right now at 4:30, the bay area in damage control with another storm rolling in right behind it. conditions you'll want to prepare for today depending on where you live. meteorologist kari hall has the hour-by-hour outlook and our mike inouye is tracking conditions for morning commuters. this is "today in the bay" streaming live on roku, amazon fire, apple tv and online. good wednesday morning to you. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. we'll take a look at the forecast in just a minute. breaking news this wednesday morning. the faa is experiencing an air traffic computer outage that is leaving flights everywhere

grounded. here is a live look at sfo this morning. now within the last few minutes the faa asked all airlines to hold domestic flights on the ground until 6:00 a.m. our time, and the numbers of delays, meantime, nationwide is climbing. >> that ripple effect will no doubt linger for some time. "today in the bay's" bob redell live for us at the akland airport. bob, what are you noticing there? >> reporter: good morning to you, marcus and laura. we're not seeing much in the way of -- we don't see cancellations in terms of delays. to the right are your arrivals. those delays are about 20 minutes, 10 to 20 minutes. not clear if that's related to the computer outage or might be related to something else like weather. as far as departures go, we're on the west coast so this ground -- i don't want to call it a ground stop, but the pause until 9:00 a.m. eastern is 6:00 our time, so a lot of flights

aren't actually leaving until after. this might have a trickle down effect as far as arrivals. not clear how much impact it will have on the departures. that is to be determined. now this is a computer outage to the notice to air mission system that alerts pilots. the faa is working to restore its notice to systems. we are performing final validation checks and repopulating the system now. a live look from down there in san jose. i talked to our photographer who is manning that camera, and he said he has not noticed, at least on the board for southwest and alaska, too much impact yet. again, it's still early in the morning and this notice as far as the pause of all domestic departures until 9:00 a.m. eastern time nationwide was just put out. so we're maybe not going to see

the full impact of that for some time. we did check with the flightaware website and currently nationwide there are around just over 1,200 delays and just over 100 cancellations. reporting live here at oakland international, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> the ripple effect is what a lot of people are thinking about. thank you. within the last half hour u.s. secretary of transportation pete buttigieg tweeted this about the unfolding situation, quote, i have been in touch with faa this morning about an outage affecting a key system for providing safety information to pilots. faa is working to resolve the issue swiftly and safely so that air traffic can resume normal operations and will continue to provide updates. joining us now on the phone this morning is aviation consultant mike mccarren. thanks for getting up early and joining us to talk about this. tell us what this means for potential flyers.

>> you'll probably have, as bob was saying, delays. the impact here on the bay area and the west coast is not too dramatic just yet. most flights don't start taking off until 5:30, 6:00 locally anyway. the east coast flights to come out from new york, boston, miami, wherever are being demade and that means they will arrive late. you're going to have this snowball effect throughout the day unless they can get the system back up quickly. >> the notice to air mission system itself says it had failed. we don't know what great detail that could be. tell us what their role is in all of this. >> sure. this is a system that provides, as bob was also saying, information to the pilots and aircrew as far as any airports that may be closed, a runway that may be closed. there's military airspace throughout the country that may be operational they have to fly

around. when the crews go in to do their flight planning, they're provided with all this information so just a heads-up like when you get traffic information before you go to work, which road is closed, which is open, where the traffic jams are. this information is really good-to-know information, it makes you more efficient as an operation and makes sure the aircrew knows what to expect during the route of travel. >> is there any possibility they could extend the delay this morning? >> certainly. if they can't get the system up and operating efficiently, they may have to either extend it or certainly slow it down where they just have restricted operations throughout the day. but that remains to be seen. hopefully trying to reboot the system and testing to make sure it's up and operational but until they have 100% clearance they will have trouble getting planes in and out of airports just because the aircrew won't have the information they need to know to fly. >> you've been in the aviation industry for decades, mike, especially here in the bay area.

have you seen anything like this? i don't remember grounded flights since 9/11. >> i was thinking the same thing. when i first heard a ground stop, my first flashback was to 9/11. years ago, many years, decades, when i was a young officer flying in the navy, the first thing was check ntams, there are global, national and regional. you keep paring it down to what you want to look at. hopefully the system will get up and operating. it will be slow going for anyone flying today. >> mike mccarren, aviation consultant. we appreciate you getting up early. we'll check back with you within the next hour to get updates on what is going on as well. it is 4:36, thanks, mike. our other big story this morning, we are still monitoring that extreme weather for you. >> let's check in with meteorologist kari hall right now. tell us where we are right now with the latest storm. the new storm is arriving starting out with light rain,

and as we get a look at storm radar, we are seeing some showers moving into the peninsula as well as much of the north bay, also spreading into the east bay. as we get a closer look pretty much all of the bay area, for the north bay, light showers moving through. the intensity of that picks up as you head down to south san francisco, over toward the belmont area as well, parts of the santa cruz mountains getting in on some heavy rain. as far as what we had yesterday and what's ahead as the next storm system comes in, it's going to kind of start to lift to the north and the north bay will be the focus as we see all of this moisture plume coming into the bay area so more flooding will be possible. we'll be tracking that coming up in a few minutes. mike, you are also seeing fewer incidents on the roads right now. >> that's right. the rain continues but fewer incidents on the chp blotter a dozen in the golden gate jurisdiction and most are related to earlier flood logs. the radar, this is kari's radar.

we share the same system, the same technology, and a lot more rain is coming in. across highway 192, 84 may get more rain. we're showing still the system continues to have reports of wires down and some number of signals out through the campbell area. look at this scattered through santa cruz county. a ton of local roadways, but the freeways are open. back to you. thank you very much, mike. 4:38. san francisco's flood and wind damage just keeps adding up. look at all the damage. yesterday's storm was actually less severe compared to other recent storms. super soaked ground and strong winds combined to topple trees that had been standing for decades. look what happened on the muni bus? "today in the bay's" terry mcsweeney has more. >> reporter: crews worked rapidly to remove the remnants of a 60-foot tree that came down

clipping muni bus. the occupants knew what to do. they stayed inside the car. jonathan baxter says had they got out and stepped foot on the ground it may have been the last step they ever took. >> something similar occurs, the individuals get out the car or first responders such as a firefighter or good samaritan try to run up to the car to assist and become electrocuted themselves. >> reporter: mayor london breed is urging people to have a disaster plan and, above all, be careful. >> we expect trees will fall as well as mud slides. >> reporter: this was the scene on union street. the saturated ground no longer able to keep this pine tree upright. one worker at the levi strauss building tells us what it was like inside when there was lots of commotion outside her window. >> and so all of us sort of, like, went outside to take a

look. it's a little scary but it seems like there was no broken glass or anything. the good thing it seems no one got hurt. >> reporter: emergency leaders are reminding residents to call 311 when you see trees down or flooding or a landslide. leave 911 alone for more serious issues. terry mcsweeney, "today in the bay." and, of course, fallen trees are a big contributor to the recent power outages. here is a look at the latest pg&e outage map. crews late last night were catching up with about 22,000 bay area customers lacking power. no update yet this morning but almost all power is now restored in san francisco and the east bay. now the south bay has the most outages by far with more than 14,000. the latest break in the rain really allowing some new cleanup across the bay area including santa rosa. first responders were working around the clock yesterday answer storm-related calls including water rescues, flooded homes and, of course, car crashes.

because of the downpours they're putting extra strain on emergency crews. everyone is being asked to actually stay off the roads when possible. and schools in some of the hardest hit areas, the north bay, will remain closed today. that includes these four entire elementary school districts in sonoma county. for everyone on the list, it will mean no classes today in person or online. this is due to concerns about possible flooding, fallen trees and loss of power. new video from highway 17 in the santa cruz mountains where first responders rescued two people and a dog overnight after a car plunged about 50 feet down the cliff near redwood estates. firefighters used ropes to repel down and save the people. no word on what caused the crash. northbound 17 was briefly closed but is now again open. 4:41 and some good news from magic kingdom lovers. your chances to enjoy the happiest place on earth are about to expand. coming up this morning on "today in the bay," we're going to tell you about what's in store for

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right now at 4:44 we are under a microclimate weather alert as the next storm system comes in starting out with some light rain, it's going to continue as we go into late morning into the afternoon, but this time more of a north bay

focus which could have more impacts on rising creeks and rivers. i'll have more on that as well as what's ahead in the forecast with more storms coming up in a few minutes. we're looking at a live shot from palo alto. a calm drive right now. the chp report has calmed down quite a bit. we still have closures and persistent reports of flooding impact around the bay. more rain coming in. but so far everything is smooth right here in this particular spot of the peninsula. we'll check in with cnbc. wall street is set to open higher after stocks rose yesterday. the nasdaq posting its first three-day winning streak since november amid a relief rally for riskier parts of the market such as tech. investors are gearing up for a key report on inflation tomorrow. the consumer price index and earnings on friday from jpmorgan, chase, citigroup and wells fargo. wells fargo is shrinking its mortgage business aiming to serve its own bank customers and minority communities.

the company will also exit the so-called correspond enter business in which a bank serves as a third party. demand for new loans and refinancing has weakened as interest rates have climbed. last month it was ordered to pay $3.7 billion to settle charges it mismanaged car loans, mortgages and deposit accounts. disney is making it easier for loyal customers to visit its theme parks. effective immediately holders of annual passes to disneyworld will be able to visit during afternoon hours without making a reservation. guests staying at disney hotels will get free parking and photos at attractions if they buy the genie plus service which allows them to skip stand by lines. they opened up two months worth of eligible days for the lowest price admission at disneyland, $104 for a one day one park pass. with your cnbc morning business report, i'm silvana henao.

>> you had me on skip the line. thanks, silvana. 4:46. continuing coverage on the latest grounding of -- with saturated grounds in the bay area. meteorologist kari hall has a look at your full forecast and breaking down the hour-by-hour outlook. also, mike inouye tracking slick roads out there. it's a busy wednesday morning. stay with us. 4:. you're w47at

good wednesday morning. coming up on 4:50 and there wasn't much of a break. the rain is back as you're getting up and heading out this morning and in some spots the pockets of rain a little bit heavier. a widespread shower, much heavier rain moving into 280 just to the east and moving to palo alto as well as san mateo, so expect the rain to pick up here within the next few minutes. more widespread rain across the area and we're going to see that continue for the next several hours. looking back on how much we've measured it has been impressive. looking at kent field that measured over 16 1/2 inches of rainfall just in the past two weeks. danville over 15 inches of rain. san francisco over 14 inches with redwood city measuring

nearly 11 inches of rainfall and for the south bay it ranges from 3 to 11 inches double or even triple our normal amount of january rainfall. keep in mind we're only 11 days in. the stretch of this kind of weather in the bay area. so all of this water has been adding up in those reservoirs that are slowly making some progress here. we're still only at about 38% of the normal amount of capacity for some of our largest reservoirs in parts of northern california. but here locally we have some smaller reservoirs and they are overflowing. there's a lot of water in there as the east bay m.u.d. storage is at 98% of capacity. for the north bay we are now on average about 100% of capacity. this as the next storm comes in.

it will bring in gusty winds. a wind advisory at 7:00, continues until 7:00 this evening. most of us will see wind gusts at about 15 to 30 miles per hour but then along the coast and in some of the mountains we're looking at 60-mile-per-hour gusts so more tree damage, more power impacts, and more difficult driving as we go throughout the day. the wind starts to pick up at 8:00 near the coastline, up to about 25 miles per hour but then we start to see the higher wind gust that is could reach 50 miles an hour along the coastline while most of the rest of the bay area sees about 20 to 30-mile-per-hour winds. we are also going to start to see the rain picking up for the north "today in the bay" late morning. still, there's going to be showers happening elsewhere, but that's going to be the focus of the heaviest rain that extends even into this evening before this system kind of lifts off to the north and gives us a break. so we're closely watching the russian river at guerneville that's expected to peak slightly higher than we saw cresting a

couple days ago on thursday night, up to 32.8 feet, so be prepared for more flooding in that area, and we're also going to see more rain coming in. the next storm system on friday, a stronger one on saturday. there may be a brief break on sunday, but then monday another storm system comes in, and we're just seeing them still lining up one after another into the end of next week, so all of this additional rainfall will continue to create more flooding. now as we take a look at our seven-day forecast. it is very busy here. a lot of rain and very few breaks as we get one storm after the next. mike, you are still seeing the roads are wet out there. the activity there, so we're looking at our san rafael camera. as the light hits the lens, you can see still water on the lens itself and slicker roadways possible. 101 had a little more chance to dry out as more cars drive through there. look way up here, santa rosa scattered along surface streets throughout sonoma and napa county still having surface

streets with flooding reported and damage to the roadways, you're going to find more debris. the commute through the north bay and across the bridges is moving smoothly. looking at travel times, no delays vasco road out of the altamont. back to you. >> thank you very much. an update on our breaking news. the faa experiencing an air traffic computer system outage impacting airports across the country. airlines are being told to hold all domestic flights on the ground for at least the next 90 minutes. our bob redell is at oakland international airport gathering information. he'll continue to update the story all morning long. 4:54. president biden is expanding help. 14 more counties will be added to this week's emergency declaration which now includes marin and solano. napa, san mateo, santa clara and santa cruz counties were part of the order. the fast track move will allow

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breaking news. the faa experiencing an air traffic outage impacting all airports across the country. we have live team coverage with everything you need to know before you head to the airport if that's where you're headed. if not, stick around.

right now at 5:00, a new round of extreme weather moving through parts of the bay area. more rainfall and monitoring your morning commute. plus, breaking news. u.s. airports ground all

domestic flights. we're live at oakland airport with the impact from the faa's air traffic system failure leaving passengers in limbo. this is "today in the bay" streaming live on roku, amazon fire, apple tv and online. a very good wednesday morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. we want to get you straight to the breaking news this morning. >> that's right. here is a live look at some of america's major airports, sfo, sjc, l.a.x. and new york's laguardia airport this morning where domestic flights out of all united states airports are temporarily grounded for at least the next hour. >> "today in the bay's" bob redell live for us at oakland airport. it sounds like that ripple effect at local airports is starting to widen. >> reporter: it is, marcus and laura. you might recall 30 minutes ago we showed you the departure and arrival board at oakland international. there wasn't much yellow and red. you can see it's sti