Coming to an end. Everywhere you looked was on fire. Houses on fire, trees on fire. I was transported into a war zone. I just lost it. I hear my dad screaming, its here, run. You just got to push through. You do not stop. I said, please send somebody. And she said, theres nobody to send. It was, survivors said, like something alive a living, breathing giant that came out of the woods to hunt them down. The flames were so relentless, they burned for a month. So fast, they raced through roughly three football fields per second. Hi, everyone. Im lester holt. Welcome to dateline. It was californias biggest wildfire, one of the most brutal ever recorded. Tonight, youll hear from the people trapped in its path, how they ran for their lives against the flames, against the clock to escape. And it began in one of the most beautiful places on earth. It was perfect. It was our dream home. Its exactly what you want if you want to be away from a city. Its just so peaceful and so calming and just to
Outside on our tuesday, its indeed a weather alert day as you mentioned. Frequent updates will be here on nbc4 throughout the course of the afternoon. Main threats today, another changes some damaging wind gusts along with downpours of rain. The primary risk is 3 00 to 9 00 p. M. Today. That is the timing everywhere in the yellow shading along the blue ridge ahead of a cold front. It will spark off the strong to severe thunderstorms later this afternoon into the metro area. For now most of the rain is in the mountains of west virginia. But it wont be long until the rain drops move into the metro. Currently temperatures are in the low to mid80s. It is plenty steamy with temperatures hovering near 90 degrees for much of the afternoon. Thunderstorms developing around 3 00 and continuing until 9 00 this evening. Break down the individual chances for Severe Weather to talk about the cooler and dryer weather ahead in the next few minutes. Thank you, chuck. And to stay ahead of the storms, do
And that bizarre incident on the san mateo bridge last week . Prosecutors now filing attempted murder charges against the man they fished out of the water. Reporter whoosh reporter its judd versus judd in the tabloids actress ashley accusing singer wynona of spying on her. Ashley claims a mechanic working on her mini cooper found a gps device like this one attached to the pam new at 8. Pam its been a very difficult time for fellow classmates of jahi mccmath. Kron4s scott rates went to the teens school and spoke to administrators. They share how theyre helping her fellow classmates through this tough time and shows us what kind of student jahi is. I can feel my daughter. A gift of the sheet is trapped within her own body. I let her know that i will not allow them to take you to the Coroners Office jahi, i will not. Reporter is the afternoon the family attorney announced Childrens Hospital in all one has decided to give the family time to decide what its next four jahi. We are not on doc
The only good news is that this accident has been completely cleared but also from the freeway, the accident occurred on northbound and fit. It managed to back up the traffic all the way to 98th ave. This is a lighter than usual commute but once you back up the nimitz freeway that far, it is that . As to whether or not this backup will clear. We could end of sing this heavy traffic through the next couple of hours. It is slow going in both directions and your best bet is to use and state 580. Here is a bright spot for the morning commute, the bay bridge, this is the first backup that we have seen in the westbound direction until moments ago. Although, it is not bad at all just a few minutes waiting to the center lane. On this wednesday morning we are taking a look at temperatures is not all of us are above freezing. Fairfield is at 37 degrees. Mid 40s for down in the south. Daly city is at 51 degrees. We do have high clouds, patchy fog and you can expect a cooler afternoon. It will bri
Win . No. Even though we had that office and pulpool going . We do have patchy low clouds and the visibility is limited. Livermore only has 4 mi. Of the visibility. Were saying patchy low clouds even along the southern peninsula. As we head into afternoon we will continue with cloudy conditions and your highs will be much cooler than what we have been experiencing. Oakland is a milder spot as 63 degrees. Antioch will be checking in with afternoon high of 60. We have a cold front headed our way and that could bring brain, possibly snow showers. I do not think it will bring rain into the bay area we are talking closer towards monterey. We will experience windy conditions. Here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. Breezy conditions for the next couple of days but we will rebound by the weekend. We will be back in sunshine. Right now here is a look at traffic. There are no hot spots. It is a great time to leave your home. West about bay bridge ride is not want to slow you got the san ma