E. U. Countries using that coded 19 emergency to clamp down on refugees if they in greece are accused of being more hostile to migrants during the pandemic is another humanitarian crisis in the mediterranean on the way this isnt a story. Hello welcome. Italy and greece of long complained of being overwhelmed by undocumented migrants desperate to get into europe the e. U. Members are the main landing points for refugees and Asylum Seekers crossing the Mediterranean Sea from north africa and the middle east Rights Groups say the coronavirus pandemic has given both countries a chance to crack down on the unwanted visitors the president of the italian island of sicily has banned new arrivals and ordered all Refugee Centers to close by midnight on monday now let me see where she says its needed to stop the spread of covert 19 but government leaders in rome dismissed the sicilian order as invalid doctors in italy say migrants are linked to only a small number. New corona virus infections may
Rob. Passed peak of the strongest winds around the area. You ca see the flag blowing. 62 degrees. Wind speeds generally in the Miles Per Hour. Look how low these humidity pretty rare when youve got the couple that with the wind, also down the same timeline is have gusts up above 45 Miles Per Hour, which could lead to more the backdrop causing these video. The wind causing chaos in the you se of the boat coast guard out in force there. Navigae iing the choppy wate mary ann is continuing to right now, theyre about 25 and earlier today, about 260 thats according to the dozens of people in valai who winds sent a tree branch and in antioch, high winds which causing arcing powerlines that w again in antioch. So the high winds have had power crews and pg e crews across the report live in palo alto, nbc bay area news. Thanks verymuch. Extrem fire danger continues across parts of the bay area here we are, ten days before christ going on. Tom, theyre brace iing for theyv moved it faster than 14
You. Out in the field tonight covering the dangers posed by the conditions. Lets start with the meteorologist. The wind speeds are impressive earlier today. Above 60 Miles Per Hour. To the north of the pass. You can see 53 Miles Per Hour wind gusts. Oakland hills 47. And halfmoon bay 41 Miles Per Hour. Now the wind speeds are coming down the the areas of orange picking up wind gusts of 30 Miles Per Hour. In addition to that, look how dry things are outside. Here at 11 00 still 21 humidity. Napa. 20 hayward. 28 in san jose. The dry winds and low humidity keeping the red flag warning. The possibility of gusts above 45 Miles Per Hour. Now eventually during the day tomorrow less wind but this has been an amazing dry start to december. Almost the driest on record. Finally theres a chance well see rain as we head into next week. The time line on that storm is coming up. All right. Thank you. New video tonight. The high winds left two boaters stranded. This was near the old berkeley peer. The
The north bay, a very cold 42. Chilly in the east bay at 43 degrees. As kira mentioned, it helped clear out the poor air quality we had been dealing with all week long. Right now, we are seeing gusty conditions especially for the hills. As far as the winds go, we are expecting those to die downgoing from windy to breezy. We are keeping that low humidity before we see a nice recovery. We are expecting mild temperatures. I have a look ahead at when we are expecting a chance of rain in the bay area. Ill break down the wind forecast for Southern California. The wildfires down there. Ill have all the details. Even got worse yesterday. Hopefully that rain will provide relief. Well tune in in a bit. Thanks. Those high winds are cause zing trouble across cross the bay area and bringing fire danger and Power Outages. In vallejo, winds up to 40 Miles Per Hour sent branches into homes causing Power Outages. They have been on high alert since they issued the red flag warning for the bay area. It i
Workplace morale among tsa agents. This is 90 minutes. Good morning. Today well consider the nomination of admiral david picoski to become the next administrator of the tsa. Having spent 32 years in the coast guard after graduating from the Coast Guard Academy in 1977, admiral picosk sichlt a well qualified nominee to become the next tsa administrator. His leadership experience ranges from serving as the commander of the coast guards pacific area in Coast Guard Defense forces west where he was in charge of all coast card operations in the western hemisphere to becoming the 26th vice commandant of the u. S. Coast guard in 2009 where he served as second in command, the chief operating officer and the component Acquisition Executive of the coast guard. Admirals nomination to become tsa administrator comes at an important time. Security threats remain a persistent challenge for both aviation and Service Administration and were tasked with protecting the modes and ensuring the movement of p