Nearly a million, across 35 counties. Those power shutoffs began late yesterday. And once the all clear is given, thats when pg e is able to start checking the lines again. Well start reinstating power for everyone. We want to now take you to new video we have from highway 128 near chock hill road. This is incredible. I havent seen a car driving through these flying ashes and embers since last year when we saw this happening in paradise with the camp fire. This is brandnew video just into our newsroom from highway 128 near chock hill road. Again, if youre just joining us, this is a special edition of nbc bay area news because of the breaking news. rig to today. Its expected to just get worse, and so were all preparing for the best. Sonoma county has expanded evacuations into santa rosa. Theyre reaching all the way to the pacific ocean. People are being told if youre under a mandatory evacuation, dont stay behind. Dont try to save your property. Get out now. There are Evacuation Centers
Lets bring rosemary into talk about the winds in that area right now. Of course, we know that the red flag warning and the wind advisory are pretty much bay area why when it comes to north bay, east bay but our focus of being on the north bank because those winds were hitting near 90 Miles Per Hour early this morning but in this area, the winds are gusting between 25 and 50 but take a look at what can occur with that type of wind and right now, the closest reading i can find is in and around martinez, a north breeze at about 22 and you get over closer to the diablo range and the winds are closer to 40 Miles Per Hour. Probably somewhere within that. And these winds are going to sustain for a while . They are going to continue as we get into sutil tomorrow. This is video of a friend of mine that sent it in, dr. Bill hemmer, a College Buddy of mine has been watching our coverage and he said you might want to take a look here in vallejo and sure enough, this was right when it started i bel
Will tell you. I was concerned as well. Its a level anxiety you experience it its hard to explain. Thats the reason we do psps to make sure that the opportunity. For catastrophic wildfires to start. Associated with our provision of services not something thats acceptable. When we go to the numbers. And we 970,000 customer accounts that were energized. Its also important to know that those 970,000 account connected to over 20,000. Miles o electrified infrastructure. Thats the infrastructure that was taking down because it was putin is being to our analysis given where they were located in very high risk areas. The abundance of fuel. The wind conditions that any debris flying into those energize lies created the potential for admission. Thats why we do psps that was mark said so far weve noticed 50 in sun and some damage and what can say well. Millions of people impacted for 50 instances of damage. The thing that we have to keep in mind that any one incident and catastrophic wildfire. Re
And a little bit before 11 00. When the shots started to ring out. Police held a press conference short time ago. Very tight lipped about any information about victims or suspects. What we know is there was a huge Party Last Night that ended when gunshots rang out. A quiet halloween night erupted in gunfire in the neighborhood. High in the hills where a shooting at a house party left four people dead. And four others injured. It was a chaotic scene. There was a lot of noise and yelling and people running. This is a video posted on social media that shows the house crowded with people earlier in the evening. 24 yearold was one of those shot and injured. Shown here in a photograph with his baby daughter. Hours before the party. His father says hes being treated at the hospital. He got shot about three or four times. A flier called the evening a halloween mansion party. Instructed to direct message the host to get the address. The home where the shooting happened is a along a steep drivew
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