Afghan Security Forces have been fighting through the night to gain control of the Intercontinental Hotel in kabul that was stormed by militants about 13 hours ago. These are the latest pictures from the scene. The siege is ongoing. A government Spokesman Says five people have been killed and six people have been injured. Over 100 guests, including 16 foreigners, and staff have been rescued so far. Two attackers have been killed. The latest information we have is five floors of the hotel have been cleared, but the not the sixth floor. Andrew plant has more. The Intercontinental Hotel in kabul, at dawn on sunday morning, blackened and smoking after an 11 hour siege that has seen at least five People Killed and several more wounded. The shooting started after nightfall on saturday, several gunmen armed with grenades and automatic weapons. Translation at first i heard some gunfire and then after 15 minutes per worker from the hotel approached and said that suicide attackers into the hotel
The Health Department has reached out to nearly 300 people who may have had contact with philips. At least a dozen are now on antibiodics as a precautiouary measure. The Marin County Public Health deparmentissued a statement saying they do not believe the cases are connected. Robson had recently had shoulder surgery at sf general her brother says she was not feeling well when he recently saw her. He says now, he and his other siblings are uniting to help each other out. This is a picture several years ago of laura with her sister and nephew. A muni spokesperson says they have not been contacted by San Mateo County Health Department or sf county Health Department about a possible meningtis case. It is unclear where laura got on the muni bus. Her brother says she was living in San Francisco and took the bus because she could not drive due to her surgery. Meningtis is highly contagious disease and can affect anyone of any age. Doctors say there is a vaccine, but say it is normally only re
Matthew it is likely to be over the weekend. Late friday Night Saturday into sunday depending how quickly the storm moves and there is not a consensus with the computer models whether this will make landfall or stay offshore. In either case it is uncomfortably close. Lets take a look at where does and heart goes out to people. They had the huge earthquake and people just living in tents and looking at 1520 inches of rain and storm surge that is likely to be several feet. Devastating flooding and strong winds coming in their. Eastern tip of cuba likely to get hit as well as a category for category 4. Very slow moving storm. Once bead down and the 5 winds were at 130 as opposed to 14. Up through the bahamas as a category 3 storm and it sits off the coast of georgia and South Carolina at 2 00 a. M. Saturday with winds at 205 miles an hour i will show you the forecast models coming up. On the other hand a pretty day. Clouds and we see sunshine temperatures are cool. 61 in cary, 61 its get
We have video to show from you a little bit earlier from inside the command center inside that lower gym here at the school where hundreds of volunteers formed over 50 search teams that fanned out across the area looking for cayman. It was wednesday night around 6 30 that he was last seen his parents said he received a Progress Report from school that showed he might fail one of his courses. His parents think he panicked and left home and hasnt been seen since. Since then private search and rescue efforts have joined the Newtown Square police, the fbi and hundreds of volunteers looking for the a student. So far they have there have been some suspected sightings of him but none have been confirmed so the search goes on. Family is holding up well but obviously its a very difficult time. A lot of emotions. Not a lot of sleep as you can imagine but the support from hundreds of people from all over the place and professional and volunteer has been amazing. Reporter and while most of the vol
The School Committee voted 6-1 Wednesday to approve a $53.7 million budget with a $2.2 million budget gap between level services and what the city can provide and sent it