the coast so be watching for any special marine weather warnings or any other severe thunderstorm warnings for the bay area. that s what s so unusual about tonight. we know the rain, we get the wind but you don t often see strong thunderstorms happening overnight. that is precisely the scenario we re watching for you. we ll have all the details coming up in your full forecast in a few minutes. well, this morning s heavy downpours caused part of this roof of this good will storage facility in petaluma to cave in just before 11:00 a.m. fortunately no one was hurt. fire officials say clogged drains caused rainwater to build up on the roof and the weight of the water caused the collapse. while up there, they found other blocked storm drains, or roof drains. in those areas, they were able to clear the debris to let the roof drain properly to prevent further structural damage. officials are now assessing the damage and say other areas of the building are safe. the good will r
this morning a little snow that fell overnight quickly melted away but ahead of that the thinnest of snow blankets was enough to create chaos on the roadways the first drive in these conditions this winter is a doozy of the time yes we weren t prepared we are still in summer driving mode icy patches were everywhere especially on the roads less traveled. even though there were sold trucks on the major roadways it did not prevent deadly accidents a passenger was killed on the eisenhower near cicero and on the interstate 80 there were two fatalities there were numerous accidents everywhere commuters were describing the conditions as ice rinks the city streets were slippery ones i got onto the expressway it wasn t so bad the three fatal crashes are under investigation but state police say that ice and snow were clearly factors in those two will county cases reporting from the des plaines oasis i am nancy loo and man is killed in his apartment and woodridge the victim of a b
with current temperatures down to single digits in t t n nththnn plains. 33 d drere g ging you an ea o o the air that is coming in double-digit temperature drops in the air coming in tomorrow 30 s with twenties for the first time since september onto east now produced about one-3 in. in parts of nebraska during the day here are some polls. fanning out to the east. coming to the area and where is expected to be by about 11:00 tonight swiping the area. what is interesting about this, we could get minor accumulation keep in mind no residual chemicals on the road lay down a three-portents of an inch of snow fall. big story will be the cold air. quick hard hit in the arctic of bricks. weekend forecast coming up. in the news 14 year sentence hanging over rod blagojevich his brother robert one of the people apologize to in court today and tonight talking about what he is appealing and his brother. they and others think the punishment 14 years does not fit the crime. robert not c
england this weekend at least 24 deaths are now blamed on the storm vermont is experiencing some of the worst flooding in more than 80 years for mines and emergency management department says that homes have been knocked off their foundations and about 260 roads across that state are impacted by the flooding many are under water president obama promises hope for storm victims but he said the recovery will take time . it will take time to recover from a storm of this magnitude the effects are still being felt in new england . there is severe flooding in parts of upstate new york as well seven families from brooklyn who thought they had to escape the storm were stranded in the catskill mountains after the bridges crumbled around them in north carolina flooding left nearly 2500 people stranded on hatteras island after the storm surge destroyed part of a highway on okra coke island where irene first made landfall as a hurricane on saturday as many as 200 people have been isolat
and within the fire protection bureau . the inspector would not comment on that chicago sun times report but he did say that he uncovered six figures in fraud among these fire prevention inspectors mayor emanuel expects that there will be systematic change and more discipline to follow this has a history it is repetitive after reading when i read today it s been feeling like groundhog day it s not just a personal issue is a cultural issue and i have sent a directive to deal with it and get to the root of it firing would lead to grievances and legal fees that would exceed what was uncovered and the scale of the abuse but a zero tolerance policy will definitely be put in place . summer storms have brought a welcome relief from the heat but they left behind lots of damage and more power outages commonwealth edison crews are working to restore power to about 19,000 homes and businesses at this hour. the hardest hit area was to the north were 7500 customers are in the dark. self