They are getting a years worth of rain in days. My administration is coordinating closely with state and local authorities in texas and louisiana to save lives, we think our First Responders and all of those involved in their efforts. Reporter water rescues in desperate situations continue with well over 5000 in shelters in houston alone. We have handled 56,000 calls for 911. We completed the rescue of 2000 people today. Reporter the situation is impacting areas beyond houston. In some places people are forced to temporarily camp in places like gas stations or anywhere they can find shelter. These people come in and this little girl was just frozen. They need help. They are completely soaked. Reporter thousands are trying to stick out the situation at home. Officials warn that this disaster is expected to worsen before gets better with another 15 to 25 inches of rain in the forecast. They expect 30,000 residents in houston will be left temporarily homeless by the time its over. Texans
Temperatures are going to be about ten to 15 degrees cooler today inland where well still make the 90s. 50s, 79, 70 and 709 your 7 00 temperatures. Well talk more about that impending heat wave coming up. Sue. Weem take a look right now outside and san jose. This is 101, those taillights headed southbound 880 at the overcrossing. Pretty good conditions for this morning for your commute leaving san jose northbound up towards the peninsula. Well also take a look at our roadmaps out there, green suspect good, obviously, everybodys moving at the limit. Little slow out of tracy as you approach the Altamont Pass but so far so good, about a 35 minute drive time from tracy into livermore and the dublin pleasanton interchange. We do slal bit of road work through the and well check back in just a few. Thank you. We are tracking the developing news out of texas where the death toll from harvey hasries tone seven. The red cross says the biggest shelter is beyond capacity now. Its original capacity
Line at the metering lights. Back to san jose where we had that accident cleared to the shoulder northbound 101 to mckee, but the backup youre look at speeds bf 35 down ton 15 moufrz when you pass the 280 680 junction so expect delays there as well. Were going to come back with mass transit options in just a fuse minute. Now a live desk update. We want to begin here at the live desk with a update in texas the death toll in harvey hasries tone 7 and right now theres a zbrait celebrate search for a family swept away in houston flood waters. Two grandparents and the four children. This is from our colleagues, our abc station in houston. Those kids range in age from 16 ton 6 years old. And our colleagues there spoke to another Family Member this morning, an uncle of those kids who said the grandparents had alzheimers, that they were trying to evacuate when they were swept away. And the red cross says houstons biggest shelter is beyond capacity right now. Its original capacity was 5,000, bu
The fog is making a strong surge and its going to give cooler conditions for many near the fog. Yesterday it started in santa rosa. They cool down 8 degrees compared to sunday. The fog is pushing into napa valley. San jose even getting some low clouds. The winds of the west and oakland. 31 miles an hour. It will be cooler today for most. Cloud cover is sneaking up along the crest of the sierra. Now its in the San Joaquin Valley. Some of that could clip the Santa Clara County or eastern contra costa. 60s through 90s. Down about 10 degrees for many. What is the traffic going . Its getting busier. Right now we are looking at the approach to the bay bridge. You will see it is slow. Early this morning there were filming something on the bridge at 4 00. That caused some slowdowns. That Ripple Effect lasted a little bit. It is slower than normal. Its taking 21 minutes to drive from the carquinez bridge. Once you get there there is a big backup. Hopefully it will just be something that is very
Whoo, those are a lot of numbers on your screen. 105 degrees expected in napa today. 109 in fairfield. 100 in vallejo. Concord 115. These are recordbreaking temperatures. Livermore 116. Livermore has had several days of triple digits but nothing this hot. Its going to stay that way today and tomorrow. Fremont 102. 99 degrees in oakland. Above average temperatures. Mix that hot air with smoky conditions, we are getting a lot of smoke coming from these fires to the north of us. All that smoke is actually moving south into Northern California calling for very unhealthy air conditions especially in the east bay and santa clara valleys. Coming up when we get a break. Our record shattering temperatures are set to significantly strain californias power grid. Kpix 5s Jessica Flores is live in fremont on key concerns and safety tips during this heat wave. Jessica. Reporter hey, michelle. Good morning to you. Thats right. We are at the fremont materials and Distribution Center of pg e. I want yo