Is another hot day. Yes, it is. But it is the last one for a lot of us. But its also one of the most dangerous days this week because it is the hottest day. Lets take a look at what is going on with our advisories and most of them began today. Already Solano County yours started yesterday. Lets take a look at what is going on as far as the conditions outside. High pressure over top of us and you can see barely a breeze out there and absolutely no sign of the marine layer clouds. Theyre on vacation for today. Theyll come back tomorrow and more so as we head towards the weekend. Were looking at whats going on and you can see that temperatures at the coast are going to be a little more comfortable today. 60s and 70s there while the rest of us warm rapidly and 90 to 100 at 4 00 and still around 80 to 90 at 7 00. Well take a look at that nearly 30 degree temperature drop for the weekend and the chances of rain coming up. First, back to kumasi for the news. Thanks, mike. In the south bay, se
To stop the district saying its not ageappropriate for ninth graders. Some students agree. Oh, i dont think we should really need to know about that at this age. I feel like its more of like adults. Reporter the district superintendent says teachers wont be teaching about sex toys but says overall this is a very good book. Those anatomy pieces of Health Education are supposed to be taught part of learning about bodies. Reporter some say with internet and social media kids are growing up faster so its better to learn early. Knowing high schoolers, i mean, they are probably going to find out anyways so i mean its better to know from a responsible adult. Reporter yeah. This was a hard story to shoot and edit because simply a lot of things you just cant show in this textbook. By the way, 600 signatures petition to try to stop the district from using this book. Live in fremont, im da lin, kpix 5. And the district says that parents should attend back to school night to take a look at the boo
Hotels are boarding up and store shelves are getting cleared out. People in hawaii are now preparing for the very worst. The first hurricane iselle is set to hit in the next several hours. Live pictures now from maui. They show cloudy windy conditions. Five to eight inches of rain, 85mileperhour winds and flooding are all expected. Waves could also grow up to 28 feet from this first storm. Kpix 5s Roberta Gonzales is tracking the storms. Were looking at the conditions in maui, thats not even the island that will be taking the direct hit. This is iselle right here. Its location right now is about 225 miles right here from that. That is the big island. That is what well see the biggest damage done because with this hurricane making landfall, expected about 8 00 tonight, hawaiian time, 11 00 p. M. Our time, it will have winds up to 80 miles per hour, gusts up to 100. Its going to hit when we already have a storm surge expected one to three feet. Swells 15 to 22 feet. So obviously there wi
This big blob. It aint going anywhere anytime soon. It is moving at a snails pace, but it is powerful, it is dangerous. And that is the problem with this system. It is not leaving anytime quickly. The rain keeps falling and it is causing a great deal of floodwater. And you see here the northeastern quadrant of the storm where it seems to be moving like a train, that is the concern. That is the dirty side of the storm where we are. This storm has also proven to be a deadly storm. At least five people reported to have died as a result of florence and the damage along the east coast, the carolinas, it is extensive. Both from wind and water. And the recovery will be long, slow, and no doubt an expensive process. Nearly a million without electricity. And hundreds have had to be rescued. And here in North Carolina alone, some 20,000 people staying in shelters. Cnn covering this of course throughout the region. Lets check in with our derek van dam, he is in carolina beach, North Carolina. Tel
Following the storm here were feeling the effects right now in wilmington, North Carolina. The winds, the rain they pick up. Were certainly in the middle of it. We know at least five people have died from Tropical Storm florence. This slow moving system has been hitting the carolina coast very hard with heavy rain over the past 24 hours, and there is much more rain much more wind to come. Again, this is deadly storm, a mother and an infant killed when a large tree fell on their home. Firefighters paused to pray for the victims. We also know that a man died, a victim died when connecting a power cord. Deadly storm and it is continuing to push forward. Theres also a problem with down power lines across the region. Millions of customers without electricity. A gas station canopy was knocked over by high winds. First responders have identified hundreds of people who need rescues from these rising flood waters. Following this story right now our Karen Maginnis is live in the cnn atlanta cent