it buried residents under rubble as they sleet. but officials warn the death toll is expected to rise. local media reporting 37 deaths. reporter: good morning. as you said search teams now reaching more of these remote areas and the number of dead is rising as they get to these villages completely destroyed by this earthquake. the earthquake hit in the middle of the night, the worse possible time, 3:36 local time as people were sleeping. a magnitude 6.2. it was shallow and felt across the regions of umbria and lamarca and as far as rome. about 80 miles north of rome was hit the hardest. the mayor saying the town simply isn t there any more. instead of stone buildings, just pile of wood and stone and rescuers using heavy machinery and digging through the rubble trying to reach some of the people who have been buried in the middle of the night. they are pulling out survivors. people were stunned and afraid of after shocks are huddling in town squares. 39 after shocks so far,
and say good morning to iris. a much different picture this morning as we kick off our wednesday. just a few passing clouds. otherwise, mostly clear conditions. desert doppler is all quiet and will state dry and will stay dry as you get to work. 82 is occurring temperature. heading into this afternoon another day into the hundreds. yesterday we avoided the triple digits. we have slight chances of stray storms in the valley foothills. a live look from the adot cameras at i-17 and northern. traffic is moving pretty smoothly. this after a crazy crash involving a dps trooper. reporter: this all started with dps trying to make a traffic stop. that driver decided in the middle of the traffic stop to make a run for it. even stopping in the hov lane, which is not where you re supposed to stop. the trooper jumped out to try to get the driver to go to the other side of the freeway instead of the hov lane. the driver hopped and made a run for it. while this was going on traffic
we will have some storms coming close. i will show you where they could drift in in just a few minutes. mallory, tell us about the road updates. we have a lot of slowing right now on i-17. most of the valley is quiet. let s get to that crash on i- 17. it is southbound near seventh avenue and is partially dipping into the left lane. you are seeing delays will be for the i-10 stack. i would take the i-10 eastbound to get arou t you will still see some slowing. there is another crash in this area, it s i-10 eastbound near the mini stack. it is on the right-hand side. is looking much better than the 17. that will be your best option. we will look at the east valley in a few minutes. reporter: i m live and avondale where crime scene tape is wrapped around his we believe one person has been shot. we have seen detectives walking the sidewalk looking for evidence and taking photos. this came in as a gunshot wound call. we believe an adult male was shot. we don t know the condit
it buried residents under rubble as they sleet. but officials warn the death toll is expected to rise. local media reporting 37 deaths. reporter: good morning. as you said search teams now reaching more of these remote areas and the number of dead is rising as they get to these villages completely destroyed by this earthquake. the earthquake hit in the middle of the night, the worse possible time, 3:36 local time as people were sleeping. a magnitude 6.2. it was shallow and felt across about 80 miles north of rome was hit the hardest. the mayor saying the town simply isn t there any more. instead of stone buildings, just pile of wood and stone and rescuers using heavy machinery and digging through the rubble trying to reach some of the people who have been buried in the middle of the night. people were stunned and afraid of after shocks are huddling in town squares. 39 after shocks so far, some quite strong. residents themselves grabbing shovels, starting to dig, some with b
one, we ll pass it off to everybody at home. and thank you. was it road ram or something more? road rage or something more? police searching for a woman who started shooting at another driver on the i-10. and police are looking for her car now and it s a white keysa soul sport. kia soul sport. she rolls down the window and points the gun at the truck and fires, leaving bullet holes in the side of it. and liston the to the dispatchers. and a white kia sedan, gun at rp and gun was reported at a black handgun and apl vehicle exited on the exits and rp heard a pop and something hit their vehicle. and a pop and were talking about that on faceback, a terrible feeling. dps believes a driver of the kia, a black woman in the mid- 20s. she was driving erratically before this happened, too. if you have any information, police need to hear from you. valley freeways, leslie merit jr. going to court trying to get his gun back. he is snow longer face anything no longer