Usaa. What youre made of, were made for. Usaa total darkness and dishes that arent done. The power shut off came early in some areas. And ta are not happy about it. Firefighters and pilots are ready to respond to any potential fires. Strong gusty winds peaking over night. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Right away we have Team Coverage for you tonight. Up in the north bay. One of the first places in the bay area where residents had power cut. In the east bay where residents have been told they should be thinking about evacuating because of the fire danger. We start with the meteorologist monitoring those winds and they are picking up. They are. I want to show you current winds. They are strongest through parts of north bay. Napa gusting to 35 Miles Per Hour. Fair field 38 Miles Per Hour. We see strong gusts in the east bay. Oakland and hayward and concord. Over 35 Miles Per Hour. If we go to the Higher Elevation its stronger than that. Check out mount hood. Gusts up to 60 Miles
Are a lot of darkened businesses without generators probably going to have to be closed today. Pg e believes that this psps should last for two days. Some people tell us they cant wait that long to get their power back. We met a College Student who is going to head home to southern california, shes now without electricity and wifi at st. Marys in moraga. I cant do School Without wifi, especially because we are all online so its impossible because we cant go to inperson classes. So i told my mom and she was like, yeah, lets book you a flight home right away. Reporter if these winds spark a fire contra costa firefighters are ready to go on the ground and in the air. They have two helicopters with expandable water buckets ready to go, they can drop water on any flames that pop up. They also have ground crews ready to go, but the weather will play a role in whether the helicopters can go up. If the wind is too intense those helicopters have to stay on the ground. It is windy right now, its
Dangerous winds there, even in the lower elevations, 37 in fairfield. Down to 20 in concord. 30 in napa. 22 in novato. 27 in San Francisco. Look at the peninsula, 25 to 31 whether youre in san mateo or sfo. A noisy night out there, there will be a lot of debris on the road, so drive around that and be careful. Our lower elevations, still in the red flag warning until 11 00. Higher elevations until 5 00 tomorrow afternoon. The winds will subside for most of us after 11 00, its so dry and the winds will below wind advisory criteria, but still fast enough to have that high fire danger. Reggie . That breaking news is in the east bay, high winds are now blowing. Youre looking at what happened in concord after a tree toppled bringing down power lines on Birchwood Court late last night. Contra costa county firefighters responded to similar calls reporting either fallen trees or downed power lines. This morning nearly 107,000 customers throughout the bay area are in the dark. Pg e shut off pow
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