Quick look at the fox 5 weather 247 forecast. Fall arrives thursday morning with a strong low is moving over our area. Its bringing strong winds for the next 24 hours. A wind advisory goes into effect at noon Las Vegas Area could be as high as 40 plus miles per hour, more than 50 mph on mount charleston. Those winds stick around until friday morning. In the wake of the trough daytime temperatures will drop to the low 80s, into the upper 50s overnight. By saturday High Pressure takes over with temperatures starting to climb. We will remain below normal daytime highs until tuesday. Here are the accidents to watch out and alternate routes you can use listed on our maps here are the construciton areas to look out for and alternate routes listed on our maps back to the news desk. Overnight. A fire at an abandoned home downtown may have been caused by squatters. Firefighters were on the scene around 4 30. On Casino Center near utah. The fire took a very short time to put out. Investigators b
Reading a book in his vehicle. Amid the unrest wednesday evening, north carolinas governor declared a state of emergency and said hed deploy both the National Guard and the state Highway Patrol to charlotte. One person was shot by another civilian, according to authorities, and is in the hospital on life support. Several Police Officers were injured. Journalists were caught up in the chaos. nats Boris Sanchez gassed one reporter was knocked to the ground by a passing man. nats ed lavendera knocked over some demonstrators stood in front of the police line a effort to maintain peace. And there were those who tried to calm the tensions. Toussaint Romain public defender im trying to prevent people from being hurt, my brothers are out here too theyre trying to do it the right way. And charlottes mayor pleaded for peace to be restored to the citys streets voice of mayor Jennifer Roberts d charlotte, nc this is not we do is not the answer. The officer who shot Keith Lamont Scott was not weari
On scaffolding along the eastside of this grey buildingey. When it collapsed. Other employees told las vegas fire and rescue. The dust was so thick they couldnt see anything but they knew something was wrong. Tim szymanski with las vegas fire and rescue tells me two of the three men jumped to safety. Escaping without injuries. The third one was the person they found dead under the scaffolding. Outside this site. Premier cm is listed as the construction project. Under oshas website. It says premier cm is based in las vegas. They had an osha inspection back in march. But the case has since been closed. Our calls were not returned this afternoon. Tivoli management did release this statement tivoli statement graphic monday, august 22, 2016 4 44 pm we are incredibly shocked and saddened by todays tragic construction incident. On behalf of our partners and construction team, we express our heartfelt condolences. Out of respect for the victim and those investigating, all Construction Activity
Minutes. Several drivers chose to risk it and went through the intersection anyway. Others played it smart and decided not to test the flood waters. Dave Courvoisier it was even worse at lake mead and civic. But that didnt seem to stop drivers who were willing to risk everything in exchange for convenience. The flooding has subsided some drivers getting trapped in their cars. Denise Valdez nia wong has been chasing the storm all evening. She joins us live in the northeast from a wash thats still rushing with water. Nia . nia wong dave and denise. Weve seen drivers ignoring warnings not to drive through flood waters throughout the evening. Take a look at what we saw just a few hours ago. We went to both of those intersections you just mentioned. And despite several inches of water in the road. Many through while others remained in place. You may be thinking whats a few inches of rain in the road . well, as weve seen time and again in southern nevada, it doesnt take much to wash out the
Valleys news leader. Im Michelle Mortensen in for kirsten joyce. brian loftus and im brian loftus. Sherry hows the weather today . You brian loftus as weve seen time and again in Southern Nevada, it doesnt take much to wash out the road. Michelle Mortensen it really doesnt. And were aware of at least four swift water rescues last night. Thankfully according to clark county fire. No one was injuried in any of those cases. But these heavy downpours sure did take some folks by surprise. Especially some of our tourists on the strip. chris dent vegas vacation rained out its been pretty rough. Driving through it is something else. stitch its really high over in some spots about a foot high. Michelle Mortensen with more rain potentially on the way. Clark county wants you to remember their slogan when it comes to washed out roads turn around, dont drown. Driving into flood waters can ruin your car. And if the water is deep enough. You can get trapped yourself. And get this. If you do need to b