Much more on all those stories coming up in just a bit. But now its time to get a check of the Weather Forecast for the first time this saturday morning was the high today of spark a good morning robin good morning, good morning everybody in a live shot coming in from the golden gate fog checking in again this morning looks like an. Fairly think is what we got going on not much the way of wind circulation here we keep it to the Single Digits to calm dont expect that to improve outside of just local winds to some degree and im pretty re here. We have of the fog going on which will mix out to only give us kind of hazy sky conditions into the afternoon comes back again in greece has to tomorrow with promises of not being quite as intense although we saw this yesterday like this. But it looks like it may not be as intense. According to the forecasts projections here looking forward into tomorrow morning. But we do have a heat wave coming our way though beyond that right now we have lower 6
Giving it to you my name is the this is r. T. And. Lets start with our breaking news story this hour because an amtrak train has derailed on a major highway commuter route in Pierce County Washington State the Pierce County Sheriffs Office has tweeted that quote injuries and casualties have been reported stating that exact numbers will be revealed soon now this all occurred during the morning rush hour and now highway lanes are being blocked according to the Washington Department of transportation. Our correspondent in washington samir khan joins me on the line may we just saw some pictures that looks like theres a really bad traffic situation and that this was a pretty nasty accident what happened. Well an amtrak train just to rail on to i five a highway just forty miles south of Seattle Washington injuries and casualties like you said have been reported but unfortunately the exact number is unknown at the moment the highway is now closed but First Responders are at the scene and they
Abc 7ewschannel 8 news, this is a news update. Rks that amtrak train and amtrak train derailed on i5 off the bridge. 75 people were on the train as a trailed and the video and pictures we are getting are jawdropping. The amtrak train derailed near tacoma, little time. At least one of the cars train cars is dangling from the overpass on i5. We see the cars backed up as a result. We understand that i5 is completely shut down. At this point, it is unclear how many people are hurt, but we do understand according to Pierce County authorities out of there are injuries on the train. First responders are responding to the incident as a mass casualty event. We are looking at live pictures from seattle, washington. Train, oneing at the or two cars are on the interstate right now as we speak. Its a bigtime breaking news event and we will keep you posted with the latest details as we get them into the newsroom. Im q mccray. I know we are done. We dont know what time, nobody knows anything. Finally
Im molette green. A worstcase scenario to start this busy Holiday Travel week. Thats right, the lights are back on at the airport in atlanta, and passengers around the world will feel this impact for days. Yes. That includes people into and out of our areaa. An underground electrical fire plunged Atlanta Hartsfield jackson airport, that is, into darkness and bringing the worlds Busiest Airport to a standstill. Earn wveryone was just kind shocked and kind of went on with it because we saw it would come back really soon. But it wasnt really soon. It took over 11 hours. Around midnight the lights came back on and the damage is done. News 4s justin finch is live now at Reagan National airport where travelers are feeling the impact and there are flights left to reschedule. Thats so right, eun, reagan looking a lot smoother now than it was some hours before. This had all of the makings of a holiday nightmare. Were talking about a week out from christmas, crowds here showing up early to get a
Good afternoon. I am kenny choi. And i am michelle griego. The train derailed on to i5 in tacoma, washington, south of seattle. Authorities say at least 77 people have been taken to local hospitals. Meg oliver reports on this developing story. Reporter amtrak train 501 was making its inaugural run out of a new station in tacoma, washington, when it suddenly jumped the tracks monday morning, about 40miles south of seattle. Adrian thompson was on his way to visit his mother, working on his computer when the disaster struck. I heard a lot of turning and rocking of the train all of sudden. I grabbed onto the train in front of me. My laptop went flying, phone went flying. People were screaming. It was crazy. Reporter the derailment left cars dangling off the bridge and on i5 below. Dramatic images show cars crumpled on top of each other on the road below the track. We had to kick out the emergency window. The emergency doors were not functioning. There were multiple people injured. Luckily