Facebook has activitated safety check. Us citizens affected by the italyearthquake are being asked to contact the us embassy there. To make matters worse. Another earthquake is being reported in myanmar. Authorities say a 6point8 magnitude earthquake just shook the region. No word yet on damage or injuries, but we will keep an eye on both of these earthquakes and let you know both of these earthquakes and let yokn if we get any more information. Les krifaton joins us now with a quick look at the fox 5 weather 247 forecast. More rain fell on the Las Vegas Valley overnight with the west side getting anywhere between 0. 12 to 0. 67. At mccarran fell. Drier and more stable conditions moves in for the next few days. Daytime temperatures will be average with a slight cooling starting on the weekend as a trough slides south along the coast. The uv index for wednesday is 9 or very high. Your fox5 Traffic Solutions lets begin with your drive here are the accidents to watch out and alternate rou
And im maria silva. Welcome to fox5 news this morning. First Cassandra Jones joins us with a quick look at the fox 5 weather 247 forecast. More rain fell on the Las Vegas Valley overnight with the west side getting anywhere between 0. 12 to 0. 67. At Mccarran International 0. 03 fell. Drier and more stable conditions moves in for the next few days. Daytime temperatures will be average with a slight cooling starting on the weekend as a trough slides south along the coast. The uv index for wednesday is 9 or very high. Devastated after a losing their loving husband and father, in a construction accident. Ricardo bautista was working on at tivoli village suddenly collapsed. His wife says he wasnt even supposed to be working that day. Bautista had two jobs. His family says he only worked the construction job on his days off and for extra cash. His wife jacquelyn says she tried to tell her husband to stay home but he decided to work instead he wasnt supposed to go to work , so i told him jus
Flames. We are live with details, plus well tell you what special group of students were suppose to benefit from the donations. The National Park service turns 100 today find out how local organizers are celebrating the big day. And what special guests will be participating in the festivities. Cc will continue shortly good morning im Jason Feinberg and im Monica Jackson welcome to fox5 news this morning. Krifaton joins us with a quick look at the fox 5 weather 247 forecast. Upper level winds will push some clouds into the Las Vegas Area along with breezy to windy conditions. Daytime temperatures will be normal with the high forecast to be around 101. We will experience unhealthy air quality today as smoke from the California Wildfires drifts back into the valley. Ozone levels are the main reason but we also have moderate levels of smoke to deal with again making it another hazy day. Heading into friday and the weekend we have a 20 chance of active weather as an upper level low takes sh
What sounds like a minor and mundane issue. Could leave dozens of local teachers at home next week. The School District blames the state department of education. Which in turn is blaming the teachers. Fox5s Miguel Martinez valle spoke to some teachers caught in the middle, they say either way the students will be the ones affected. At a time when most teachers are setting up their classroom and planning lessons for the upcoming year, some are stuck in paperwork limbo. Hoping their teacher lice processed in time to start classes. Some clark county teachers wont be at school to greet their kids on the first day. Im not going to be working, im not going to be with my students, or get paid until the background check clears and they finish my paperwork to send out a renewal license. You see theyre stuck in renewal limbo. Their teacher licenses expired over the summer, and though they turned their renewal applications in in wont be processed in time. Were processing license applications from
Well take a look at some of that damage in just a minute but right now. Lets check in with meterologist sam argier whos filling in for ted pretty. It has been a mild and humid tuesday around the las vegas valley. With that moisture in place, we still have the chance of a few isolated storms popping up around Southern Nevada tonight. The best chance will be between 8 p. M. And midnight, favoring the northern half of the valley. Overnight low temperatures drop into the mid 70s. Wednesday will stay dry with more sunshine around the area. High temperatures climb back into the low 100s. Look for winds falling back into the 90s again on friday. Parts of the valley were flooded with rain last night. And some areas were badly damaged. So when we went out half an hour later shes like we have a problem, the patio is down, and we couldnt get outside the front door Suzanne Steelman and her fami were outside watching the lightning before it really started to pick up around seven oclock. She says ab