The cell moving over south san jose has a history of producing lightning at this hour. A few around richmond. The wider view into the north bay we go weve seen lightning but it has not moved into napa county just yet. Watch this new cell that had just developed to the north of mount hamilton. Were going to track that one because it does have vivid looung. Folks could expect lightning by 6 00 p. M. Expect to hear rumble of thunder. The storm bring it on back. We rank our storms here at abc 7 from one to five. This is a light storm but it will impact your evening with gusty winds. Wellly get red of the heat in that full accuweather guys. Theres been up clean up repairs in the south bay. Lets go to david louie in san jose with the look at the damage there. David. Reporter what a Strange Weather day this has been especially in the south bay. Weve had rain, thunder, lightning in the past hour. In the Early Morning hours this morning, we had heavy winds that took down trees and power lines. The gusts of winds woke up residence starting shortly after 2 30 this morning. The howling sound was nothing they expected. It sounded like a little mini hurricane, nothing like florida. Reporter dispatchers at the fire received calls as people called in down power lines and broken tree limbs. This tree was planted 60 years ago but the tree lost limbs to winds three years in a row. A cable has kept it from falling over. It did fall over and block two lanes of traffic. Reporter retired san jose firefighter russ sereman found himself pressed. Large limbs fell on to the neighbors house, another limb broke a window in a parks suv in another neighbors driveway. It could have done a lot more damage. There is pung churs in the roof up here some of it the size of my leg. Reporter crews were required to restore service of 11,000 customers. Damage range from transformers to down power lines. One tree on University Avenue displaced a large alcohol acolo bees. No damage anywhere else, theres just leaves and brush down, thats about it. The tree didnt fall on School Property so were okay. Reporter in santa cla ra, david louie, abc 7 news. All lanes are blocked right there on highway 101. Right now sky 7 live over the scene. This crash or car ended up on its side. Look at the back up as we pan here, this is nbc 101 year the intersection of 237 so not far from moffitt field and Mountain View in santa clara county. We know one person was hurt and taken away by balance. The biggest impact you could see is traffic. Well keep monitoring the situation. An account gone viral amazing thousands of dollars in donations. Its all a result of an interaction between a Police Officer and a hot dock vender at saturdays Football Game. A Football Game shows the officer taking cash out of the venders walt in account for giving him a citation for not having the proper permit. Laura you spoke with the officer. Reporter i did kristin and he defended his actions. The uc in the meantime has issued a statement saying they are opening an investigation into this incident. However they went on to say, this officers action, that is removing 60 from the wallet of an unlicensed vender is quote, typical in a case like this. The vender who had his cash taken by uc berkeley Police Officer says he didnt know what to think at the time. He tried his best to obey the officers order. Translator at that moment i was in a state of shock because of what was happening to me. I dont know how to explain it, i was in a state of shock when i saw he was taking my money. Reporter we spoke off camera with the officer to urge people to see the full contact of his actions. He said the cash was tan only as evidence in support of the citation. Uc Berkeley Scott says the university with investigate. Nonetheless, the man who shot the video, martin flores, told us he was appalled. He close this one vender whose selling hot dogs, an individual who was probably vulnerable, an easy target. Flores has started a go gund me page. With the initial goal of 10,000 its now approaching 40,000. Translator to be honest with you i want to get my permit going and do things right. Reporter uc police did issue three other warnings to unlicensed venders at saturdays Football Game. In berkeley laurie anthony, abc 7 news. Irma is no longer a powerful hurricane but the death toll increased. A falling tree hit and killed a man today in south carolina. 42 people died in concluding in the caribbean, cuba and florida. 72 Million People without power tonight. Some storm survivorers in florida are surveying the damage, vac wees from the florida keys have to wait on infrastructure before they can return. We want to go home and see whats going on. We got a lot of damage and clean up. It was not as bad as i thought it was going to be. Irma is a Tropical Storm stretching 650 miles east to west. This is affecting at least nine states. Particularly, georgia, alabama and the caroline thats. Workers are racing to get the lights on across florida. Utility shared this video showing crews looking for down lines and toppled 100 employees are helping local utilities out in florida. Urgent certain and rescue crews are also in florida helping out. Janene with the latest. Reporter well the women and men of the 129th rescue wing say they are ready for any scenario they encounter in florida. The captain told us they did send up four aircrafts to assess the damage there. This cell phone video was taken in the Early Morning hours when Hurricane Irma had just started approaching tampa. It was so loud, the gusts were so loud the tree outside my house kept hitting my roof, we were thinking it was going to come crashing into my house. I had 13 family members here, little babies all the way up to my mother. Reporter rivas tried to stay informed through television but they lost power. She says being cut off while the winds howled for hours was terrifying. They told us it was going to be a few days before we get power. We did have a generator but like i said it ran out of gas. Reporter the 129th rescue wing from moffitt field has been waiting to spring into action. They left friday from florida and this morning the unit was called to survey the destruction. Heres video the crew sent to show one of the helicopters in the air thats helping. Basically to assess the area to come up with the right game plan to provide the right level of search and rescue support. The rescue wing spokesman wasnt able to tell us how many rescues were performed because they preoccupied with their mission. Those on the ground are grateful for any help they can get. So many compelling images out of the states battled by irma. Check this one out, this video was shot from downtowns charlton. Look at the water coming over the sea wall drowning the car, listen to the power of the storm. All right and how about this one, check out this video of a flooded neighborhood in ft. Lauderdale. Theres a guy who li livuous to the howling wind, just standing there in the road. Thats a little dangerous but i think ithes okay. This one zoewy stevens from chicago of rescuers. They said they dont have clean Drinking Water but they have power. This is a beach front home on a va llano beach in florida. It was a beech front. Its collapsed on to the beach and completely destroyed. You can see new Hurricane Irma on our website, thats nbc news. Com. The system is coming up with a new way to fight cancer. Freed monday and st. And these are cabernet grapes. How often have you guys stepped into the street while doing something on your phone . Pretty often id say. May attention, if not you may attention, if not you been trying to prepare for this day. And im still not ready. 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Need buildings are going to collapse but nobody believed me. So, i was right outside the south tower when it started coming down at 9 58 9 58 9 58 98 minutes after it was struck. I was right outside underneath it. I started running when the building was coming down. Slaps of concrete was hitting my body and i was buried underneath the rubble. I had fractured skull, my neck and spine was crushed i was bleeding internally. I was there with these other people, they all died and eventually was found alive. He recovered obviously and now travels the country sharing his story. Recently he was in beaumont texas that was hit by harvey. He said he plan to pack up tools and drive there to help out. Its his way of helping the way the people helped in new york in 9 11. Comedian Robin Williams will be announced in San Francisco tomorrow. An area of a comedy event will be named in his honor. Karen tyler with the details. Reporter Robin Williams helped put San Francisco comedy day on the map. Often a secret financial benefactor. We formed a new party here in San Francisco called a thc party. Reporter the festival is held in Golden Gate Parks. Now as a con tribute to the comedian as a blessing to his family. This will be known as Robin Williams meadow. Deby who is the producer of comedy day has been working on this as a lasting legacy. I dont think youd say oh come on you guys, theres better stuff to do than name stuff after me. He really gave of himself. Reporter according to the department the meadow has no name, its called sharon because of the jay on arts building. Now it will honor a man whose death in 2014 left a void in the Comedy Community and among fans worldwide. When i immediately say his name, the electricity that came from the audience, it would make my hair stand on edge. It was so magical. Reporter the organizers needed to raise money to pay for a change of signs in Golden Gate Park and still need commission approval, which the Department Head expects will happen. He was about tolerance and diversity and love and laughter. And those are San Francisco values. Reporter the late great comic will be celebrated at the 37th annual comedy day festival on sunday. In San Francisco, carolin tyler, abc 7 news. Might be able to taste this summer over the years all the abc 7 knew else reporter Wayne Freedman is live with a look at whether thats a good or bad thing. Reporter dan a good whine makers going to taste that variation in climb and work with what they have and make fine wines. Normally whether you see cabernet grapes this time of year their ripe and plump. This looks like raisins. I skeez this things and no juice comes out. This is what heat did to grapes this year in napa apa apa apa owning a winery means multi tasking. The effects of a heat wave on grapes. Ive never seen 116 in the vineyard. She saw the temperatures four Straight Days and heres the result, clusters of be plump cabernet grapes include dried up grapes. How much have you lost this year . Average, 25 . Which traffic lighlts quite a boutique that may put out 30,000 a year. Pam expects to absorb the losses it also means more diligent work on the back end. Were going to have to be wine makers. Som yores you dont have to be wine makers. Some years you let the vineyard do that for you. Reporter many of the people who would pick these grapes have not returned this year. There is a timing factor so if all of us want to pick at the same time, its going to be first come first serve. And it could be whose paying more. Reporter just one more thing to worry about and one other facet of wine making beyond her control. Eventually itll all be part of the story theyll tell when the 2017 vintage move from the vineyards to bottles. Got to deal with whatever Mother Nature gives you. Now, look at this, i dont know if youre getting this in your neighborhood, but look at that lightning in south san jose. A viewer took this video and shared it with us on twitter. Abc 7 news drew is hear with the forecast. We dont see this too often. We really dont. Its been quite the sky show for the southern half of the region. A lot of people wonder, when can i go back outside, 30 minutes after you saw your last Lightning Strike. Live doppler 7 showing you just in the past 30 minutes, over 100 Lightning Strikes detected in live doppler 7. It is an amazing show happening in our sky. The active areas, live doppler 7 lightning detected around freemont, and hay wood at this hour. The way these storms are moving, its in a south to north fashion. Thats why were seeing a lot of reports right now lightning. The storms are moving in that direction. The cell had some lightning at this hour. Haywood around 6 33 expect more lightning. Just before 7 00 might be more Lightning Strikes. 7 07 p. M. , berkeley we do expect more lightning and showers. Silicon valley, so many reports on twitter and facebook of seeing lightning and hearing thunder. Pal low alto to the west of sunny dale. The way this storm is moving to the north as well. Areas like south San Francisco, even San Francisco would not be surprised in the next 45 minutes if you start to see a couple of Lightning Strikes associated with that. Just saw our first Lightning Strike detected in the north bay. We break out the storm impact, its been quite sometimes several months since weve had to use this. Today we use this exclusively at abc 7. We rank or storm one to five. Five with most severe. Just to give you an idea of what to expect winthh ite through. Tonight its a one. Any scattered that moves through your neighborhood will have lightning and gusty winds. The camera top, pier 15 quite an ominus sky over San Francisco. The reason were seeing these thunder showers, its warm outside, muggy and tropical out there. 80s and 90s in our warmest spots. The good news, once the sun sets in the next couple of hours, the thunderstorms will lose the heating of the day. What will remain the mild air over night, holding in the 60s. Its going to feel muggy over the next 12 hours or so. Little humidity. Not quite as hot tomorrow, cooler air arrive as we head into thursday and wednesday. Were still going to include a slide chance of showers tomorrow, not ton as widespread. Even into wednesday morning. Cooler air arrives wednesday afternoon. It will feel great thursday. The weekend looks dry. The next couple of hours as lightning showers moving through. Wait 30 minutes until that last one youve seen move outside. I just texted that to my kids. Coming up next, the Clothing Store that wont actually stock a twoyear lawsuit over that famous monkey selfie is over tonight. Heres that picture. Pita filed a suit on behalf of the monkey who snapped a picture. The cameraman argued it was his camera so he owned the photo. The judge dismissed the appeal of the case. 25 of the gross heavy knew will be donated to charity. Nordstrom will be one of the stories that wont stock any clothing. Customers can shop inside online at the store and pick up clothes there. The customers the site will be a lot smaller than your typical nordstrom store. The first one will open in West Hollywood in three weeks. The coast guard came to the rescue today and only nbc 7 news was there can sky 7 to see it all unfold. Well walk you through the most dramatic moments start to finish. Plus first there was distracted driving now its distracted walkers that have the attention of wow nice outfit. Were working on that. Some people know how far they want to go. A personalized Financial Strategy can help you get them there. See how access to j. P. Morgan investment expertise can help you. Chase. Make more of whats yours. There are many 9 11 memorials in america. Not far away in concord there is this 9 slash memo memory garden. Two plaques that are dedicated to those who lost their lives. President trump led september 11th remembrances for the first time as commander and chief today. In new york, at the pentagon new yorkers remember the people who died on that day. Reporter 16 years of the Airlines Flight 11 struck the World Trade Center north tower. Silence still seeks to fill the void. Silence at 8 46 a. M. In new york and at the white house. And at 9 03 when a plane struck the south tower. 9 37 when the pentagon was hit. 9 59 when the south tower fell. Remembering so many people lost so quickly. Joseph ryan allan. Richard dennis allen. And there would be more. Vice president mike pence recalled the moment in 2001 police told the then, congressman a plane was 12 minutes from the u. S. Capital, he waited. Then it turned to 13 minutes, then we were informed that the plane had gone down in a field in pennsylvania. Reporter the very place he sp