Good thursday morning, everyone. Breaking moments ago, arthur now a category 1 hurricane. Its threatening Holiday Plans for millions on the eastern seaboard. Hurricane warnings in effect for parts of north carolinas coast, where people are evacuating as arthur approaches. Abcs Marci Gonzalez is there, live in nags head, north carolina. Marci, good morning. Reporter good morning, reena and tahman. The wind and waves are still pretty calm here along the beach. A mild leadup to the storm gaining strength in the atlantic and heading this way. Loading up and leaving town, ahead of arthur. If its mandatory, you have to go. So, theres no decision to make. Reporter those mandatory evacuations in effect for hatteras island, north carolina, as residents and vacationers on the rest of the outer banks brace for the brunt of the storm. Were going to weather it out. If it gets bad enough that we have to leave and we have to go, well go. Its hard to get into the hurricane spirit. Reporter when it loo
Looking out my window to see if i recognize somebody or a car or something. And at this point i was like is when i hear my door bust wide open. Reporter he rushed to the door and saw the intruder standing in the hallway. Were facetoface at this point. So at this point i let him know hi, im here, and yeah, im coming for you. Basically, i run here. Reporter sinko says he ran the robber out of his home and into the street where a new blueish purple honda hatchback was waiting. And gunned it and came straight for me. I had to dive behind the tree and he took off and flew around the corner. Reporter suspects got away and are still on the loose. Sinko is happy his wife and son werent home at the time. I let the guy keep knocking. I didnt check because ive heard this is going around. I kind of figure if its going to happen, i want it to happen while its just me home. Its a scary thing to think if he had been an hour earlier what would have happened. Reporter a tight knit neighborhood where pe
Percent. And some 2hundred homes have been evacuated. Kron4s jr stone explains why this fire has been so challenging for crews on the front line. Flames shooting into the air in northern napa county and parts of lake county. Firefighters have now been fighting these flames for more than 24 hours and they are still dealing with challenges. The heat, the low humidity, the fuel bed is so dry. Temperatures wednesday reached into the upper 90s. As i drove along butts canyon road in napa county it was hard to see at times because of all the smoke. Really the topography. If you go you can see that it is straight up and downheavy rocks so its the firefighters having the instability platforms to work fromyou have the dozers trying to climb that rock. It gets to be very dangerous. So far no one has been hurt but 9 structures including 2 residences have burned to the ground. Those with cal fire arent sure if anyone had been living in those homes. Firefighters have been fighting on the ground. And
At eleven. Hurricane arthur is getting bigger by the hour. Gaining strength and speed, arthur is hugging the North Carolina coast. It is already a category two hurricane with winds at 100 miles per hour. We have Team Coverage with chief meteorologist jacqueline bennett. But first. Polo sandoval has more on how people are bracing for the storm. Six people in oakland are without a home tonight, following an apartment fire. Just before eight oclock this evening. Fire crews responded to reports of heavy smoke and flames coming from an Apartment Building on the 35hundred block of brighton avenue. The flames were under control within a half hour. And, residents credit fire crews for their quick response. Neighbors reported hearing what sounded like an explosion coming from the building, shortly before it caught fire. It was a big boom. The whole building shook and i live across the street from them, but it just at first, it was like a big pressure coming out, you can feel this a long one, an
Good thursday morning, everyone. We do begin with arthur, threatening fourth of july plans for millions on the eastern seaboard. Hurricane warnings are in effect right now for parts of north carolinas coast, where people are evacuating as arthur approaches. Abcs Marci Gonzalez is there in nags head, north carolina. Marci, good morning. Good morning, reea and tahman. The wind and waves are calm here along the beach. A mild leadup to the storm gaining strength in the atlantic and heading this way. Loading up and leaving town, ahead of arthur. If its mandatory, you have to go, so theres no decision to make. Reporter those mandatory evacuations in effect for hatteras island, north carolina, as residents and vacationers on the rest of the outer banks brace for the brunt of the storm. Were going to weather it out. If it gets bad enough that we have to leave, well go. Its hard to get into the hurricane spirit. Reporter when it looks like this. When it looks like this. Reporter misleading suns