Announcement just hours before the Republican Convention kicks off. Plus, new danger as california braces for a second round of lightning storms. What it means for firefighters on the ground. Laptop shortage. The new struggle for students and teachers preparing for more Online School this fall. And landline speed record. The incredibly fast internet that could let you download all of netflix in one second. Good monday morning, everyone. We begin with that historic threat on the gulf coast. A possible hurricane doubleheader. Two storms taking aim at the region could hit within 48 hours of each other. Hurricane marco was downgraded to a Tropical Storm overnight but the storm is expected to make landfall in louisiana this evening with a storm surge of up to six feet. Tropical storm laura isnt far behind. Its already left a trail of destruction across parts of the caribbean and could hit the texas louisiana coastline wednesday as a powerful hurricane. This new video shows a waterspout form
In these quickly moving flames and winds. And so far we know 131 homes are been destroyed by the fires, 12 damaged at the last count and again some evacuation orders have been coming down, 77,000 people evacuated in san mateo and santa cruz counties on far. They are just warning everyone to get out quickly because theyy did not want anyone left in these evacuation zones. So if they want to attack by air, they dont want people down on the ground that would stop them from being able to attack from the air. And i can tell you this morning that they have been made pick could y meticulous with road blocks. They dont want people in the evacuated area that could potentially hamper the if firefighting attempts. And again, well have that at 6 00 a. M. And Julian Glover, abc 7 news. We know this is an uneasy morning for firefighters on the front lines of the walbridge fire that is part of the lnu complex in the north bay. It is scorching more than 347,000 acres and that is about the size of the
Rafael, but over oakland and concord, how out to highway 4. Its. Ing to get modified. There is some decent rain moving onshore. 30s to the north. 40s to the south. The coldest air is really kind of yet to arrive. That will he continue to filter in here. There are advisories for snow. Lake county, look for a mix of sun and clouds, but all eyes will be on the westsouthwest over the next couple of days, as this could set up to be a wet pattern. 40s and 50s on your temperatures. Sal off today, but were still checking traffic for you. If first, the bay bridge toll plaza absolutely a breeze. No problems out there at all. Very few cars. Lets check highway 24 in lafayette. Im seeing the lights out there of cars, so there is some traffic, but very little traffic, and no problems to report right now. And lets check highway 280, in san jose. No problems at all. In fact, almost no traffic out there. Though the roads may be a little bit wet. Later this morning, we are expecting to hear more from th
Still causing the backup, adding the slowdown. Taking quite some time for the tow truck to get there. In fact, chp says they havent heard an update for about 15 minutes, so, of course, we havent either. Weve seen that build there as well as here off the Castro Valley y. North 238 just short of 880, we have a crash there. Chp will arrive to assist. Hopefully Freeway Service as well. And another crash, its a mud slide, closing highway 84. This has been going on in fremont. Said its closed, basically from sunol, basically 680 over towards mission boulevard. Your alternate will be 680 in either direction between Mission North and that stretch. Some folks are slowing down, trying to figure out whether they should use that as an option. It is not an option. And we have that closure, highway 101, and i think you were talking about highway 17 as well. To the Santa Cruz Mountains this morning, where highway 17 is shut down in both directions, because of a mud slide that brought down trees and p
Still causing the backup, adding the slowdown. Taking quite some time for the tow truck to get there. In fact, chp says they havent heard an update for about 15 minutes, so, of course, we havent either. Weve seen that build there as well as here off the Castro Valley y. North 238 just short of 880, we have a crash there. Chp will arrive to assist. Hopefully Freeway Service as well. And another crash, its a mud slide, closing highway 84. This has been going on in fremont. Said its closed, basically from sunol, basically 680 over towards mission boulevard. Your alternate will be 680 in either direction between Mission North and that stretch. Some folks are slowing down, trying to figure out whether they should use that as an option. It is not an option. And we have that closure, highway 101, and i think you were talking about highway 17 as well. To the Santa Cruz Mountains this morning, where highway 17 is shut down in both directions, because of a mud slide that brought down trees and p