hurricane michael is worst storm that fraz panhand has ever seen. >> sweeps across the southeast. >> devastation, total devastation. >> catastrophic, fast-moving storm smashed homes and inundated towns with water. dan ashley. >> i'm ama daetz. now downgraded to tropical storm. >> going to georgia now. two people killed. >> more than 500,000 customers without power in southeast. 20 million people under warning or watch. >> reporter: the wind and rain were punishing all day. as you can see, finally

conditions are improving. but we're told the danger isn't over yet. hurricane michael making history. crashing into the florida coast with ferocious winds, 155 miles per hour. making landfall on mexico beach. saw entire home spot where is now empty. >> where the house used to be. >> reporter: david muir and team on the ground in panama city capturing michael's raw power. >> it's going to go. >> you can see the roof of the hotel we had been standing out there, the shelter for a category 4 hurricane. it's come down on the suvs.

>> reporter: continuing path of destruction, marching inland, ripping apart homes, taking out trees and knocking down power lines along the way. >> terrifying. >> dumbest thing i've ever done, stay through the hurricane. when they say evacuate again, i'm out of here. >> reporter: also wreaking havoc in georgia, last major nurk thue in that state, 1888. scope of the damage just being assessed. light behind me is a generator. there's no power. hundreds of thousands of customers will be spending night in the dark and will rise and crews could be spending next few weeks to get everyone back online. panama city beach, fda elizabeth hur for abc7 news.

>> images showing the ferocity of the storm. blown to bits. >> transformer explosion. sandhya patel with the storm now. >> it's over georgia, losing steam but still doing damage. live doppler 7 tracking the bands of rain. some are pretty heavy over georgia as you can see. heading in towards south carolina. watch boxes are up. expecting potential for more tornadoes. look at storm damage. 30 reports, tornadoes to flash flooding to funnel clouds and wi howling. category 4, almost a 5, 5-mi-aho winds. lost and racing. about 25 miles away from macon,

georgia, moving northeast at 20. tomorrow south carolina and 8:00 p.m. tomorrow night, north carolina with heavy rain. weakens over the open atlantic. ama. >> for perspective, the size of hurricane michael compared to state of california. nearly spans entire state from redding to los angeles. >> stunning. apple ceo tim cook tweeted a message of support for people in the storm's path. standing with friends and neighbors in gulf coast region and will be donating to relief issues. grew up in the south coast and has the communities in his prayers. >> keep track of hurricane michael with the abc7 newspp enable push updates. >> other news, developments in

landmark case against monsanto. san francisco judge issues ruling saying ready to order a new trial and start over again. lilian kim with why. >> reporter: plaintiff left without saying a word. nearly $300 million verdict he won against monsanto is up in the air after the judge is inclined to throw out a chunk of it. $250 million in punitive damages. >> nothing i heard suggested the judge was persuaded otherwise on the punitive damages to tentative ruling will probably stand. >> reporter: judge said johnson, former groundskeeper failed to prove that employees believed their product caused cancer.

company wrote there's extensive body of research that confirms these products are safe when used as directed. also at issue the compensatory damages. may too be thrown out or reduced. >> have sufficient evidence to prove it could cause cancer but caused this man's cancer. >> reporter: formal ruling after the written legal arguments. gave them to the end of the week. san francisco, lilian kim, abc7 news. american stock market with worst drop in eight months. tech stocks hardest hit. two investment advisers in nevada told abc7 news they had been waiting for this. october is historically poor performing month. stocks have performed well for a long time, interest rates low. >> interest rates go up, reprices the bonds and temporary

pressure on the stocks. >> this is not the stuff you panic about. >> stocks are down abroad thursday. nikkei is japan nearly 4%. hang seng in hong kong is down 3.77% and taiwan as well. people living in east palo alto's neighborhood saying frced to produce i.d. >> reporter: woodland park was quieter after roughly 50 people marched in protest to new rules at complex. new policy required residents to provide government-issued i.d. requesting a payment receipt.

>> i want to see the person i give money to and want the receipt. >> reporter: caused fear among the immigrant population. property owners say that's not intent, pointed to tenants' safety saying there's been attempts to get information from receipts. >> no it's not. receipt has the amount you paid and balance. that's it. >> reporter: others feel it's the right move. >> i'm an immigrant but when it comes to safety, definitely makes sense that management would like to do something like that. >> reporter: sand hill property tells abc7 news they have temporarily suspended the privacy policy and will be holding two listening sessions next week to better communicate. abc7 news. new at 11:00, a judge has

cleared way for civil lawsuit in police shooting death of mario woods. newly unveiled video casts doubt on officers' accounts he was moving quickly to them when they shot. police shot woods 21 times in december of 2015 saying he refused to drop a knife. new developments in closer of fremont street in san francisco. commuter frustration is going to last longer. block under the transit center is closed to wednesday due to ongoing repair work. been closed now 15 days because of two cracks in steel beams at the transit hub. forced out after 30 years. longtime chinese restaurant is blaming whole its move. nutty on a flight. passengers were cheering when

this woman was kicked off. special assignment inside san francisco's old mint. many years since anyone has been here but tonight a sneak peek at the terror vault. >> fun. "jimmy kimmel live." >> thanks dan and ama. would it kill you to watch the show tonight? >> do i replay the diaper, lift her up to (music throughout)

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foods. opened jade garden 31 years ago. say the center's developer has told them a new lease with whole foods limits square footage that can be dedicated to restaurants. family is not sure why their restaurant is one to go. >> put heart, soul into owning the restaurant. >> troubled by the news. >> everybody should have a place to be. especially small businesses that need to be in the neighborhood to keep it a >> family is looking for somewhere else for the restaurant. look for return of escooters.,200 ss in first ph o pilot program.

must be parked in designated areas, banned from sidewalks and helmets are required. are you looking to be totally terrified this halloween? >> taking over the old mint in san francisco. >> kate larson. >> reporter: eye shadow on, lipstick on point. >> just blocking it on at this point. >> repr: fake blood in full effect. terror vault is finally open for scares. >> felt there should be a really good haunt in san francisco and wasn't one. >> reporter: self-proclaimed haunt nerds were on the hunt for the perfect haunted space. >> to produce event like this in the city, to find the room is almost next to impossible. >> enter bay area venue management firm. >> underutilized for years.

took over the space a year and a half ago. >> reporter: once housed half the u.s. gold supply has built-in horror stories part of the immersive halloween experience. >> a maintenance worker was collecting gold flakes, killing rats, slicing bodies open to hide gold flakes inside. >> been through it with the lights on. terrifying. extra scare, this necklace means you're volunteering to become part of the show. >> screamed my butt off. >> high production value. >> reporter: go to abc7news.com to find out how you can be the mint's next victim. in san francisco, kate larson, abc7 news. >> boy. that's over the top. do you like to be scared? >> no! not at all. let's talk about the weather.

>> weather is not going to spook either one of you. look at beautiful time lapse from the mt. tam camera. 6:49 and fog with the beautiful sunset. summertime pattern of marine layer continues in fall. live doppler 7 showing you how much cloud cover we have. something interesting. october. this looks more like winter than fall in the sierra, high elevation snow mixing with light showers. reason for this, there's a system passing through, the same system that brought us cooler air mass the last couple of days, including day. temperatures in mid-60s to mid-70s this afternoon. cooling off nicely. temperatures mid-50s in pacifica and gilroy. novato is 50 degrees.

going to need a jacket in the morning. san jose scattered clouds. gusty offshore flow in the hills early friday, going to bring about noticeably warmer weather heading into the weekend. cool start. mid to upper 40s in north bay, rest in the 50s. clouds around but will need to bundle up. starting to feel like seasons have definitely changed and we're heading towards winter. tomorrow below average, 3 to 11 below average today. 71 santa rosa, 74 san rafael. coming up a few degrees today. 62 half moon bay. low 70s in palo alto.

clouds for thursday afternoon. friday a warming trend. temperatures into mid-80s inland. upper 60s coast. saturday, upper 80s and sunday, pretty much beach weather, 70s and 80s. if you're heading to beach, tomorrow morning, 5:00 to 5:00 p.m. friday, beach hazard. breakers up to ten feet, sergio in the pacific. 65-mile-an-hour winds, heavy rain across cabo san lucas, mexico and parts of the united states. temperatures are rising friday, saturday, sunday will have warmth around the bay area. great for outdoor weekend plans and little bit of a cooldown

early to middle part of next week. download the accuweather app and track your temperatures. everybody has eyes on the weekend. i certainly do. >> that started on monday. >> it did. >> late sunday. >> funny. today's episode of the view tlt will air in entirely. watch again tomorrow.

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woman hops on flight with her emotional support squirrel. >> yes, squirrel. ordeal forced all travelers to deplane and police to escort the

woman off. >> thank you. thank you. >> plane heading from orlando to cleveland tuesday was delayed almost two hours. frontier airlines said rodents are not allowed as support animal. ordered the ticket, didn't say what her animal was. >> remember the lady with the peacock? >> that's true. never know. >> we do know this. spaci spicier in the west. warriors, 1-3 in the preseason, whatever, having too much fun tonight to

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good evening. got our first glimpse of the warriors versus lakers in the lebron era. this is going to be fun. just preseason game. did not feel like it at all. in vegas, shaq, magic johnson in the house. strip was jumping. lebron lobbing, dunking. former warrior. defend steph curry how? two finals wins over lebron. andre iguodala on the drive. no. k.d., got you back. 18 points in 24 minutes. second quarter, damian jones, 15 yards for holding on lebron. been lifting in off-season. lakers up

back and forth, back and forth. holding pose there. 15 points, 10 boards. lakers by four at half. third quarter, how about a little love. with authority, damian jones. warriors lost 123-114 but fun had by all. >> lakers and dubs fans in same arena, neutral site, amazing night. >> some people called durant a snake for leaving okc, responded to post, my bad, let me get out of your way. at least can laugh about the haters. raiders are playing the seahawks. hoping the real derek carr will

show up. offensive coordinator greg olsen. >> first and goal, there's no need to press for a play in that situation. some of the turnovers this year, pressing to make the play. we like that part about him. competitive guy who wants to make every play. making better decisions moving forward. >> for sure. sponsored by river rock casino. yeah? so you can findthe ross a party dress at a price yeah. that makes you want to celebrate.

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