The bay bridge thats an easy at the minimum typical for this morning and no backup at the toll plaza right now. Back to you. 5 00 right now and were tracking Hurricane Irma this morning. The monstrous storm is ripping its way through the atlantic leaving behind a path of death and destruction. Right now the massive system is on its way to the Dominican Republic and cuba and eventually florida. But this hurricanes wrath is already being felt throughout the caribbean. Were showing the devastation in barbuda this morning, thats where nearly every building on the island is just damaged, many are destroyed. This storm continues to churn through the atlantic. And within days Hurricane Irma may have florida in its sight. This morning monitoring evacuations, theyre under way right now in the keys right there. Now, right now millions of people are scrambling to get to higher ground. And we have Team Coverage to get up to speed on this deadly hurricane. Meteorologist kari hall tracking that but
A look at radar, a lot of rain well to the north of us but still light showers here. Ill talk more about that coming up in a few minutes. Mike is now checking in on san jose. The speed jensers looking great, you like to see all the green. Typical patterns build in trivalley and hayward. San jose northbound 101 we see that typical slowing starting to kick in once again. But a crash northbound 880, im told its over on the should dwoernt see any slowing and i havent seen it. Over here we do have slowing and now were going to green to yellow. 26 minutes for the upper east shore freeway traveling west over towards the bay bridge toll plaza are where the metering lights are on and the toll plaza is full. Back to you. In our top story this morning the death toll is kroeg growing as Hurricane Irma moves closer to the florida coastline. Youre taking a live look at our satellite pictures this morning track track being the tax reforms current badge. The category five storm swept through the carib
Homes because of fear the emergency spillway could collapse. The danger has eased a bit. We are not out of the woods yet. We will have the latest on the situation as mornings on 2 continues. Monday morning february 13. We are starting 188 we are starting 188,000 people are under Evacuation Orders right now. State and local officials warned that the emergency spillway of the oroville dam might fail because of erosion. A lot of evacuees are at red cross shelters. Right now that spillway is holding. Crews took the pressure off of it. We showed you live a few minutes ago repairs on the spillway are happening at this very moment. We want to show you a map of the area we are talking about. Lake oroville filled to capacity. 25 miles southeast of chico. It is the tallest dam in the country. Evacuation orders extended beyond butte county into yuba county. Governor. Brown has issued an emergency order to help with the situation. He called in National Guard troops to help out. There is a Flood Wa
Shell monsoon flooding in Pakistan Forces a difficult decision. A huge lake threatens to overflow and authorities have chosen to spare more Populated Areas as rural residents pay the price. Plus the german lawmakers pay tribute to the last leader of the soviet union, the kyle gorbachev. The man credited for his role in bringing down the iron curtain and allowing east and west germany to become one. Ah. Hello, i am clare richardson, thanks much for joining us. We start in ukraine where local Officials Say russia has again shelled the area around this Operation Nuclear power plant. This a day after the United Nations secretary general said russia and ukraine must cease military activity near the facility and agree on a security zone. Antonio guitar has warned that any damage could spell, catastrophe for the region, and beyond. His words echoed those of the head of the un nuclear watchdog. Its raphael grossey, 3rd time speaking to the Security Council, but his 1st time reporting on what h