points police to shootings e street.. could soon be . >> kpix5 news on kbcw. >> we want them to have as much information as possible. technology pointing to shooters on the streets could be coming to your kid's schools. a helmet camera rolling. we go inside one of the most destructive storms to ever hit land. i am elizabeth cook. we have the storm's impact and the devastating aftermath. >> reporter: looking at typhoon haiyan from google earth. nearly every building gone.

families shattered. >> everything is significantly damaged or destroyed. a 15-foot wave came across entir villages. >> reporter: the mid-section has been hammered. this storm went above and beyond expectations. >> we just need your help. >> reporter: bloated corpses line the sidewalks. this damage was inflicted. boats tossed a shore, buildings out to see. some are looting, many at risk for decease. >> disease. >> we don't have enough water. we drink it even though we may

get sick. >> reporter: in the bay area donations are slowly coming in. an 89-year-old tells kpix5 this is the worst he has seen. >> please donate. help our country. >> reporter: help is on the way from the u.s. military to the philippines. the aircraft carrier is on the way with food, water, generators and will be a national humanitarian effort. it is over 1700 now officially, but some officials are saying we can see 10,000 dead before it is over.

joe vasquez, kpix. we were in the town of laitai. >> reporter: just as we finished this report haiyan unleashed its full fury ripping roofs off. waves crashed into the hotel. everyone rushed to the second floor. >> reporter: the rain didn't stop for hours. we had to change rooms again.

for three hours we didn't know if we would survive. nothing prepared us for what the storm moved on. the devastation was complete. >> these images are from space. lay that image over the west coast and you have a storm from seattle to san diego. we will have a phone bank this thursday. go to our website kpix.com. >> reporter: we could also have a dry season. the city so far in downtown has seen low rainfall. the average is 17. we are 13 inches below normal for the calendar year.

that is nothing compared to the north bay. we have a 19-inch deficit. look at that rainfall up to the north and the west. most of it will stay there. the rain is not headed here. watch out for slippery roads. it is likely where the showers will stay. who gets the rain and who does not coming up in a few minutes. we often show you buildings on fire from the outside. we have a rare look of a burning home from the inside. >> reporter: a gas leak ignited and a helmet camera captured everything. flames shooting out of 3

windows when firefighters arrive. they point a house inside cooling the fire. as the flames die down, inside it a different story. firefighters go into an opaque nightmare. this is where things get more dangerous. the smoke is so thick they can hardly see. they unlease more hose and knock out windows. the home looks to be a loss. two of his dogs died in the fire. . >> serious questions about air quality, soot and particles

can linger for days. at 6:00 p.m. yesterday the reading was unhealthy to everyone. >> it was a strong scent, smelling like burning plastic. >> chemicals leaching into the bay has been a problem in the past. sacrifices for men and women who have served. >> reporter: the crosses on the hill side outnumber the people here. they wanted to express for gratitude and appreciation. it is a far reminder of the cost of a decade of war.

crosses overlap until they are a solid wall of white. >> there is one premise, to do your job. ♪ amazing grace a closer took, sometimes faces from iraq. >> when i go to the wall i feel solemn and sad, and it hurts. >> reporter: at a bart station the crosses are a reminder of the fallen veterans of war. they don't always come back in flag-draped coffins. >> they need help.

they have to do a better job of helping. >> reporter: with music, hymns and poems since 2006, it could be felt. >> it never goes away. >> reporter: the plan is to eventually replace these crosses with a permanent memorial like the one in washington d.c. president obama went to the tomb of the unknowns. 107-year-old richard overton of texas is the oldest living veteran of world war ii. >> he was there at pearl harbor when the battleships were still

smoldering. he was there at iwogima. veteran are warning this parade could be the last this year because of rising cost. they tried to raise a million dollars to keep it going for the next 5 years. >> i have to pay for the fire department which is 18,000 and the floats. >> police and fire are not paid for anymore. on the streets, gun shot mapping microphones could be in the classroom. your smart phone may not be as secure as you think.

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protect students from a gunn on campus. kiet do on the imed at stopping . >> it is an unfortunate sign of

the times, protecting students from gun men. stopping school shootings as quickly as possible. >> reporter: it looks like a sci-fi movie. shots stopper gives more accurate information than terrified callers talking to 9- 1-1 operators. >> they will say shots fire. they will say where? they will say i don't know i am not sticking my head up. >> reporter: this site takes a fraction of the time. they try triaing late the

triangulate the information they are in talks with schools. shot spotter is for gun fire and nothing else. >> the abuses from agencies is a huge concern. >> reporter: with 17 mass shootings, this technology is a sign of the times. you want it but hope you don't have to use it. >> it will cost an elementary school $15,000 and 10,000 a year for round the clock monitoring. that is a million dollars to equip all the schools in the bay.

today's emergency drill allowed crews to test life saving systems and procedures. >> if there is a fire in the middle tunnel, this is a big improvement safety wise. >> the opening is this saturday if it doesn't reason. rain will delay lane striping. smart phones can steel steal your pin. it can detect what part of the screen you are touching.

boosting bottom lines, smart glasses could addprofits to companies. smart glasses could make employees more efficient where people need both hands for surgery or operating a car. a lie detector tattoo, a sticky substance on your neck. the google tattoo could measure sound waves in your throat. is it going to rain? . >> or should we zap you? >> reporter: i don't like the shock collar. there is a tremendous amount of rain on the radar. we will go from live to a 3-

hour time lapse. it is moving up the coastline not toward us. if you are watching around santa rosa you are likely going to see on and off showers. south of there i am not optimistic. san rafael you have a chance in the morning. high of 70 and sunny skies wednesday. high of 72. let's talk about this big storm with a lot of moisture and opportunity to give us rainfall. why is it moving north? it is the same ridge of high pressure keeping us rain free. it still has a sphere of

influence. the energy storms like to follow is lifting to the north. vallejo may not see a drop of rain. oregon, washington, british columbia will. it will come back wednesday. it will go north. we can say bye to rain chances for another week. we will continue to be dry. we will update every hour. we had rain down to san rafael. it is saying measureable rainfall is north of santa rosa. chances will be early in the

morning. it will return wednesday. we will have plenty of sunshine the rest of the week. tomorrow 73. dry in the south bay. redwood 69. antioch 72, pleasanton 71. a slight chance of a morning shower. highs around 70. sunny wednesday, sunny thursday, sunny friday. low 70s inland. this continues to be a pattern. we will just not see much rain until something flips. >> all right. >> maybe something overnight. still to come. all she wanted for her birthday

was her mom. how a letter to the president made that possible. ,,,,,,,,,, when our little girl was born,

we got a subaru. it's where she said her first word. (little girl) no! saw her first day of school. (little girl) bye bye! made a best friend forever. the back seat of my subaru is where she grew up. what? (announcer) the subaru forester. (girl) what? (announcer) motor trend's two thousand fourteen sport utility of the year. love.

it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. all she wanted -- was to ser mom. . >> a birthday wish comes true for a 10-year-old elementar student. >> all she wanted was her mom. she thought she was being interviewed about a letter to see her mom. >> please let her off so she can come home for my birthday monday. >> reporter: her mother has been in korea for 9 months.

>> she was sad. her mom said she couldn't come home and she said i want to write a letter to the president. >> i miss and love her very very very much. if she can't come i will be very very very sad. >> reporter: riley wrote the letter because. >> i haven't seen her since february, and i miss her. >> reporter: her mom walked into the school. >> they don't know how we do it. we sacrifice more. they have to wait. you try not to think about it too much. when my mom told me, it had to be something big. >> reporter: she never actually sent her letter to the

president. her mom did everything she could to come home. >> that is a great story. another crack at yukon. history will not be made in the nfl. we will show you why. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,

played a game tonight worth march against top ranked ucn . >> the calendar says november but they played against yukon like it was march. according to teammates, shanai

in the tournament scored a career high. 16 turn overs. 20 points. yukon won by 19. cardinals hosting byu. byu made 8 of 15. the lead against tampa. first career touchdown for the bucss. jose hernandez beat puig for rookie of the year. he is the third player to win it. there will be no team without a win this year in the national

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