tropical storm iselle slammed into hawaii big island today. trees were knocked down, power outages are affecting thousands of people and all of this is happening ahead of an even more powerful storm that could reach hawaii by monday. good morning, eric thomas in for kristen sze. >> our metrologist is following

tropical iselle. at the san francisco airport, we're checking on air travel to hawaii. what is the latest on iselle? >> reporter: the latest is what we expected, and that is flooding rains. nearly 10 inches of rain falling in some parts of the big island, especially near volcano national park, five inches. and we've got five inches around hilo right now. in fact that flood warning continues for a half-hour for the southeastern half of the island. and that's because of the heavy rain that continue to pound there. even though the winds are weakening, we're seeing wave after wave after shower. it's reaching up to honolulu right now even though the heart of the storm is over the big island. as we take a look at what's going on, tropical storm warnings until at least monday morning. we could have 39 mile-per-hour winds across the chain.

he's take a look at how it's shaping up. it's falling apart and sticking at the island and that's why with 50 mile-per-hour winds we're seeing the rain. tomorrow afternoon hawaii time it's going to be pulling away and moving away. we'll focus on julio. it's going to produce pretty cool waves to surf on but it will not be a one-two punch as far as the hurricane coming in. the big threat now is the flooding that's coming out. we'll keep on eye on you. >> mike is at the playground build where we'll be joining him later. right now it is a little bit after 8:00 in the morning on hawaii big island. thousands 0 people are waking up to find out their power is still out this morning. as we told you tropical iselle

forced more than 1200 people on the big island into evacuation shelters. strong wunds and rain brought down trees and power lines. in oahu they're expecting the storm this afternoon. >> we're hunkered down, in the drk, and it's starting to get noisy out there. it's a little scarey. the winds are starting to howl and the rain is going in all different directions. >> and that was abc news camera woman jenny. she's riding out the storm in her home on the big island. schools and government offices remain close. hurricane julio is close behind and could reach the island over the weekend. >> several flight to hawaii have been canceled and some local families have had to cut their vacations short out fear they would be trapped by the storm. alyssa herrington is life with more. >> reporter: the good news is

most flights are on schedule today but some travelers i talked to did not want to risk it and came home from their hawaiian vie occasion early. >> we were supposed to go to the big island and took a detour. >> reporter: this family is back from their hawaii yann vacation two days early. >> we just wanted to be safe and back home. >> reporter: they booked a flight from hand lew lew to sfo to try and beat the bad weather. the ten-year-old admits the shorter vacation meant she wasn't able to do everything she was looking forward to. >> i wanted to go on a helicopter tour and i wanted to actually swim with dolphins. >> you were going to show her the lava rocks and all of that. because of the tropical storm we were scared because they were predicting the landfalls and high winds. >> reporter: the tropical storm started grounding the flight yesterday. eight total have been canceled in and out of sfo, this includes

four arrivals this morning. one alaska air flight was canceled. a departure to maui delayed more than two hours. here are a few of the lucky ones to get on a plane that took off from honolulu. >> rain at the airport. >> you could hear the people at the airport getting stressed out. >> reporter: this video shows passengers there, many forced to make last-minute changes. one flight to los angeles actually left five hours ahead of schedule to get travelers out of town before iselle stormed in. several carriers are waving fees for travelers who have to make changes to their flight. live at sfo, alyssa herrington. >> we'll continue to follow the situation in hawaii on air and online. our coverage continues now on twitter at abc 7 news bay area.

concord police are investigating a deadly accident involving a motorcycle. the crash was at the intersection of oak cove grove. a 29-year-old man from concord who was driving the motorcycle died at the scene. police say he was speeding as he approached the intersection and ran a read light. police say the driver of the car did stop and has cooperated with the investigation. police are investigating a groping incident. a come said she was assaulted shortly after 6:00 last night. she reported the incident to stanford police and described the suspect as a white man in his mid 20s, 6'3" with a thin build, short hair, a light beard and was wearing a light blue shoirt sw blue jeans. she says he was walking a gray pit bull. the man had a tattoo with unknown writing on his right arm. >> we want to continue to talk about the exciting news. we're involved with a project to

improve the quality of life for kwids kids in east oakland. >> we're pairing up with disney to build a knew playground in just a few hours. kristen sze is there. but we'll begin with reporter nick smith with a unique view. >> reporter: i'm used to holding the microphone but today i picked up a ham ma because this is what it's all about. turning this ugly park upside down and transforming it into something beautiful not only for the kids but for the community to. >> we're proud to be here. >> reporter: if you're anywhere near concordia park, you're sure to hear the screams and cheers coming from a group of excited volunteers. morning news anchor kristen sze reminded everyone of how many young lives will be touched by creating this new play space.

>> we're going to put up an awesome playground in six hours' time. >> reporter: we paired up with disney and ka-boom to transnormal this playground from top to bottom. >> we believe that play is an important part of every child's life. >> she helped to leave hundreds of volunteers, many of whom from this east oakland community through the paces. she says making over the park is about more than assembling slides and sand boxes. she says what children will take away will last a lifetime. >> play is more than moving your body. it's engaging your mind and it's also socially engaging your peers, adults and others. >> reporter: the next six hours are crucial to the makeover. this time lapsed video shows some of the preps being done and only hint at the number of nails, hammers and hands necessary to make it happened. >> i feel like i have been sprinkled with pixie dust. >> she suz what are now

unrecognizable blocks and colored pieces of plastic will soon be turned into the things that shape a child's imagination and help to transform a community. >> if our kids have the opportunity to be a kid and do that through their childhood years, they'll be already when they become adults. >> reporter: we are punching the clock because we only have six hours to get all of this done. people are working, we're moving, trying to get i done because it only matters if we get it ready for the kids. nick smith, abc 7 news. >> thank you, nick. abc 7 news anchor is not with us because as you saw, he's out there taking part in the big playground build. >> kristen with, the community is really involved in this. >> reporter: really. do you guys know how to wash out paint from a t-shirt? no. okay. that's all right. you know what? play is dirty work and there's a

lot of work being done. you've been seeing that in nick's story. but also they're having fun. compliments of radio disney, wonderful music, everybody is exercising, getting their groove on. we're here to make it fun for kids. with us is sondra alexander. tell us what this is about. >> it's an organization that empowers the community. we go around and have a technical technology center over on foothill boulevard and we're teaching youth and adults the same thing they could get at silicon valley. >> reporter: and you're providing muscle for today's project. >> yes. we're very excited. >> reporter: i'm a mom, you're a grandmother. we know how important it is to have space like this for kids to play. >> it's post important. i don't know what we would do without these kind of spaces. i'm excited about the health initiative and we're working on obesity for children. we want them healthy and to live

long. >> reporter: we were talking about one in three u.s. kids are overweight or obese. this is a great place for them to have. by the way, follow the action today as we try to beat the deadline. you can follow us on social media #playmatters if you're on twitter, instagram or facebook. #where you live and check out the postings. and don't forget, if you want to watch a live stream, you can log on to our website abc 7 news.com. i know you'll be out here later cheryl, eric, you too. a lot of fun. >> we can't wait. thanks so much. >> she didn't tell us if that was water based or oil based paint too. different treatments for those. we have much more news ahead on abc 7 news at 11:00. the u.s. has been pulled back into the conflict in iraq. why the u.s. military launched air strikes against islamic militants this morning. major developments in the

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developing news, u.s. air strikes against islamic militants in iraq have begun a day after president obama authorized strategic attacks along with human tear aid. about 3:45 this morning the u.s. military struck the militant isis target in northern iraq.

they dropped 500-pound laser guided bombs. the pentagon says isis was using the artillery to shell forces near where the u.s. personnel are located. thousands of families have fled to the top of a mountain to escape the threat of isis militants below. >> carefully and responsibly. that's what we're doing on that mountain. >> right now the faa is prohibiting u.s. airlines and other commercial carriers from flying over iraq saying hostilities there could threaten safety. a south african judge announced that she will give the verdict of oscar pistorius on september 11th. the judge's announcement came as both sides rested in the five-month long trial. prosecutors claim pistorius shot and killed his girlfriend last year. the defense says they believe he was defending himself against an

intruder inside his home. meteorologist mike nicco is live with the forecast. >> reporter: yes, we here here in concordia park in oakland where -- look who's helping out. you know this playground is going to get put together well. 7 is on your side in many different ways. this is just one of those. we'll talk more about the weather out here, all of the activities that are going on this weekend. i'll have an update coming up in your accuweather seven-day forecast. plus, a google street view driver under investigation for going a wrong way down a one-w

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you're looking live at pictures from concordia park in oakland where you see folks mixes up concrete there in the wheelbarrows. abc 7, disney and ka-boom are teaming up to build a new playground. they say we're going to do this in six hours. i think we may do it in five and a half. cheryl and i will be healed over after the newscast to take part. >> that's right. well right now some trouble for a google car driver who was mapping a street view in arkansas. the 29-year-old driver crash into a man's car. the problem started when the google car went the wrong way down a street, made the u-turn, tried to merge on to another street and sideswiped a car. neither driver was injured. but the google car drive was cited for careless driving.

we're waiting for a comment from google which is based in mountainview. >> take you back to concordia mark where mike is there with the people putting together the playground. >> reporter: it is gorgeous out there. we talked about it all morning. we don't need to worry about the warm weather. we do need to worry about the sunshine. you have to be careful that every project has a good foundation. i'm sitting in one of the many holes that were dug yesterday that are being filled can concrete yesterday. six hours. and the way these guys are going, i think i'm going to get out of the hole right now and start talking about the weather. we've got some amazing weather for you this weekend. let's go over and go to the map. what i'll talk about is what's happening here right know. about 62 degrees. we're definitely working hard. we deaf notally need the sunscreen. and i don't know, we're going to sweat a little bit but not too badly. by the time we get to the ribbon

cutting at 2:30, we should be in the low 60s. north of the bay bridge we've got a crash advisory. you're going to have choppy waves. and if you're heading to the beaches where we're seeing sunshine develop already, you're going to have brisk winds to deal with throw 9:00 tomorrow morning. as far as what's going on cloudwise, what we're dealing with is the northerly grade in. now it will work its way down to the south. i'm not sure we'll completely get out of the woods. but we're looking at sunshine. as far as what's going to happen today, you can see the nice breeze blowing through san francisco. we're going to see a lot of sunshine and seasonal temperature. we'll have temperatures truck wait a lit bit over the next couple of days. let's take a look at those. 60s along the coast into san

francisco, upper 60s to mid 70s around the bay, and 90s in antioch. if you're going out and about, maybe up to santa rosa, we've got the sonoma county fair continuing through sunday. we're going to be in the mid 80s. but if you're hanging around for the evening festivities the, it will cool to 65 degrees. we've got other things going on too, like outside land. it's going to be in the 60s there. at least there's in drizzle this year. now let's head over towards one more stop, you're going to the game, twins in town taking on the a's. let's wrap it up by showing you what's going to happen tonight. you can see right across the bay and it's trying to stretch into the east bay valley. mid to upper 50s for the rest of us. look at the low clouds. afternoon sunshine, temperatures truck wait a degree or two depending on how what quickly that morning marine layer blows

off. i didn't know my coworkers work so hard outside of work. they're doing a great job. they're about to fill the hole i was in. that's how hard we with are working out here to make oakland a better place for the kids. i hope they enjoy it. we'll see you out here in a few minutes. still ahead, we'll be back to introduce you to this week's perfec

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because you have good news, right? >> so far every animal that we've brought on tv this year has been adopted and even our rabbit got adopted and has a forever home. >> i think that mojo is going to be a nice home very soon. here's a number. eric? from all of us here at abc 7 news. thank you for joining us. "who wants to be a millionaire" is next. here a live look at the work going on in oakland where we're helping to build a playground here at abc 7 teaming up with disney and ka-boom. cheryl and i are heading over. you got power tools there? you may want to hide them.

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