A. M. , the sun is starting to come up. We have headlights in the northbound direction of 101, taillights heading south. This is the 880 overcrossing. Traffic is at the limit in that part of town. Across town to 280, looking good, too. Snaking your way from san jose up towards cupertino. The 17 880 overcrossing for about a nineminute drive. Well come back with that mass transit promise in just a few. Okay, we want to begin this hour with developing news. Tropical storm harvey forecasted to drop substantial amounts of rain on louisiana after making landfall again early this morning. An official says the death toll has climbed to at least 11. Evacuations continue in southeast texas, with more than 10,000 rescues in the houston area alone. Harvey has soaked some areas around houston with more than 50 inches of rain, which is nearly a u. S. Record for a Tropical Storm. We have also just learned that the largest refinery in the nation near houston is being shut down right now, meaning gas p
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Airlines crash at sfo surfaced today taken from a park in millbrae. The boeing jumbo jet with 300 passengers and crew crash lands, pirouettes, skids and comes down into a field to rest as dust flies. We showed this video to a retired Airline Captain who has made many landings at sfo. Hes coming in pretty nose high and it looks like hes short. The approach apparently might have been a bit slow. Possibly the airplane in front of them might have created wake turbulence. Thats the other thing that could have happened because of slight crosswind. That wind turbulence is going to stay around for a long time. The ntsb has just started to release the first pictures their investigators have taken at the crash site. Inside the cabin all the seats are mangled. It is notable there does not seem to be any burned areas. Other images show the outside of the plane and including the landing gear. We have learned much more today about the crash, the investigation and the status of sfo. The ntsb says bot
Tonight, bracing for a monster hurricane. Florence now on a collision course with the east coast. You can see the eye of the storm fully formed, winds reaching 140 miles per hour. The category 4 storm expected to slam into the carolinas and virginia. Tonight, mandatory evacuations for more than 1. 5 million americans. Traffic on both pseudos of the highway going in the same direction now to get out. The governor warning this could be deadly. And the other major factor with this, what the hurricane is expected to do once it hits land. Another system will trap it right in place. Were live tonight amid the mass evacuations, with the new track and the timing. President trump tonight declaring the government is, quote, totally prepared for the puerto rico response a, quote, incredible, unsung success. On live television. Doctors, nurses and patients evacuated. A man screaming, reportedly threatening he had a gun. Responding to downie kaiser, active shooter zblcht authorities on the scene ri
Rescue organizations are fighting to save for lives from t the horrors after dorians wrath left both areas in complete ruins. I want to send you down to ali velshi covering dorian live from moorehead city. The sun has come out this friday. The sun is out above us. Theres some clouds here. This has been a remarkable change over the last ten hours or so when it was hurricane it was not hurricane force, but it was tropicalstrength winds. It was strong. It was raining consistently overnight. There are trees down and some Power Outages across North Carolina, but generally speaking, things are good. If you go about 65 miles northeast, that way, as the as you follow the u. S. Coastline, into the atlantic, thats where the hurricane made landfall earlier today at cape hatteras. The storm is well beyond that. It may hit coastal canada at some point. But its off people in the United States are out of more danger of a direct hit by this, but it has left behind a wake of damage. In some places, dow