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is picking up power pecking passengers and workers at the airport in oklahoma city have been evaluated especially moved to a underground airport under an underground facility under the airport. the small town just south of oklahoma city devastated about a week and a half ago. concern tracking dangerously if it stays on the stretch a will it will pick up slightly north of more. you see some of the late funnel clouds here and one there. you see them coming together but and then breaking apart. it is a but tough situation. we will
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continue to stay on top of this developing story will show you the latest and forecasts. >> catherine: now has five. >> catherine: a frustrating friday for bay area commuters bart riders are hit by huge delays after an early morning accident in the transbay tube bay bridge drivers -- stuck in traffic for hours. i'm catherine heenan. the news at five is next. breaking news at five. hail.. one of those tornadoes. rant lodes is here now with >> catherine: if you had to get across the
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bay today. you know what these people were going through. the bart meltdown spreading misery from the freeways to the ferry boats. >> catherine: what caused the bart commute meldown this morning? and did bart fix the issues before the eveing rush-hour? kron 4's justine waldman is live in san francisco.by the embarcadero bart station. with those answers. >> catherine: >> reporter: the morning commute was a mess. people were sending us their photos. packed escalators here at the 19th street bart station. you see the line of people extending as far as the eye can see. thanks for ray for sending this in. outside the west oakland bart station. this guy looks like he's asleep. others on their phones, or reading the paper. seats seemed to be especially frustrated. >> reporter: you will see people leaving san francisco headed to the east bay using the bart station. and during one. trying i actually slowed down to 25
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mi. per hour which caused a five minute the life for transfers transit riders tonight. kron 4 news >> reporter: kron four's will tran took this panoramic picture showing the lines of people at the san leandro station. and this sign says it all.train won't stop. not what you want to see when standing on a platform.needing to get to work.
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needless to say.bart riders were not happy. >> reporter: >> one hour and 15 minutes was my commute time >> 2 hours from south hayward >> a few hours from concord. >> the 2 1/2 hours from pleasanton. >> reporter:this was the scene at the san leandro station. you can see the big crowd waiting for trains. some of the longest commutes times we've been told about -- in excess of 3 hours on bart to get into san francisco. >> catherine: now a live look inside the _ _ _ _ _ bart station in san francisco. again, slight delays still. we'll keep an eye on it -- but we want to show you more of what a nightmare commute it was today. r >> catherine: take a look at the bay bridge from this morning. you can see the toll plaza absolutely jam packed.
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this is video from our helicopter partnership with abc7 news. once the news of the bart problems got out -- a lot of people decided to drive into the city. and if you happened to be late for work today, you weren't alone. r >> catherine: now a live look at bay area bridge traffic. live shots of the bay bridge toll plaza -- what a difference now. the golden gate and san mateo bridges. now lets get to a closer look at the bay area roads on this friday. >> catherine: now a live look at bay area road-ways. lots of people choosing to drive instead of take bart. green means good. yellow not so good. and red is bad.very slow speeds - less than 25 miles per hour.
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>> reporter: more team coverage now. today a bus bridge was set up in downtown oakland - to help people stuck by the bart breakdown. and -- it was jammed.. >> reporter: very slow speed almost everywhere you looked. costs normal for a friday evening commute in the bay area credit especially that's tonight has more vehicles are on the road. catherine? >> catherine: kron4's haaziq madyun was there, and ran into one >> i am trying to get to the mission district. really
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irritated. >> there was a sign about theaters in keeping the seats claims. delays pack trains sorriest stick to your patience. now we are boarding a bus and we have no idea where it is going. they should have this total is to not do it worked at home, drive, do something else,. >> we do know how much does this cause why are we even paying for? they get paid in precautions they get paid to answer questions.
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>> >> ga >> catherine: ferries to try and get into the city. this was one of the lines - in jack london square. there were similar scenes at other ferry ports around the bay area. we're continuing to monitor the evening commute -- and the situation in the transbay tube. we will keep you updated throughout tonights newscast. >> catherine: now a live look from ourblue skies across the bay area will continue into the weekend. and it will be hot.. i'm here in the weather center with our chief meteorologist jacqueline bennet. a nice day all around so far. but that also means an increased risk for fire danger? >> jacqueline: beautiful for
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part of the bay area. we are seeing fire danger. fairfield 93 degrees as well, dry out and winds are picking up. not good as the sleek near the delta. right now we're looking at pretty well conditions in the bay area. not that in some detail with 83 degrees. but it is hot and apple would 93 degrees. antioch with 86 degrees and sunnyvale. we will see warmer conditions as a hit until tomorrow. '60s and '70s to start the day and it quickly getting to the 80's and 90's and 90's to the north bay at noon. a more '90s to come as we head into the 3:00 hour magazine heading towards a triple digits. include dawn
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had just a bit. >> catherine: tournedos hitting the ground in oklahoma and at least near the town of more oklahoma which was devastated recently hit by a twister last week. >> reporter: tried to get a handle on a wild fire just north of las angeles. the latest on this story to after the break. ♪
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>> catherine: to-church collided to-trucks collided bottom of this canyon. another big story the we can wonder with their blue skies will have the full forecast in britain of the temperature in just a bit grant a huge by a tornado and oklahoma bearing down right now just a lot just a
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while ago we are hearing that this thing is couple of miles west of oklahoma city. it is an emergency for oklahoma city barry populated city. trial is gund ha dints pocket populated area. take shelter or get in the middle of the house to the true spirit if this thing comes through. the way it looks like it is going to. people have been evaluated and to an underground tunnel at the airport and there is already some damage that we have seen from here. this as you be was picked up and tossed uc the vehicle repair and this is what we are talking a lot and other
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strong tornado. its a good likelihood that more will be spare the but they are telling people to be on alert and is about four rebounds away from where we are thinking the tornado may hit out. trekking this tornado all afternoon with checkpoint >> jacqueline: it does not look well for oklahoma city at all grant. oklahoma into kansas and oklahoma city is particularly dangerous
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because of the past that the tornado is taking. this is just west of oklahoma city i can't see the hook as much on this rare picture. a subjected papp will go right through oklahoma city. it is a tornado warning and affect particularly credit in red for oklahoma city until 7:00 their time. the main concern for oklahoma city have is projected to roll right through the airport. but besides trying to get people out of the way with soft ball sized hail and thunderstorms. we are going to continue to
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monitor the headed towards oklahoma city. >> catherine: thank you jack allen. trumpet is not an issue in the oklahoma area. pete we are being told that this is about to hit oklahoma city. the southwest portion and a couple of storm chasers and reporters on the ground states that the tortoise is almost 1 mi. wide. rain is falling and that, this dark cloud with patch of bright sky to the horizon is an eerie sight right now. oklahoma city is bracing for what appears to be a large buy what tornado on the ground a couple moss to the west. metropolitan
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mile wide. so again this is the scene in oklahoma tonight came to a male bearing down on oklahoma city. jacqueline? >> jacqueline: the terminal is on the ground and you heard a mile wide. uc reports of golf ball size hail. the big the big message to the folks there is out of the way! it will lead a major destruction on that part. >> reporter: stranded drivers right now that are in the path of the tornado as the tornado is on the graeme bearing down on
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southwest oklahoma city. i just saw it tweets that motorists have already been heard in the storm and some are missing. sold the storm is august the coming through and this is a very serious issue. it is has been called a huge and violent. with a population in oklahoma city close to 600,000 sold very populated city and this is a big storm which is a bad combination. on broadway is a lot of congestion and traffic as people are trying to get home from work and take cover as this tornado bears [ man ] we have a go for auto sequence start. t-minus 5, 4, 3, 2, 1... ignition. [ male announcer ] launch your internet experience on at&t's newly expanded advanced digital network
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>> reporter: tonight at 530 you are looking at live pictures from oklahoma where a large tornado is headed directly towards on the city. a very populated area, which as far back people are without power. the highway is closed motorists are injured and some are missing after this tornado has already touched down west of oklahoma city causing damage to oklahoma city bearing down on that populated area about 600,000 people live in oklahoma city is very bellicose situation. bolick tile situation as our hearts are still with the people of more that was devastated just a week and a half ago.
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we will go back to these in just a couple minutes. catherine? >> catherine: but also here in the bay area it is going to be a hot weekend. a lot of people have been on the goal i am in though whether center with our chief meteorologist jack london been that. we are seeing the '90s >> jacqueline: tomorrow will be the hottest day so you death may would like to crank up but ac. by sunday things will start to cool down but more monday and fog returning to the forecast parent temperatures will be very mild and the '60s and '70s for most of the bay area heading into the new area with high temperatures in the '90s. 90s in the south bay as well. 70's at
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the calls mine in mile into the evening. temperature whites in your neighborhood tomorrow 90 in cupertino. lots of '90s for inland valleys. 97 concord comment in livermore and vallejo. east bayshore is 70's for the coast line. 95 and napa. tomorrow very hot and we do have that fire danger because temperatures will be worn into the '90s with a dry gusty winds coming from our inland valleys so that is a red flag warning.
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>> reporter: here in san francisco right across the street from me is the american concert venue where tonight is the first in their summer series. i took some video inside the been the venue. the promoter says is the first water continue. but what action openness up to the public and when they are mashhad hosting concerts'. total of 30 concerts' this summer. >> we try to be very specific we have female bands the doobie brothers trying in a san francisco
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symphony. >> reporter: tonight's concert start a run 730. for now and suffers a school charles clifford kron 4 news >> reporter: however the national weather service is on marty east coast residents that hurricane season begins tomorrow and it looked like it'd be a bad season. still in their wings as expecting more potential trouble this year. >> 7 to 11 strenth and hurricane >> reporter: increase is a part of the long term trend week average yorkton tenant main storms per year. since
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1995 there has been at an average of 15 and 28 with katrina devastating and borrowings. >> reporter: >> catherine: i am very thankful that i am free from my family and
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my family i'm free, unfree, i was innocent and very happy. >> catherine: she spent about a week in jail and mexico there was surveillance video that prove the she could not have carried the marijuana with her on the bus they think that it was planted. a bit for an adult developing story for firefighters were killed as they were bellowing a fire at a houston hotel. slang starting quickly in >> reporter: the fires and is looking for survivors when the roof collapsed and the blaze
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>> catherine: and tornado on the ground it is a big one. storm chasers jersey and is roughly a mile wide. a tornado emergency aid tornado bearing down on oklahoma city as we continue to monitor this and more as become that. [ male announcer ] at montrose pet hospital,
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tornado is on the ground and downtown oklahoma city shifting a little costly not making a hit and the most populated area of oklahoma city. just south of oklahoma the court as to take cover. nearly a mile wide and that is not good news. it has been a tornado emergency declared for oklahoma city that means by a tornado is heading to a populated area of the city. there has been a state trooper stuck just west of this thing cars have been taught tossed. this is
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action a weather channel vehicle a storm chasing vehicle is made to withstand hyman's and damage it it took all but it took all that it could handle. just an example of the power that this tornado is packing. we do not know how strong is jacqueline bennett has based on the side of the size of its a good bit e a three e of four or higher is more powerful when he of five which is what more, okla. saw it touched down just how weak in the half ago. she looks like more, okla. 1 not take a hit as. and i'm just getting word right now this
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is updated information that at least one tornado is just northwest of more oakland, okla.. there may be multiple tournedos so it still may be one or two more in that cell and a southern oklahoma city area. and that is horrible and for mission test case. more odyssey does not need this after what they have gone through at just over eight weeks and a half ago. multiple tornadoes in the oklahoma city area this is a skies and a different clouds. the
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>> catherine: the giants game in st. louis has now been delayed due to confirmation of a torn middle west of st. louis. tournedos seemed to be multiplying tonight. so the giants games is the late because of confirmation of the tornado. touched the ground near el southeastern kansas and southwestern missouri. and it looks like a bad one. one of the most destructive hurricanes. four firefighters were
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now for today's market >> catherine: update. late afternoon sell-off. the dow fell 208 points. percent this year. and the s-and-p lost 23 >> jacqueline: and to sunday things will cool down but still be worn. so futures forecast and o'clock sunday morning in the '60s and '70s in the bay area quickly climbing into the '90s. as to take a look at 3:00 morning projection to see the little bit of pain popping up on the screen which states triple digits. pretty mild into the evening we will see some of those 90 slandering.
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starting in the, temperatures in the '70s in mainly in the '80s. 70's for the coastline and an enormous bay temperatures in the '80s and appeal low 90s. 88 for san rafael. 84 for east bay and delis in the '80s and '90s as well. antioch will be 98 degrees. 94 and concord and 92 and danville and pleasanton. mountain view upper 80s. and 91 in los gatos. the very hot up there tomorrow with '80s and '90s with high fire damage occurred and the cool
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down continues as we head into early into next week that the falcon to block continues returns as the fault returns you can catch the latest news, forecast and traffic conditions whenever it's convenient - on our 24/7 bay area news channel. you can watch live on kron4.com or on comcast channel 193. >> catherine: no problems to report must look at the golden gate bridge traffic flowing just fine in both directions. police in >> reporter: you are looking at a live picture at least one and it appears to be more than one tornado on the ground. which is one that one has touched down in the more vocal home area. more, oklahoma was just devastated about a week and a half ago by a tornado. so we have
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>> catherine: westward from oklahoma city, we are hearing about damage from one of the highway patrol officers that drivers have been hurt. others are missing as storm chasers are talking about a tornado roughly a mile wide. so i can just a week and a half ago from the town more, okla. we are again looking at very serious tornado situation tonight. soft ball sized hail and damaging in injuries being reported. jacqueline?
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>> jacqueline: should we do have a system of to the north. activity among the cold front and the system with the class to pay for weather. experiencing severe stunned thunderstorms and multiple tornadoes. pinpointing the heavy rain just north of oklahoma city. >> jacqueline: this is where the rotation is as about right here which is headed right towards a more, oklahoma. we are seeing the strength of pale of golf ball sized hail. associated with this system district is about that on long on the
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radar. they're still trail warning in effect until 615. their time off a couple hours shift for us it looks like another and another 20 minutes. down towards more oklahoma. very district of the message is to get out of the way. >> reporter: >> reporter: mocking and damage to an s u b picked up and tossed 200 yds. we also have video of the weather channel and feel " a storm chasing vehicle that has been severely damaged. it was destroyed after it suffered damage and one of the tornadoes there the whole roof caved in. a total
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lost as the missio. t! which isd 200 did touchdown and a more, oklahoma. the sky is the mass it is communist weekend se ominous. it is also a tornado in oklahoma city area and the more, oklahoma area. now what that region need after suffering just a
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damage softball hill in the area. the highway patrol officers are talking about injured drivers. we know that cars have been flipped up tossed up and put them. grant? >> reporter: 40,000 customers are without power a tornado touched them in more, okla. devastated just a week and a half ago. it appears to be two or three or maybe more terminals that oklahoma is dealing with a net oklahoma city area. one is described this huge and by land and on the oklahoma freeways. there are drivers and passengers that are missing right now. storm
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chasers assessed that the biggest tour and is nea this isr for area just brought by that he f five. get the hell off the roles in ". get off the road. they're stranded drivers in the past of the tornado which is a ball tile situation on vehicles have been picked up and tossed as many as 200 yds. this is a very powerful tornado voila tile toranado. syria's flash
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flooding in oklahoma city in south of oklahoma city into the more area. we will continue to stay on the scene. with live pictures jacqueline? >> jacqueline: the view that they are showing you is the rain/and oklahoma city the are in the safe side oklahoma so they will not get a view of the tornado but rain. and lot of cannot be schuller's thunderstorms assisted with of tornadoes. does resume and went to oklahoma city to concede that there is a situation: on right now. destruct of hale with a golf ball sizes
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and heavy rotation. so something that why in rotation is buried very damaging. you can see the resolution a little bit better to stick to what we what is going on in oklahoma city. the disease some hooks that is associated with ago rotation's with the destruction of demands tornadoes and hill. hill hizero we did hear reports of a mile wide tornado. we will continue to monitor this back to grand >> reporter: the giants
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game has been postponed officially postponed. right now st. louis county is under a tornado warning. is not just oklahoma signals misery is suffering from the outbreak of serious storms right now in the middle of the country. so the giants game will be played tomorrow afternoon a double header. catherine? >> catherine: developing those in san jose that we want to tell you about police has investigated eight potential game shooting. it has happened in the last 90 minutes in
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response to the nearby great school has been shut down and after-school programs well. so they have a school on lockdown. the victim's husband shot not sure if their lives and prevent injuries. flukey in the area for any suspects. >> catherine: san jose has been putting more police on the street for the from the recent wave of violence on the street. >> reporter: there will not be a couple on every corner but a lot more patrol and that itself can be a deterrent to crime. >> and the ruling may make
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that crime from being prevented by steam the presence of more police on the street. >> gary >> reporter: >> are on to talk to more people on our streets and the community and our neighbors and getting information from them as to what we are seen as far as trends. >> reporter: some residents remain skeptical. >> pressure more cops will help but they will find ways to commit their crimes. sell i think everyone needs to be careful and keep an eye out for each other. >> reporter:
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>> we want the committee to know that we will not to sit by and allow this shootings and stabbings continuing is unacceptable to us. so if any more officers out there are department is making it very clear that's what we will do. >> reporter: rob fladeboe kr4 spirit >> catherine: causing a huge problem up to two hours to lay the bart riders not good news could have been on could have been worse. bart train operators have spent the apologizing over the over his speakers started for their delays. they really had to stand up scramble to get this can you
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back in shape, if they do it? >> reporter: bart still has more work to do working overnight to avoid any more delays. this is video now from our helicopter partnership with abc news. i'll try to fix that broken drill after two trains collided and damage th third row which calls all of the issues. so far had the single track slowdown train service which is on now under investigation. the rest of the repair work will happen overnight. this right now is new video just in to the kron 4 news room bart riders are seen this message on the platform. it is an apology from bart for the inconvenience this morning in greece that we appreciate your patience as we make repairs.
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>> reporter: bart told me that ryder shipping is only down by 10 percent today compared to a typical friday occurred some people did get a chance >> catherine: report to about the delays and saw how bad traffic was also on the bay bridge soap people stayed home. as we come back pyrolize to where were a barred tells me that writers after all the issues tonight after all the issues this morning on the experience a five minute delay. justine waldman kron 4 news spirit
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tornado did touchstone in that area again as well. we sing those and video of cars to have been flat over is a very dangerous night in oklahoma. >> reporter: and goes from bad to worse and seen tweets that came in seconds ago. imagine the same laws issue with the giants game been postponed now madison county illinois also has a tornado warning so just on has been missing the size and scope of this storm system. she has a raider image to show exec we hope that this is and how many states now are impacted by these tornadoes. oklahoma misery and now a new illinois and as well. no middle of the country is now under the gun.
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>> jacqueline: is spawning all of these thunderstorm should concede that this is causing a lot of activity not only in oklahoma but also stretching into st. louis and dragging down into oklahoma city. but the line is this cold front so important? we have will update you for this same louis and just a few minutes. the tornado has taken in die down to the self heading back to or getting back to more, oklahoma. the hook coming al-ahram more so we have distorted still on the ground which appears to be a rotation of the recalled a
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little vortexes showing itself on the radar now nursing 30 mi. an hour to the south east and creek 18 a very dangerous passes of destruction. with softball size hail and mild white tornado. a mile wide. catherine? >> catherine: the town of mormon oklahoma were the oklahoma university has the main campus has a tornado touching down. overlapped with a huge one and a greater oklahoma city area.
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and one in this file one in the town of more, oklahoma. some owners of vtouching the toe reno. >> catherine: >> jacqueline: you can see where norman okla. is there reporters touching down but there is no place in this country and more to help with tornadoes the mormon. the back-to-back piggyback tornado warnings right over the area of more and norman. we'll be back after
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>> reporter: to parts of illinois is oklahoma, kansas and st. louis tornados have hid and touchdown with a series of tornadoes have formed as a result of a massive storm and the middle of the country. flooding in oklahoma city area and a tornado which is reported that touchstone and norman okla. with the city where there university of oklahoma is located. north of mormon just went black so there's serious power outages is well at least 40,000 have been without power. portions
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of blackness that's an issue as well. jacqueline? >> jacqueline: shift will grant, looking at our radar imagery oklahoma city is under the gun right now with all the surrounding areas and suburbs. and getting pounded by heavy rain destructive hail and damaging winds and tornadoes. the shades of red here on a screen which represents heavy rain. we talked a little bit about norman okla. a moment ago says out of more there is no place more prepared than norman okla. because that is where we have all of our severe weather service coming off of that is where all the severe weather people work. there are two
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excellent three tornado warnings there is some rotation here and there. the weather service issuing warnings at this hour. catherine? >> catherine: the scene in oklahoma has been so chaotic it's hard to keep track. at least three tornadoes have touched down in oklahoma city if the weather service say said there are people stuck in traffic who are in danger people who cannot get away fast enough. people are in some trouble. there are a number of injuries. oklahoma city with the community of more the small town just lasted a week and
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>> jacqueline: we have very heavy rain in oklahoma city flash flooding cars and boats and water coming up after the break. ♪
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people are being told to listen to us sirens. a live look from oklahoma city at least three tornadoes have touched down near oklahoma city last look like if we can. people are stuck in traffic and some of them in danger tonight cannot get out the way fast enough. oklahoma airport being evacuated tonight grant? >> reporter: this thing came through about 3545 minutes ago. may the situation on the road more challenging for drivers. interstate 35 is) none obama city. looking and a live picture of an oklahoma probably a storm chaser is looking at this and we do want to mention that a tornado
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warning has been extended into wisconsin. we know that has touched down in oklahoma, kansas, and in missouri and illinois with warnings and wisconsin. you're talking about the better part of the midsection of this country. safe to say right now that at this point the greater oklahoma city area has been hit the hardest. the southern portion the town of more, okla. the suffered the es 5 about a week and a half ago. one did touchdown but the damage is nearly what it could be compared to a week ago. there is no way to know what damage that more suffered tonight because there is still
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rumble on the crime from a week ago. the giants game postponed in statements and the airport in the path of another tornado been want to get the latest rate now kron4 check on and it lasted tracking multiple storms all afternoon and evening. >> jacqueline: use it is impossible to know the damage, and you are possibly right. reports of a mile wide but that may turn out to be not true stow we do know that there was a devastated devastating tornado that was headed toward oklahoma city. we only have the other somewhat, and oklahoma. but as you mentioned the quarter of the country the heart of the country because of this cold front extending down
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deceasing laws under the gun was severe weather. kansas into oklahoma so we have a number of dangerous situations out there this evening. so we will bring you back to oklahoma city right now we have a number of systems that are running together or to nettle's running together with this thunderstorm. looking at video this damaging thunderstorm lightning and hail the golf's size balls of pale. hill people are getting all of the way they're still pushing down the north of more. norman also had a threat of a less
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damaging tornado. we will keep listening and keep seeing you updated. >> reporter: the amount of mine still to come from oklahoma city. pictures of the flooding issues the up a senate oklahoma city is still winless. this is downtown oklahoma city pushed the currency the two vehicles one appeared to be a s u b and beyond it appears to the large passenger van both of which are at least half submerged. you can't see the wheels on either bill calls on a short of that is a roadway or alley. gillette of flooding already in the rain is still coming to illinois is now under the gun as well. when
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notorious have touched down in several states women to oklahoma pants in misery as well. and though a tough situation that we will keep our hands on. >> catherine: over 40,000 people without power but that may be the least of our people were is right now. people have been stranded in traffic that more able to move fast enough. sheriff's deputies were working on of shelters. same situation with other airports that we know for sure st. louis that airport has been closed. the giants
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game postponed in st. louis tonight. it is an dangerous situation. no numbers yet but we do know a lot of people are just being blasted to nine huge areas of the midwest. stay with us as we receive more news. look at 'em. living on cloud nine with that u-verse wireless receiver. you see in my day, when my mom was repainting the house, you couldn't just set up a tv in the basement. i mean, come on! nope. we could only watch tv in the rooms that had a tv outlet.
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is just an area that is being blasted also hearing a holiday and inner-city misery is a scene of many casualties with no details yet but there currently are injuries in possibly even desperate brett? >> reporter: this is going from bad to worse as with the live picture spirit st. louis had a tornado come through there and people were taking cover legacy that is running in the area of one of many locations of in the country does under the gun right now much of the latter part of this afternoon. get into this evening touching on oklahoma kansas, missouri warnings wisconsin and illinois and it stretches along. a dark
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cloud over the horizon you concede. people are dealing with a flash flood even a with a picture of two large vehicle submerged in water halfway. this is a new total shows a station london to the right and a small sedan to the left. you could barely see the tops of the wheel wells and giacomo sullenness earlier that rater of how much more rain oklahoma appears to be online to get. it bay responsible for any injuries or deaths we have more confirmed we have unconfirmed stories of a
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mother and her baby deceased. it doesn't look like we are a point to get a break from rain and oklahoma city area or any part of the middle of the country to come. >> jacqueline: you can see a line of thunderstorm activity headed to st. louis things to a cold front and that portion of the country. hounded by rain and multiple thunderstorms and tornadoes have been developing and dissipating some of them lasting for quite some time. heavy heavy rain in oklahoma city best with the deep red shade represents. so we still have murmuring on the way in this
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>> reporter: >> reporter: to oklahoma city was bombed first
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metropolitan city to get hit by possibly three or more terminals and i know there are due in less serious flooding. the the other states are in line to be hit. two fatalities that have occurred eight s u b not a mother and her baby was in that it was picked up and tossed on a tour newt came through the oklahoma city just west. you have the oklahoma city airport closed and no flights. when no terminals was the stunning kansas and missouri as well woodside is going on going
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off and half st. louis. that the latest rate el best the latest rate to a now right now. >> jacqueline: we had all the printers in place right up there today for severe thunderstorms. and we have a 80 cold front for a portion of the country to start to fire these thunderstorms all spirit of off. with all of these thunderstorms there is the possibility of tornadoes. in
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oklahoma city a devastating amount of rain and for this hour. so we still have very heavy areas of writ which indicates extreme downpour. downsize bonsais pale. golf's sized hail. we've seen several tornadoes form and dissipate instill some going into a heavy rotation with the complex could still see more and the area. we still have torn the warning sticker oklahoma city down
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to the south this is where same rotation on the radar most recently. flash flood warnings and still san severe thunderstorm warning at this hour. we have cars that were half submerged in waters if boosting the video. and still devastating rains headed our way. >> catherine: reporters in oklahoma talking about as many as five people killed in el reno. greg same cars being tossed a round and getting confirmation of a mother and her baby girl being killed when their as uv was picked up and tossed a round. but again we are hearing that el reno five people were killed. more
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>> catherine: i want to tell you that which is the work that in st. louis fans are track over under debris were the giants were playing. fans are trapped under debris at busch stadium in st. louis. we're hearing that a mother and baby girl killed in oklahoma, a reporter stating that at least five people killed in delrina because cars being tossed around. numerous injuries as the put it. still responding to the calls in downtown oklahoma city. they're trying to get
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people off the off the roads. this could be a long night ahead it from certain parts of the midwest critically oklahoma. jacqueline? >> jacqueline: slate was under the gun right now to solve the pictures of like multiple lightning strikes in heavy rotation and a number of places tornado warnings remain in effect. oklahoma city is still seen heavy rain. we would not know the extent of damage for so many hours. >> catherine: a least two dead in oklahoma city area of five people in el reno area and fans trapped under busch stadium and elegant and marjorie..
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