Before the lights come back on. The highlighted areas are where pg e cut off power to cut down on wildfires. Pg e announced it hopes to have the power back on in santa cl a clara, alameda and contra costa counties by midnight. But north bay is not in the clear yet. Were joined from a Resource Center in calistoga where people have been stopping by all day to charge up their phones, their laptops. How is it going there, melissa . Reporter weve seen kids, weaver seen adults plugging in their phones. Were here at the calistoga parking lot. Underneath those tents, thats where folks plug in their phones, laptops, tablets, you name it. Theyre also going home with these kits for the adults. A portable battery really helpful right now, and for the kids, a coloring book and some snacks. It just boop went out. Reporter samantha nary remembers the moment around 6 45 last night when the lights went out and the ac was silent. I feel like im in a desert. Reporter the scorching heat and the dying batt
Per hour would be in the Higher Elevations. So you got to get up to the mountains, 2,000, 3,000 feet up to see those top gusts. Theres a big contrast between what were feeling at the lower elevation to whats happening in the mountains. So the red flag fire warning right now for the northeast and south bay. For these on and off mountain gusts of 30 to 50 miles per hour. Sustained winds, 10 to 20. So no big change on this forecast. Im still pinning the best possibility of these higher gusts right here over portions of the north bay, the mountains near calistoga, saint helena and also for napa. So through tonight as we hit 11 00, youll see the zone here. The strongest winds in the red to magenta color just outside of napa and calistoga. All of this new fire danger comes on top of what has already been a recordsetting year. So far 4 million acres burned this year alone. Ill take a look more at that extended forecast coming up in about 18 minutes. All right. See you soon. Thanks so much, je
This is like. Jessica aguirre live on whats left of the devastatesed coffey park neighborhood in santa rosa. In our nbc bay area studio, janelle wang. Raj mathai. Weve been on air since 4 00 process thorng mp we have in our the 14th skeskt hour commercial pree. Here is the latest information within the past 30 minutes we have confirmed 10 total deaths related to the fires. Here is the breakdown. 7 in Sonoma County, two in napa one in mendocino. This is multiple fires in multiple locations. Lets show you the largest of the two fires. The tubbs fire in santa rosa and the atlas fire in napa. Jeff has been covering the fire map for us. There are smaller fires causing damage near sacramento as well. Well show you the dramatic images coming into the newsroom. This is a patient transport fourdoor Kaiser Hospital in santa rosa overnight. 130 patients moved to other hospitals overnight. A hospital in santa rosa also evacuated. The hospitals still intact. Not operational right now. Closed. But a