Hurricane irma. 20 people confirmed dead from irma so far. Devastation on many fronts, Mother Nature showing her impact embracing over the weekend in florida. It is almost our part of the world is being attacked by Mother Nature. First harvey and irma and katia in the gulf. Here in the bay area we cant complain which is the heat wave which is nothing. Lets start with the newest story we are talking it is that massive earthquake. It has left at least 32 people. Magnitude 8. 1. An update on the damage to mexico and parts of Central America. That earthquake hit just before midnight off the Southern Coast of mexico. Hundreds of buildings were damaged and collapsed. We have been monitoring out of mexico, guatemala, and el salvador. Now that quake centered in the Pacific Ocean south of the state of chiapas. Hundreds of buildings have been collapsed or damaged. More than 600 miles away buildings were knocked out. Translator i had never lived through anything like that. I never heard the walls
Casualties as a result of this major quake. Tip point the country is trying to determine the extent of the damage. In this case, we are today assessing the damages. We are trying to assist the different the structures in mexico and in all of the territory in mexico. And there are some areas in which there are more damage, like chapias, and oaxaca. The quake centered in the Pacific Ocean south of the state of chapias. Hundreds of buildings were damaged or collapsed. Power was cut off to more than one Million People. Buildings swayed and electricity was knocked out in parts of the capital city as well. Individual state governors now reporting on camp. Latest reports are that 32 people have been confirmed dead, many of them coming from the Southern State of chapias, oaxaca and tabasco. The consulate are telling mexican nationals here to contact the authority so information can flow both ways. You can go directly to the webpage in the internet, from the sill protection system. And also, yo
Safely evacuate. Joe waltman is in miami monitoring the latest developments. Reporter good evening to you and all your viewers. We are overlooked overlooking downtown miami. There are two major concerns. One of course is the wind there are so many highrises behind me that are basically made of glass. Large glass windows. The second major concern is storm surge. Calling for anywhere from 1020 feet. I ask everyone in the path to be vigilant and to heed all recommendations from government officials and law enforcement. Reporter with a path of death and destruction in its wake across the caribbean irma weakened to a category 4 friday. It is still remaining a major hurricane that appears bound for florida this weekend. The majority will have merit major impacts with deadly storm surge. Lifethreatening winds. We expect this along the entire east coast and west coast. Reporter south florida to the carolinas people are bracing. Mandatory evacuations in effect in many parts of the coastal south
Arthur tassman brant, 95 years old from santa rosa. Soico grant, 75 years old from santa rosa. Donna may hal birr, 80 years old from larkfield. Peter haller about, evans, 75 years old from santa rosa. Carmen brooez, 75 years old, vacationing here with family. Michael john dornback. Cal stoeg ga and Veronica Elizabeth mcconsumes, hearts and thoughts for the friends and family currently, 1,100 missing persons reported. Were whittling the list down, still 400 outstanding. Were going to continue what i mentioned this morning as target searches. Working missing person list, going to specific houses to look for people as recovery search. As area cools and safer to go in, do more broader searches. Reiterate the importance of calling 7075653856 to report people missing and also report them not missing when you find them. Using resources to find them. Keep us informed how its working out. Names i read will be posted on facebook in 15 minutes, information that i just gave you, thats what i have
Is happening in pennsylvania as a result of redistricting or the redrawing of voting districts. Fair districts pa says heres what can go wrong with redistricting. Legislators work with no oversight or standards for fairness. They can accept money from outside interests that target pennsylvania because of lax Campaign Finance laws. They redraw boundaries to keep their seats in office secure, resulting in voting districts that benefit the party, not the people. Groups like Fair Districts pa point to pennsylvanias 7th Congressional District. It includes parts of Montgomery County, chester county, and all the way into lancaster county. Heres how the district has changed over the past 60 years. It now has the nickname goofy kicking donald. Can you see it . Earlier this summer, the league of women voters sued to have pennsylvanias Congressional District map thrown out. The suit claims that the republicancontrolled state legislature redrew the boundaries to benefit the gop. Republicans called