syria for much of the day yesterday, caltrans and chp has been directing traffic. Wet weather is raising concern in places hit hardest by recent wildfires, because floods and mudslides can happen where vegetation no longer exists. Jackie ward is in middle town, in one of the areas under a Flash Flood Watch this morning, jackie. Reporter well, michele its like deja vu, this area expecting some serious rainfall for this second monday in a row now, now of course we all remember this area being torched just a couple short mondays ago in the valley fire. Back then, rain was exactly what they were waiting for, well now the rainfall amounts roberta was getting to and well talk more about all morning have county officials concerned about flooding and mudslides. People 0 who live here are worried, too. Im worried about erosion in general and the trees coming down where they shouldnt go and going into the creeks and stuff. Reporter right now, rain water runs off the ground because
Moderate to heavy rainfall near highway 128, swinging into highway is it digging no the south. But then we have running gauge showers encompassing the santa cruz. Concord over the bay bridge, winds are out of the southwest at 10 miles and hour, temperatures in the 40s and 50s and not climbing too high, in fact with the scattered showers, the potential for isolated thunderstorms containing small hail, temperatures only in the 50s and a few low 6 east, we are going to track the storms together plus tally rainfall totals especially for lake county and burned out areas coming up. As you were talking about, that wet weather is prompting a Flash Flood Watch in those areas scorched by recent fires, jackie ward is in middle town, one of the places where people are on the lookout for water and mud, jackie. Reporter yeah, those heavy rains arent here quite yet, in fact just heard a sprinkling a little while ago, on our way here from San Francisco, it was a consistent sprinkle so no doubt they ar
Oakland, low 60s in san jose, winds will blow to you 15mile the and hour, showers, scattered, the risk of a thunderstorm containing lightning and small hail, well track the rain drops together as the newscast continues. Roberta, thank you. The Highway Patrol is urging drivers to slow done, wet pavement was dangerous yesterday, investigators say it was a faster in two years. Julie floyd of napa lost control hitting and on coming car north of santa rosa. Given the wet roads you didnt have as good a track, that is what caused her to go sideways. Slow down in the wet weather, it make as difference. I cant a driver who was trying to spin his wheels on purpose lost control, his green car slammed into a white pickup truck, everyone in that crash survive glad and in the mountains, changes are required, along parts of interstate 80 cisco grove, it was snowing in the sierra for much of the day yesterday, a lot of drivers too, were caught off guard. We just couldnt believe it that the traffic cam
A toxic environment on campus. Don champion is here in new york with more. Reporter last night about 150 protesters gathered on the campus, concerns over race and discrimination have been building for years at mizzou and got a big boost over the weekend when members of the Football Team took a stand with a student who is holding a hunger strike. Locked in arms in a picture, Football Players at the university of missouri have threatened to walk out over concerns about racial incidents at the school. All Stay Together as a team and we all made this decision as a team to not talk to the media. Reporter over the weekend the team said it would not take the field any more until University President tim wolfe resigns or is removed. For months, campus groups have complained about wolfes handling of recent racial harassment consents incidents on campus. Graduate student jason butler has staged a weeklong hunger strike. The administration has failed to take tangible actions to really make campus
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