Plaza. Good morning. Nice to have you along, Tuesday Morning, 7 00 a. M. On the west coast. Still happening out here on the west coast. Look at plymouth, massachusetts. Snow still coming down hard. Even from 3,000 miles away on the west coast you can hear the sigh of relief though from people in the new york city area because we really got lucky with this storm. Though as you say, the same cannot be said for the people to the east of us and to the north. Thats right. We want to get to the latest on the storm. States of emergency declared in eight states from pennsylvania all of the way up to maine. But as the system is moving north now, many of those travel restrictions that were put in place are being lifted. How do you think air travel is doing . Its one of the biggest impacts of this storm. The backlog of canceled flights just keeps growing. More than 5,000 already today. In massachusetts, the National Guard activated 500 members overnight to help clear roadways, operate shelters, a
Storm since about the 4 00 hour. It seems like someone just cranked up the faucet here. These are big fat rain drops. You can see traffic moving along pretty good. We shot video in the past hour. Its been coming down hard and hasnt changed much all morning long. Not too bad of a situation, no accidents as of yet. We caught up with one man heading into work this morning. You have to be careful driving in the rain from hydro planes. So just slow down. This is one of the heaviest rains weve had this season. Roberta, how is that nice warm dry studio. I couldnt hear you from the rain drops. Very funny. Im sorry, kit. You pulled the short straw on this one. Its been years since weve seen this. Areas of highlighted in red like right there. Its very treacherous at this hour. Very wet at the Golden Gate Bridge as well. Bringing you into the city of San Francisco everybody under the gun, heavy downpour. This subtropical moisture is gives ugh these big fat rain drops. Winds will blow up to 25, 30
The rain hasnt soaked too much of the ground yet, so we shouldnt see too much flooding. So far so good. The rain is going to help with the drought a good bit out here. Were live at the top of the summit kpix. Ryan is checking out the stormy commute from laxerburg. Its been raining consistently the whole way over here for us. We have some photos from the Golden Gate Bridge. We had to have a slow go at 30 miles an hour. Even though there wasnt anyone else on the road there were puddles on the road every once in awhile. Around lucky drive we experienced some good instances where you can hydro plane. We had to slow down because of the fog in the area. That was at 4 00 in the morning, but things are better now. Another thing about this storm since it came in overnight since cars werent on the road they werent able to push the water off to the side of the road, and that could be an issue because a lot of folks are heading into the city for the morning commute and the puddles are going to sta
20 maybe a half an hour if you can to negotiate this mornings commute. Were looking at the toll plaza as pam mentioned. Its pretty wet there. And also looking at the commute if you are driving on the 580 freeway. That looks okay from livermore to dublin but it is early. This mornings rain could cause problems for the commute. Ktvu Tara Moriarty is in San Francisco where flooding has already been reported. Tara. Reporter yeah it has been raining steadily over night. When we drove in, we noticed a lot of spot flooding on the roadways. Too dangerous to pull over and get video. We did get video of our drive from inside of the news van. Weve got some shots. There is more than a dozen accidents on the chp log. Here are some spots that are currently flooded. 101 northbound just north of fell be. We have six inches of water in the road way. The National Weather service predicts up to five inches in the mountains today. Mainly santa cruz. 12 inches in our major cities. Could approach normal for
You can see a lot of water on the roads. There have been accidents this morning. A bit of a messy commute for the rest of the morning. We do have live storm watch coverage. Im pam cook. Be careful out there. Can i buy an umbrella for you . I have one. Good morning. Im dave clark. Lets check weather and traffic. It is serious. We are getting a lot of rain. Marin county, San Francisco, pacifica. Could we get a kim inches out of this . Easily. Now the north bay expect for marin county is waiting for the heavier rain to show up. It will. Later today into tomorrow looks prime time for you as the low gets closer. Right now its been about san jose. Peninsula, east bay, San Francisco oakland into marin county getting the heaviest. There is a lot there. Some of the heavier moisture is getting pushed off towards the east. This is very light as you move up toward fort bragg. Some rain clear laccolites have had steady rain. Its moving closer to clover dale. Over to richmond and berkeley and kennin