Excessive heat warning. Looking at the shade of orange, that is a heat advisory for the bayside communities as well as portions of the north bay, sonoma, and very widespread. With that said we take a look at these shades of orange, a reminder to stay hydrated and out of the sun if you can. Thankfully a lot of people were able to escape the heat by staying indoors but today folks are back to work and some of us have to be outdoors, construction workers and postal carriers. Just take it easy. The sparetheair day is today and if you suffer from respiratory issues, and the inner east bay in the Santa Clara Valley are up above the 100 threshold. When we come back we will take a look at your extended forecast with temperatures slowly drifting down but coming up back at the end of the week. The intense heat is causing concern and allie rasmus is live in downtown livermore and bad for the firefighters battling the brush fire. It impacts everyone. Reporter the businesses and local shops, and fi
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
Family, now missing, including six children. For shoulder. There been record numbers of calls for help. The hurricane turned Tropical Storm dumped 30 inches of rain on parts of houston on monday. It was bad. When you see it on the boat, im overwhelmed. Reporter fema says people will need to be evacuated. People leaving homes and possessions alive behind. Everything. Close. Everything. I dont have anything. It has been heartbreaking. By monday night in texas, 58 counties to cared disaster to areas. This in a monday that it was getting more than 1000 rescue calls per hour. First responders feeling the frustration, trying to reach so many people. I have two boats in the water right now. Were looking for for victims. The problem that we are having is that when they call 911, theyre giving us a physical street address, and we cannot see the street addresses. They were rescued from waste water on sunday after these photos were posted on twitter. In houston by a p. M. Monday. Shelter for 5000
Days. And there is concerned that underneath the surface of the water are the bodies of people who did not make it out in time. It began as a hurricane, it is now a disaster in every sense of the word. More heavy rain is expected in houston and the gulf coast of texas over the next 24 hours. Some areas have already seen 30 inches of rain and another 10 to 20 inches is expected before the skies clear later this week. Texas authority say the eight people are feared dead from the storm and massive flooding. Crews of conductive at least 3000 rescues by boat and by air. Dozens of others are still stuck in their homes, waiting to be rescued. The Houston Convention center exceeded its 5000 person capacity tonight and is now a 7000 evacuees. Red cross spokesperson says there may not be enough caught for everyone. Thousands of additional evacuees are staying in smaller shelters, President Trump is planning to head to texas tomorrow. We have life Team Coverage tonight in the bay areas response t
Valley. Some areas inland will not get it but when you get gusts up to 30, that is stronger than yesterday. 50s and 60s on the temperatures. 57, cloverdale. Kensington, 57. Low clouds and thunderstorm activity over the sierra. For us, a little cooler. Moisture continues to stream up as though there may be a few clouds. 60s through the 90s, a couple 100s. Cooler for most. And here is mr. Sal. How much hotter around the bay this weekend . This one may be on the coast and bay. About 110 for livermore. This could be our first offshore event, maybe. Plan accordingly. As we say in weather, a lot can change in 24 hours. Traffic wise we are off to a decent start. Coming in from tracy on 580 and 205 look really good. Not a lot of traffic. This is what we want for this time of the morning out to livermore, dublin and castro valley. This is 880 north and southbound. Traffic is moving along very well. Also looking at the bay bridge toll plaza, it is lightly traveled on the way into san francisco.