Good morning, amy. Reporter good morning, natasha. Yes, we just got here. We have just learned the woman who was inside this home is 69 years old. Shes at the hospital right now, in critical condition. She is on life support. Firefighters say she was very disoriented. They heard her banging on the wall inside the home asking for help. So they had to go in and rescue her. Her 71yearold husband got out okay. Firefighters say she might have been struggling to get out of the house because there is so much stuff inside. They do consider this a horder situation. They had trouble getting access to the home, getting in there and getting to her. They think that this fire started in the garage, possibly with the barbecue. The homeowner mentioned he had tried to start it earlier in the day and that he did hear an explosion. So possibly, the gas was left on. They are still investigating the fire. This is on silvia at shirley here in pleasant hill. They got the call at about 2 15 this morning. The
Ill have a complete update on Hurricane Irma coming up as we head to mike now. Not a major concern for the rest of the world. I know you said youll bring more updates on irma. Here to the rest of the bay, a smooth drive. The nimitz freeway, we have one issue in oakland. One lane is still blocked. Folks are slowing down as well as getting into downtown. Toward the bay bridge other than that is not a major problem. Traffic flows well. Head through town. Back to you. Thank you, mike. Just hours ago Hurricane Irma was down graded to a category 4. Irma is still expected to devastate florida which is directly in its path. Nbc news has confirmed at least 12 deaths throughout the islands including six in u. S. Territories. As that storm races towards florida we have team coverage. Kari is tracking irmas path. And rick boone talking about bay area teams heading out to help. Set the scene there for us. It looks beautiful right now. Reporter its a Beautiful Day here in miami. Not a cloud in the s
And im laura garciacannon. A good forecast for us. A lot of comfortable temperatures. You walk out the door, you see a few clouds this morning. A very nice day and a live look. It is partly to mostly cloudy. Our temperatures are nice and cool. At 10 00 well be at 67 degrees. All clear and sunny with highs today only 77 degrees. A look at our high temperatures around the bay area, much more comfortable than the way we started this week. Well be up to 85 in one of the warmer spots while San Francisco up to 67. More on that coming up. Mike is looking for a lighter commute. The bay area. Its friday. A little build over to hayward as we look at mostly green sensors, even the south bay. We did see the traffic flow build up there. A live look now and we do have traffic flowing but at least its visible. Back to our top stories were following this morning tracking Hurricane Irma. Early this morning forecasters lowered the storm to a category 4 but it does not mean it is still noting a powerful
Couple of problems along 880. This is a new accident. Northbound 880 right at auto mall parkway. We have a car on the offramp but its blocking those lanes. And its creating quite the backup. You can see these yellow sensors. Speeds drop to 50 Miles Per Hour. Chp is on the scene. In oakland, this crash kenny mentioned is northbound 880 as you approach broadway. One lane blocked. And we have speeds dipping below 15 Miles Per Hour. Traffic backed up beyond fifth avenue at this point. Now the latest on a deadly earthquake overnight in southern mexico. According to the president of mexico, the earthquake was 8. 2 magnitude. It was off the west coast. There are at least 15 confirmed dead. Theres major damage in some areas as rescuers search for potential victims and survivors. About a million electricity customers had no power at one point but service is restored to about 800,000. And in many cities, people ran out into the streets fearing that buildings would collapse. Heres a look at cell
Zones in a rush to replenish supplies. Most of the gas stations weve been to all day have no gas. Reporter airports crowded with evacuees rushing to catch the last flights out of south florida including tourists forcing to leave their beach front hotel. Everybody has to go. At this point are you planning to ride the storm at the airport . If need be. This is where ill be. Reporter after seeing the devastating impact of irma in the caribbean most recently impacting cuba, bahamas and u. S. Virgin islands, floridans on both coasts are heeding the warnings to get to safety lining up outside of shelters. We move here to get away from Hurricane Harvey but now were here and Hurricane Irma is coming. Reporter at least five of those shelters already at capacity. I dont know where were going to go. Reporter many of those are coming up from the keys that will start feeling the first effects of irma tomorrow morning. Tourists been evacuate everyone on the low lying areas are under orders to leave.