After 30 inches of rain in the forecast with four Southern States already declaring an emergency. Landfall is expected in the next 6 to 7 hours and the big concerns tonight are flooding and potentially life threatening storm surge. Here is a look at the satellite loop sally expected to make landfall near the alabama Mississippi State line. Right now is it is a category one hurricane with 85 mileper hour winds. Reporter that rain continues to just constantly following top of us, really soaking me and drenching me all neethling long. We have this Tropical Storm force winds over and over again. But the storm, as he said, is pushing to the east. That means some folks are going to be released. Others are now going to be in harms way. Waves pick up along the gulf coast as Hurricane Sally inches closer. The storm is packing 85 mile perhour winds, threatening Southeast Louisiana to the florida panhandle. With devastating storm surge and potentially deadly flooding. Sally is expected to make la
Firefighters have tested positive for the coronavirus. 57 who have been exposed are being monitored. A live look at sfo this morning. Americans are scrambling to return to the u. S. This is from europe. President trump is extending the travel ban to the uk and ireland to try to contain the spread of the virus. The number of confirmed bay area cases is growing. Here are the updated numbers by county. Within the past few hours ten new cases were confirmed in San Mateo County bringing the total number there to 42. And now that includes one death. There are also three new cases in San Francisco, bringing the total there to 40. Santa clara county has the most by far with more than 100. Gilroys mayor announced overnight one person there has died from the virus. Were still not sure if this is one of the two previous deaths announced in Santa Clara County. Meantime there are nearly 165,000 known cases worldwide. The outbreak has killed close to 6,500 people. With coronavirus testing expected t
Its homeland the tiny town thats famous for doing it all thanks to the delicious local joke act. And how you could join me the u. N. Climate talks in madrid appear to have stalled an activist you know meaningful deal well a much now theyve criticized the lack of progress the meeting was supposed to end on friday but disagreements mean that the negotiations all dragging on representatives for more than 200 nations are trying to strike a deal on a missions targets of am to finalize the look at the existing charis agreement on Global Warming which comes into force next year in. Unity which will d. W. Who to undershoot has been following developments for us and she joins me now to see tell us whats the latest well of course there is no agreement yet theres no consensus between the parties and the countries involved in these negotiations its looking like the negotiations are going to drag into day time on sunday and the participants have been up all night discussing i mean with 20200 Differ
Saving the Great Barrier reef from destruction we have a special report on the fight to protect one of the worlds natural wonders. Hello and welcome to bbc news. There have been fierce clashes between turkish troops and Kurdish Forces in northeastern syria. Since hostilities began on wednesday, nearly 50 civilians are thought to have died on both sides of the frontier, and more than a hundred thousand people have fled their homes. Much of the latest fighting has been in the border area near ras al ain. The Turkish Military have entered the strategically important town, but theyre facing stiff resistance from the kurdish led, Syrian Democratic forces. Our correspondent orla guerin is on the turkish side of the border. Her report contains flashing images. The front line in a conflict that is spreading fast. Turning Northern Syria into a battleground. Alarming washington and europe. The smoke is rising from the key town of ras al ain. And inside the town, this pro turkish fighter says wev
I am the happiest of men to run under two hours, you know, to inspire many people, to tell people that no human is limited, you can do it. Hello and welcome to bbc news. There have been fierce clashes between turkish troops and Kurdish Forces in northeastern syria. Since hostilities began on wednesday, nearly 50 civilians are thought to have died on both sides of the frontier, and more than 100,000 people have fled their homes. Much of the latest fighting has been in the border area, near ras al ain. The Turkish Military have entered the strategically important town, but theyre facing stiff resistance from the kurdish led, Syrian Democratic forces. 0ur correspondent, 0rla guerin, is on the turkish side of the border. Her report contains flashing images. The front line in a conflict that is spreading fast. Turning Northern Syria into a battleground. Alarming washington and europe. The smoke is rising from the key town of ras al ain. And inside the town, this pro turkish fighter says wev