Thunderstorm activity, it is making a turn but theres a lot of energy. I talked about this last week, the gfs was latched on to it. It is nailing this. You can see all of the lightning strikes there. Most of it though central california. This will rotate in a rotate in a lot of clouds. Further north, more sun, further south, more clouds. Better opportunity and windy for some in the mounts and areas to the south as well. Wind is variable. It is influenced. Look at san jose, 21 gusts to 37. The bow will be us today and tomorrow, the message, the big message though, alley, is that it will be cooler by midweek, much cooler today very muggy and humid with somehow torse south. I get it. It is still summer but man why yesterday i was like okay it is time for a change. I know. It is a good thing i stayed inside with air conditioning and watched football all day because it is that time of year; right. Football. The commute is looking pretty good on 58. It is not a bad community. We can push in
Tomorrow. We have live coverage for you. Give us a sense of where things stand right now. Reporter were outside in florida. Weve seen the conditions drastically change from what we saw the past couple of hours when irma was really slamming this area. But were still having to deal with a lot of debris on the roads. Palm trees on the roads, which still makes it a hazard as were trying to get through. See even though it may seem like things have calmed down in this area, its still dangerous for folks to drive in. I want to show you what are some of the hardest hit areas just as irma was making its impact. Hurricane irma showed no mercy. Collapsed at least three cranes under construction in miami. Video captured dramatic moments as the cranes danged from a high rise building, posing a dangerous threat to the neighborhood below. Tens of thousands of people in search of safety. For those taking cover inside the germain arena staying dry proved to be difficult. Confirming a leaking roof just
Hit by irma. Lets get right out to reporter Kenneth Craig live in miami with the latest. Kenneth . Reporter good evening to you from miamidade county, a hundred miles or so from where irma made landfall, even here we are seeing powerful, powerful winds that havent let up for hours. Hurricane irma bore down on naples, florida, blasting the city with powerful winds and torrential rain. Irma first made landfall after 9 00 this morning in the florida keys, then took aim at the mainland. In miami, construction cranes proved no match for the wind. And water flooded streets downtown. The city avoided a direct hit, but the sheer size of the storm means it is still a threat. Reporter millions of floridians are impacted by the storm, this is a life threatening situation. Reporter on floridas east coast, a major concern now are tornados, include this one in fort lauderdale, another twister caused damage in palm bay. In tampa, dogs played in the bay because irma is actually blowing the water out i
Its 8 00 on today. Coming up, breaking news. That hurt. Irma barrels toward northern florida leaving a path of destruction in its wake. Torrential rains and heavy winds whipping the southern part of the state. Trees uprooted. Homes destroyed. This morning millions of people without power. Thousands packed into shelters. Uncertain of the damage theyll return to. We dont know what, you know, the next few days is going to bring. Today september 11, 2017. All right. Were back now. Special edition here on a monday morning. Matt lauer with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb. Irma is no longer a hurricane. We just got an update from the National Hurricane center. Its been downgraded to a Tropical Storm. Take a look at the radar. Impacts still being felt. Atlanta was under a Tropical Storm warning earlier. Weve got complete coverage for you. Thats right. We were looking over our shoulder here because weve got something happening here with Kerry Sanders on marco island. Kerry cant hear me, but he i
Steve on the ultima pass. We are just off of that westbound 580. We have a motorcycle accident westbound 580 just before the north exit. This had been already a slow commute but now it is even slower involving a motorcyclist in a construction truck because it is construction going on on the ultima pass. Now 205 is backed up a lot more than it normally is in 580 is very slow. If you drive from tracy or you are driving in lets say from even further than that and use the tracy triangle you need an extra 20 minutes just to stay on schedule. Hearing this you may want to even leave the house a half hour earlier. Downstream livermore and dublin looks pretty good all the way into castro valley. 880 and oakland looking good in both directions. At the bay bridge we are getting a little bit of a crowd. Seconds ago as south was talking officials in florida announced irma has been downgraded from hurricane to a Tropical Storm moving towards the western florida peninsula. Made landfall yesterday as