The numbers are still down compared to this time last year. Heres a live look at sfo where 60,000 people departed over the weekend. The airport usually sees about 30, about 85,000 passengers departing each day over the Holiday Weekend. As for oakland, tsa numbers were down 61 compared to last year. Only run 6700 people went through the airport on sunday. In san joses airport was even quieter, the minetta airport only saw about 25 of the typical Holiday Weekend traffic that usually does. Numbers are down in the bay area, numbers are up across the country and we have not even seen the busiest travel days yet. Which are always the day before thanksgiving, and the days after. From packed gates at phoenix, sky harbor airport, to long lines at lax and the traffic at Chicagos Ohare International airport, americans are on the move. Covid or not. There is a lot more people here than i thought. Just over 3 million were screened that tsa checkpoints this weekend despite the cdc urging americans n
And delays that we often see with the storms in other parts of the country. Not yet anyany way. They say they were prepared for this. For those who are preparing for the hurricane to slam into the u. S. , the video coming out of the bahamas is terrifying. The island of abaco the hardest hit so far. Please, abaco, please, im begging you. My babies, the four of us, please. Reporter sustained winds from dorian recorded at 185 Miles Per Hour with steady gusts topping 225 Miles Per Hour. Georgia and South Carolina preparing to take the brunt of it. Thats the strongest, largest in modern history certainly. The strongest any of us around today have seen. South carolina Governor Henry Mcmaster warning nearly 900,000 people in the storms path. They need to evacuate. The evacuations are already under way in florida, where even the outer bands of the hurricane could devastate the coastal community. It doesnt take that turn north, its coming straight in here a category 5. You have to act. Fema off
Headed our way, as we check out our highs, we are going to see our temperatures trending into the mid 80s for the inland east bay, and some low 80s for the south bay, but a few spots will still get hot, reaching into the low 90s, in parts of the east bay and the north bay. So ill have more on that and whats ahead. As you get ready to head out on the roads this morning, i wanted to give you a wide view of our traffic matp and for the most part we head to wsi2 to get a look at our traffic this morning, everythings flowing well and as we get ready for the start this morning, there is an accident on 880 going southbound, thats at the 66 avenue offramp near oakland. Well be watching that to see if it affects the commute. More on that and weather, coming up in a few minutes. Thank you very much, kari. 4 31 now. New this morning, a new close call for some san jose homeowners overnight after a fire swept through their backyard. You can see it was a dramatic scene. Today in the bay Sharon Katsu
Interesting to note there have been a lot of fires this summer. Cal fire told us the average number were up 1,200 over the average number for this time of the summer. The good news here this fire has not been particularly destructive. One out building and also unpredictable. Its a dark billowing menace miles away as the crow flies. Should he evacuate or stay at his home in which he lived since 1978 . If we leave we have to stay, stay out of here. Reporter its one mans dilemma in a region filled with road blocks evacuated homes and gates left open for firefighters just in case. The wragg fire began yesterday afternoon and tore through 500 acres in the first hour. Now it is close to 7,000 acres with 15 containment as of this afternoon according to cal fire. Concern is going to be the wind. Reporter everyone is watching the winds and the humidity including this team from san jose state university, a portable weather station used to observe and predict fire behavior. The winds come. We wil
Because there is not much cloud cover across the north bay. The air is dry. Petaluma is down to eight miles. Late arriving clouds on our exploritorium weather window, we are cooler this morning at 50 to 61 and by noon total sunshine and it will be strong at 64 to 76. By 4 00, 64 to 84 and below average. Grab a coat. 60 to 76. Friday lite commute . Leyla . This is richmondsan rafael toll plaza and traffic is light. And sparse. It will only take five minutes to head into the north bay. Into the north bay into napa county roads are still closed. Highway 128 at wragg canyon because of the wragg fire you will not be able to use the roads. Both sides are shut down. Another closure will impede the commute up to lake tahoe and that is in the next report. Chris and eric . Developing news residents near the out of control fire bumping in napa county have to worry about water and names. The fire is burning this morning near the borders of napa and Solano County south of state route 128 and has pu