raj it all comes down to mother nature. it all comes down to temperatures, the ability to blow snow. are the storms going to come in? how much natural are we going to get versus how much machine made that we have to make? now everybody would love to open up like 2004. at this point, we were already skiing the entire mountain. we already had probably about 96 to 100in of snow. this year is turning out to be good and a la nina year where we're seeing mother nature come in consistently cold temperatures. no rain, even dodge ridge, low elevation. they had snow from the bottom all the way up to the top. so it's really mother nature. that's what you're working with. and then the snowmaking temperature. that's important too, because it all comes down to the wet bulb. it could feel cold, but if relative humidity is up, wet bulb goes down. you're just basically watering the slopes. so it's a little bit of science, a little bit of luck and a lot of mother nature. we like that. all right. final question for you. are you a skier or a b

fire officials now hoping to catch a break from mother nature. >> you know mother nature. it doesn't always cooperate, or she doesn't always cooperate with what we need all the time. >> reporter: in new jersey, crews responding to around 40 fire calls in the last two days, including this one. >> we're putting a lot of labors into putting the fires out. it takes a lot of water. >> reporter: while in brooklyn, new york, firefighters rushing to contain a brush caused by heavy winds and dry vegetation from prospect part. this video showing firefighters spending more than three hours fighting the fire. the smoke blanketing the iconic new york city skyline. in southern california, this video showing water drops from one of the nearly 3,000 first responders battling the mountain fire. >> it was a matter of minutes. it was that quick. it was like a storm i've never seen before. it just swirled. it took everything. >> reporter: while some homes were spared, others were not. a chimney all that's left standing from this home. back east, 27 million remain under fire alerts. the danger

mother nature is constantly showing off just a little bit. not just there in fisherman's wharf. at your screen. you're seeing video from iceland where the lava was flowing over a snowy landscape. this image so stunning that some people are sort of questioning if it's the real deal or if ai is behind this image. well, the man who took the video attributes the lack of steam from the snow melt to something called the leidenfrost effect. when the water droplets vaporize upon hitting a very hot surface. when i first saw this, i thought it looks sort of like a carnation flower, right? a little crinkles in the bright red lava. is it interesting, though, that these days we're so conditioned to always second guess? wait a minute. >> wait, is that is that too amazing? is that ai? is that an ai picture? i mean, it looks so beautiful. wow. >> yeah, but do you look at things sort of with a more critical eye now? >> always, always always always. but that's always my job. i'm always. yeah. i'm always like, oh, you know, i'm always questioning everything, right? you know, it's not always good i

fire officials now hoping to catch a break from mother nature. >> you know mother nature, it doesn't -- doesn't always cooperate, she doesn't always cooperate with what we need at the time. >> reporter: in new jersey, crews responding to around 40 fire calls in the last two days including this one. >> we're putting a lot of labor into putting these fires out. takes a lot of water. >> reporter: overnight in brooklyn, new york, firefighters rushing to contain a brush fire caused by heavy winds and dry vegetation in prospect park. this video from the citizen app showing firefighters spending more than three hours fighting the fire. the smoke blanketing the iconic new york city skyline. in southern california, this video showing water drops from one of the nearly 3,000 first responders battling the mountain fire now 17% contained. >> it was a matter of minutes. it was that quick. it was like a storm i've never seen before just swirled anding too everything. >> reporter: while some homes were spared, others were not. a chimney all that's left standing from this home. back east, tonight 27

mother nature is equally as much of a threat. we talk about terrestrial water, but there are concerns about -- we are in a peak solar cycle where the sun emits flares that impact electro medic feels that impacts communications and infrastructure. we have all sorts of threats, and even man-made threats that aren't necessarily nationstates, folks who either target critical infrastructure because it is a big, easy, sometimes undetected target, violent extremists. i would say that over the course of the last decade we have certainly seen the threats to infrastructure increase. >> i was going to ask, because -- so i think -- having you back is kind of like old home week. caitlin, you are the i.p., head of infrastructure protection, and the national program -- >> national protection program director. >> how have you seen -- how have you seen that threat landscape evolve? >> that's a great question, and i will say it was a great honor to serve as the assistant secretary for infrastructure protection from 2016e . it probably rivals the j

it's more what mood mother nature is in. for me, it's more about like the wind.e if the wind is really bad. maybe the airport has seen more than 430 delays and more than 60 cancellations, according to flightaware. aviation expert mike mccarron says that's typical for inclement weather like this, but warns this could be very problematic in the days to come as families begin their travel for thanksgiving week. if we can't get out of this weather, which it doesn't look like we're going to until sometime next week, all these people could be delayed and probably will be delayed getting to their destination. his suggestions for the holiday travel season that happened side by side with stormy weather stay in touch with your carrier and check the status of your flight via an app at sfo. gia vang nbc bay area news. all right, let's go from rain to snow. you can see it falling in the sierra tonight. this is what it looks like on 80 at donner lake. snow, ice, all of it on the road. chains required in both directions on highway 50. wet roads at meyers, south of lake tahoe. s

we got a little bit of help from mother nature over the past couple of weeks.really just got those cold temperatures which allowed our snow make for years to work around the clock. so lot of machine-made snow are groomers. go down late on that brush corduroy. that's just been. it's really been a great day so far. so it's a combination of manmade snow, human-made, snow and mother nature. correct. really what we when we start opening for opening day is just those cold temperatures much machine-made snow as we can. our snowmaking team is a bunch of rock stars. they do such a great job. they've been working around the clock with a little bit of help from mother nature. looks like a little bit more on the way as we get into. we've been able to open >> yeah, showing some video of like a skier is going through like a banner there saying they are open for the are you guys busy? how many people are out there? >> yeah, it's been a great crowd. the most exciting thing for us to just sit on the smiling face. we want to show sort. definitely a lot of people early in the mor

. >> exactly exactly some target can be withol mother nature evolution we can spend millions or billions of dollars developing antibiotics or to find out that just a few years laterr they find the cases resistance to that antibiotic and that means that there's only amount of limited about a time before they develop resistance and we have to develop new and writing theook, is interesting to list percent biotic in the 40s and basically every year come out with anyone because the bacteria will develop from the previous one is interesting to see they would last about nine years and someou lasted two yeas and i wantedd to go once a month literally lasted one year year olds from thema market, bacteria develop resistance who it does not mean that about a totally stop working as you get the first cases of resistance but once you get it, you know what is coming. >> okay and so sieges can about faster than we can produce antibiotics sounds miraculous and why hasn't a lot of people bacteria prefer stages but why doesn't that idea when it was first discovered in eastern europe spread throughout the

. >> with all this rain, mother nature is bringing great news to sierra ski resorts. next on the nine, which resorts are deciding to open early as the system moves through? and what could force lifts to close? even if there's plenty of snow on the mountain, then we are out in it so you don't have to be another live look at what's happening in santa rosa. this is where people should expect a foot of rain over the next three days. it is coming down in the north bay. that's where the storm started here in the bay area, it is slowly working its way south. we'll detail the timing of how long this wet weather will last. stay with us on mornings on two. [luxurious music] ♪ treat yourself to rich, ghirardelli chocolate and luscious caramel. ♪ experience ghirardelli caramel squares. in a bag and a bar. makes life a bite better. dad i got a huge barbeque wing stain. this bottle says i need to pretreat. that stuff has way more water. a little bit of tide goes a long way, so you can save your shirt and maybe even a little money. more money for nights at the... library. right... f

mother nature has planned for the region. it is inevitable. chloe! hey dad. they will grow up. [cheering] silly face, ready? discover who they are. [playing music] what they want from this world. and how they will make it better. and while parenting has changed, how much you care has not. that's why instagram is introducing teen accounts. automatic protections for who can contact them and the content they can see. ♪♪ >> well, snow back in the sierra tonight taking a live look at highway 80 at donner lake. some dangerous conditions there for drivers on those local roads, though, it's a great start to tahoe ski and snowboard season on the other. >> rowena shaddox in the sierra tonight with what you said. no. if you're planning to this. >> and here is around 3 o'clock. it started just know. this is alex lopez's first snow season here in the kingsville area after moving from sacramento. >> it's not exactly what it's like being at disneyland a little right. it's like being summit is going. you get to see and be part of other peopl

mother nature's being a little bit stingy with sunshine at the moment, so if you've got it, you havep and enjoy through the beautiful autumn colour. we had just shy of 2.5 hours of sunshine in kent on monday afternoon, but most of us sat under cloudy grey skies. that's how we're going to continue for the rest of this week. a lot of dry, cloudy weather around. fog and drizzle could be an issue but, again, it will be mild for this time of year. this high pressurejust drifting its way steadily eastwards, but it's still blocking weather fronts from making too much of an impression, as they try to move in from the atlantic. so on the whole, again, we start off quite cloudy. perhaps some patchy mist and fog lifting to low grey cloud in the south—east. if we're going to see the best of any sunshine, potentially, once again, across northern and central areas of scotland. temperatures peaking at around 11 to 14 degrees. a bit more of a breeze by the end of the day developing in the far north—west, and a few scattered showers here. but on the whole for bonfire night, the quiet theme continues.

the crucial point is we can't rely on mother nature helping us out here.e world warms, a lot of carbon stored in natural sinks is actually getting rereleased into the atmosphere. what we need people to recognise is the only way to compensate for releasing carbon dioxide by burning a fossil fuel is to capture that carbon dioxide or some other carbon dioxide, purify it, compress it, and put it back underground. the international panel on climate change says we must reduce our dependence on fossil fuels to get to net zero by 2050. but even if we succeed, the existing c02 will continue warming the planet for hundreds of years. that's why the ipcc says some of the carbon needs to be removed as well. we're emitting something like a0 gigatons, a0 billion tonnes, of carbon dioxide per year. even if we reduce emissions to 10 or 20 billion tonnes per year, let's say call it ten, we've still got an enormous industry or range of industries ahead of us to build up greenhouse gas removal industries. we can do it. we're innovative as a species. we are curious as a specie

. >> reporter: and sometimes that story comes from mother nature herself. natural sea wall. >> corals are sort of the infantry, if you will, the first line of defense against storm surge and high waves. >> reporter: climate change is threatening them. so now nature is getting a boost from science at the national coral reef institute at nova's southeastern university. that's where we met wendy wooderer. >> this lab is really sort of like the ivf fertility clinic for baby corals. >> why do we have to do this? >> what we hope to do here is grow these corals give them some extra help and put them back on the reef to help build our coral reefs up higher and stronger which will protect our coastlines. >> reporter: relying on nature's designs could be the future of coastal protection. >> is the work that's done here something that could be replicated in other parts of the country, other parts of the world? >> yes. so actually coral restoration is a national priority from noaa and there is coral restoration going on in both the pacific and in the atlantic caribbean

mother nature making it easy for us.ot that sunshine are really comfortable day already. >> lot of us like berkeley are sitting in the low 60's now just looking up in a few high cirrus clouds. now there is only one catch to today's forecast. you'll notice that lack of fog. it is a dry, offshore wind low to the east, high to the west. and with that, a northeasterly wind kicked up across the region. winds will continue to accelerate today and especially into tomorrow. it's a fairly calm morning. but as we move towards the afternoon, vacaville livermore, concord, you see those winds 20 to 30 mile per hour gusts tomorrow. it's going to be more so 30, 40 even 50 mile per hour gusts at most up in the delta and the north and east bay. this does heighten fire danger. these dry, offshore winds. so red flag warnings go into effect at 11:00am. this morning lasting through 07:00am on thursday. virtually all of the bay area. so even though we have had sprinkles lately, it doesn't mean we're out of fire danger just yet. and those wind

. >> and are you a mix of mother nature? snow and human-made snow right now? >> yes, we are. that's how we are able to open early are selling team's been working day and night. they're out there, you know, sometimes and not in the dark at midnight blowing snow. temperatures are cold enough. so yeah, we've got a great next so far and will continue to now, even if it is snowing, the mother nature will continue to blow snow if it's cold and how many lifts to have open right now. i know today is just day one. yeah, we've got 5 lifts open, actually. so we're spending 5 lifts. we've got some great green trail or beginner learning terrain is open. we also have small terrain parks as well. so people of all abilities different types of skiing and snowboarding, whatever you want to do with area and how busy are you? >> you know, i i think we're gonna start to see a lot more folks over the weekend into ay from around him. >> with more snow. so it's pretty quiet right now. if you're looking to get some early season, turns this would be a good time. and for people maybe of never been done

mother nature could get in our way again and make things complicated for a record number of americansweekend. coast-to-coast storms setting the stage for a cold and soggy turkey day with snow and rain expected in much of the country. the tsa gearing up for the busiest holiday travel period on record. expecting to screen more than 18 million flyers between tomorrow and next monday. nbc meteorologist michelle grossman has more on which parts of the country could be impacted most. first, emilie ikeda is joining us from new jersey this morning. what should travelers know as they get ready to head on out? >> reporter: good to be with you. expect even more cars on the road here tomorrow as the lowest gas prices in years drive millions of americans to get behind the wheel to reach their thanksgiving destination. and the stormy forecast could further complicate the mad rush, both on the roads and in the skies. this morning the thanksgiving travel crush is officially underway. >> just coming to the airport, it took us half an hour to get through. >> reporter: with the holiday now just three da

so people are fired up and ready to go and slide on mother natures right now it's man made. that's okay, right? it's just the start of the season. but they get us kicked off. we've got cold temperatures. we've had a little bit of snow. we're looking at some, you know, snow in the forecast. as kari was talking about veterans day and then 18 to the 23rd, i think that's our big kickoff. and think about, you know, some of the bay area ski lovers, of course, wanting to come up there and have some fun. what should they be getting excited about? i would imagine there's a lot more to do out there. yeah. great question, marcus. and i'll tell you what. get your gear ready to go. get your skis sharpened, have your bindings checked out, get your snowboards all cleaned up, get ready to go get that last stop. but here's the big important thing. remember, you're going to be driving back up to the sierra. if you haven't been driving up here all year. i-80 88, highway 50 road kit chains, tensioners, all that stuff that you need to have in your car to come on up and enjoy it. that's the first

they've been working around the clock will little bit of help from mother nature. we've been able to >>yeah, showing some video of like skier is going through like a banner there saying they are open for the are you guys busy? how many people are out there? >>yeah, it's been a great crowd. the most exciting thing for us and just seeing all smiling face, we want to show off a certain sort. definitely a lot of people early in the morning get those laps then just enjoying day by obviously, this star really signed people back. welcome back to resort. you know, this pilot basis. >>and what's new this year at heavenly? what are things that people who want to come skier, snowboarder sub some hot chocolate? what do they need to know? >>yeah, a couple the things we've got a beautiful called golden state kitchen here at the california lodge refreshed menu. but also still has some of those favorites like chicken tenders and chilly. and then we have a gear for grandma to your membership program. called the fight happened near membership. it says gives you access to all the way

this year, so i mean, mother nature's provided. we're making a ton of snow right now and we're getting ready to open five days earlier than the planned boreal and sugar bowl are set to open this friday, though of course, high winds could keep lifts from opening. >> president biden announcing more guns and ammunition for ukraine as he ramps up aid in his final months in the oval office. trey yingst has the latest now from kyiv. >> it is now day 1001 of the war in ukraine, and there's no end in sight. and now the ukrainians are taking the fight deeper into russian territory, using american supplied long range missiles. president. nice to see you. fox spoke to ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy as he traveled to the front lines. he acknowledged the possibility that american aid might dry up when president elect trump takes office. but also said he's optimistic. the mystic that trump will help end the war quickly. >> it will be not simple, but i think, yes, he can, because he is much more stronger than putin. he is stronger. unite

it's amazing to see how we're working with mother nature to kind of craft things that people are looking in their finished wines. >> you're taking your effort directly to the people you started setting up tables at farmers markets that offer a tasting opportunity. not many of us have had. >> yeah, it's been a great initiative that's relatively recent for us. we started about 50 years ago, starting off with advocating for fair prices for wine grapes. back in 1975, a group of four forward looking founders of our organization. we're looking at that and also wanted to preserve agriculture. we've kind of evolved over the years to be more of an education focused and a community focused organization. so we educate our growers on technical aspects of the best ways to grow wine grapes in napa, especially considering the challenges that mother nature throws at us. but we're also here to talk to the community about how amazing it is to grow wine grapes and how we do it sustainably, hand in hand with an environmental lens. it's how we farm. so this farmers market was such a great opportunity. one of

mother nature unfortunately did rain on this parade, but spectators will not let it dampen their spiritseather-wise. how are you keeping your spirits up? >> we are well prepared so we are good. >> reporter: this is the 98th time they have staged the parade here so organizers are ready for just about any scenario, and that includes making sure all the elements in this parade are weatherproof. >> are floats you special paint, special hard coding, just to make sure we are prepared for things like this. all of our balloons. same thing. everything is weatherproof so we can still deliver, rain or shine. >> reporter: many say there is no better way to kick off the holiday season. >> i am thrilled to see people on floats. >> reporter: organizers say they are already hard at work, not only planning next year's extravaganza, but also looking ahead to 2026 which will mark the 100th parade. >>> well, that is it for the news at 5:00. cbs bay area news with sara donchey starts now. >> step up and save his life. >>> how a bay area family dealt with one diagnosis after another. >>> the last rays of dayl

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the crucial point is we can't rely on mother nature helping us out here. warms, a lot of carbon stored in natural sinks is actually getting rereleased into the atmosphere. what we need people to recognise is the only way to compensate for releasing carbon dioxide by burning a fossil fuel is to capture that carbon dioxide or some other carbon dioxide, purify it, compress it, and put it back underground. science is finding alternatives to fossil fuels. welcome to the future. first light. and here they're using the sun's rays as power. this facility near cologne in germany uses solar energy. it's combined with organic waste to make carbon neutral fuel. in principle, it is a closed loop. we take the same amount of carbon out of the atmosphere, make a fuel out of it, and as is released during the combustion of the fuel. so it's a closed cycle. cutting our dependency on fossil fuels is still the world's best way of fighting climate change, but more and more science needs to play its part. richard bilton, bbc news. england football's greatest men's goal scorer ha

mother nature's being a little bit stingy with sunshine at the moment, so if you've got it, you haveugh the beautiful autumn colour. we had just shy of 2.5 hours of sunshine in kent on monday afternoon, but most of us sat under cloudy grey skies. that's how we're going to continue for the rest of this week. a lot of dry, cloudy weather around. fog and drizzle could be an issue but, again, it will be mild for this time of year. this high pressurejust drifting its way steadily eastwards, but it's still blocking weather fronts from making too much of an impression, as they try to move in from the atlantic. so on the whole, again, we start off quite cloudy. perhaps some patchy mist and fog lifting to low grey cloud in the south—east. if we're going to see the best of any sunshine, potentially, once again, across northern and central areas of scotland. temperatures peaking at around 11 to 1a degrees. a bit more of a breeze by the end of the day developing in the far north—west, and a few scattered showers here. but on the whole for bonfire night, the quiet theme continues. chance of seein

it's amazing to see how we're working with mother nature to kind of craft things that people are lookingeir finished wines. >> you're taking your effort directly to the people you started setting up tables at farmers markets that offer a tasting opportunity. not many of us have had. >> yeah, it's been a great initiative that's relatively recent for us. we started about 50 years ago, starting off with advocating for fair prices for wine grapes. back in 1975, a group of four forward looking founders of our organization, we're looking at that. and they also wanted to preserve agriculture. we've kind of evolved over the years to be more of an education focused and a community focused organization. so we educate our growers on technical aspects of the best ways to grow wine grapes in napa, especially considering the challenges that mother nature throws at us. but we're also here to talk to the community about how amazing it is to grow wine grapes and how we do it sustainably. hand in hand with an environmental lens. it's how we farm so this farmers market was such a great opportunity. one of

temperatures said allowed them to produce manmade snow over the last couple of weeks and obviously mother nature has assisted a bit as and that paired with the upcoming snow is. >> allowing them to open up for trump trails. and if you're planning visiting yourself, well, there's also some new things to look out for. >> we've got a beautiful catch. on golden state kitchen here at the top for refreshed menu that we have a program it to your membership program. might happen to membership. and it says gives you access to all the way do so or year and sent away a lot of the rental live. we're going to have write points on site, but we can deliver it to you. so, you know, after all year round, you have to wait line in the rental lines are really for them. >> heavenly says it's going to continue to monitor the weather conditions to open up more slopes real soon. >> flights you saw that guy did a little dance. yeah. people did about it. something thing right there. ready to go. yeah. here to rain dance. yeah. here comes right now. we're looking at though, the rain around the bay area. but yeah, that sno

so thank you, mother nature. it's coming down. >> are you guys open on thanksgiving or.open through the holidays. in fact, we love having sharing the holidays with our guests. and we have a thanksgiving dinner, too. so if you don't want to cook, you don't come here. you can come and have thanksgiving dinner with us and ski on the slopes. >> i know in years past we made a point of like going skiing on super bowl sunday. on those days that most people want to be home anywhere other than the mountain, and those are some of the quietest, best days to get a ton of runs in. do you think that's going to be the case on thursday? >> you know, it's tough to say because we are going to be having powder skiing here this upcoming week, which is incredibly exciting, especially so early on. so it's interesting to say i'm not quite sure, but as of right now the snow is coming down. we have really happy guests. i think that we're going to have plenty of lifts and running and open for the, you know, spacing people out on the slopes. so i think it's going to be just fine. >> let's talk abo

the crucial point is we can't rely on mother nature helping us out here. to the atmosphere. what we need people to recognise is the only way to compensate for releasing carbon dioxide by burning a fossil fuel is to capture that carbon dioxide or some other carbon dioxide, purify it, compress it, and put it back underground. science is finding alternatives to fossil fuels. welcome to the future. first light. and here they're using the sun's rays as power. this facility near cologne in germany uses solar energy. it's combined with organic waste to make carbon neutral fuel. in principle, it is a closed loop. we take the same amount of carbon out of the atmosphere, make a fuel out of it, and as is released during the combustion of the fuel. so it's a closed cycle. cutting our dependency on fossil fuels is still the world's best way of fighting climate change, but more and more science needs to play its part. richard bilton, bbc news. before we go, let's show you some live pictures from a story we are monitoring. this is a theme park in los angeles where about 2

right now, we're just having our fingers crossed because mother nature seems to have the upper hand.eah, talk to me a little bit more about how the people are coming together over this, 'cause a lot of neighbors, you know, they kind of go about their own lives, but a thing like this brings people together in a unique kind of way. - and the people who gave up their properties aren't the ones who have the houses that were stranded. so some of them didn't even know each other. knocked on the door, what do you think, can you give up? and you know, several of them had just moved in. okay, why don't we try it? and it just, this is small-town america here, and we've got this beautiful college town and people who care about one another. and there's one gas station where some of the wildlife has moved, crossing the street, some of the ducks and whatnot because there's no water here. the fish have gone this way and everyone's getting together about what to do about our environment, our homes, our neighbors caring about one another. - so good to see. okay, jennifer mclogan, veteran reporter cov

you pair that with mother nature's snow and then what they're expecting in the days to come. well, they do have 4 trails open. and roland, if you're planning to visit, they also want you to know that they're getting more luxurious. >> we've got called golden state kitchen here at the top for refreshed menu that we have a program it to your membership program called the fight happening to membership. and it says gives you access to all the way do so or near and sent away a lot of the rental live. we're going to have write points site within the liver to you. so, you know, after all year round, you have to wait line. rental lines are really for them. >> there you go. yeah, that's it up. heavenly leaders say they'll continue to monitor the weather conditions and hopefully >> be able to open more slopes soon. and with that, we're going to send things over to chief meteorologist lawrence karnow for a closer look at conditions up in this year. yeah, feet of snow going to be falling. the sierra nevada not only from this storm but the series of storms. >> all the way through thanksgi

just about every cierra ski resort is now open at this point, resort says thanks to mother nature bringing25in of snowfall over the past four days. tonight at seven, a first of its kind electric ferry coming to lake tahoe. we're going to show you how it works. it's pretty cool looking. also, why are so many local fire departments lacking female firefighters? those stories and more coming up on our 7:00 news. up next on nightly news, millions more could have the cost of expensive weight loss drugs covered by medicare and medicaid. nightly news with lester holt i >>> tonight, the major cross-country storm on the move and threatening thanksgiving travel for millions. the powerful system sweeping across th >>> the powerful system sweeping from california to maine. changing over to a wintry mix in the midwest and by thursday hitting the east coast. will it be a thanksgiving washout? al roker is here. >>> also the major shortage in air traffic control. the major breakthrough after more than a year of fighting. israel and hezbollah have agreed to a u.s.-brokered cease-fire. when will it take effe

but mother nature is providing for us right now. >> heavily mountain resort also benefiting with those, back down the mountain it is the time of year staff prepare for. >> right now, we have all of the brand new 2025 snow boards, boots, bindings, skis, all the outer ware. >> reporter: the ski shop staffing up and bracing for a wave of eager customers. >> it can have you going every direction. we are here to steer you in the right direction. you can talk to somebody you may relate to in your local community. >> i love snow in the mountains. make it snow in san francisco. >> it has been almost 49 years. yeah. a while. >> it doesn't happen too often. so i assume that is not in the forecast. >> no. we had a close call a couple of years ago when the snow levels dropped to 750 feet or so. we'll see if we can get through the winter without any of that nonsense. >> he doesn't need more work. >> interesting means bad stuff for everybody else. over land, nothing. offshore, a couple of showers but they are falling apart as they try to approach the coastline. the forecast models are enthusiastic a

and mother nature said all right. it's time for a little low rain chief meteorologist lawrence karnow here tracking. >> how long it's going to be with us. yeah. that is so true. you know, right around halloween every year you can almost count on to see some kind of rolling into the bay area. and well, you get a break for the trick or treaters. the rain is back though. tonight. >> and it's picking up around the bay area. we've seen some pretty decent amounts of rain already. i'll show you that more in a moment. but slick out there on the road since it is an early-season rain. that means these roads are going to be extra slick is lot of that rain because the pull up some of the oils from that ground and >> that means it's going to be pretty slick on bay area road right into tomorrow morning. storm clouds rolling in to the state, bringing rain here. snow in the sierra nevada. more showers continuing out there, but it's scattered the front coming in this afternoon. you see it rolling on through. you see some of the yellow

mother nature is being a little bit stingy with sunshine at the moment, so if you've got it, you haveour. we had just shy of 2.5 hours of sunshine in kent on monday afternoon, but most of us sat under cloudy grey skies. that's how we're going to continue for the rest of this week. a lot of dry, cloudy weather around. fog and drizzle could be an issue, but, again, it will be mild for this time of year. this high pressure just drifting its way steadily eastwards. but it's still blocking weather fronts from making too much of an impression as they try to move in from the atlantic. so on the whole, again, we start off quite cloudy, perhaps some patchy mist and fog lifting to low grey cloud in the southeast. if we're going to see the best of any sunshine, potentially, once again, across northern and central areas of scotland. temperatures peaking at around 11 to 14 degrees. a bit more of a breeze by the end of the day developing in the far north west and a few scattered showers here, but on the whole for bonfire night, the quiet theme continues. chance of seeing some returning mist and fog

the resort has been making snow to add what's come from mother nature. mount rose has the highest base elevation of tahoe resorts at more than 8200ft. >> all right, let's bring in meteorologist mark tamayo. now. a cooldown coming to our area too. yeah. >> some changes. this weekend is just beautiful today to get outside this afternoon. lots of sunshine, but we are expecting more clouds as we head into your weekend and eventually you might need the rain, not the umbrellas, because we have some raindrops in the forecast as well. but here is your weekend outlook for your saturday. at least partly cloudy, maybe mostly cloudy skies at times, with temperatures mainly in the 60s to right around 70 degrees, so the weekend will definitely be cooler. a sun cloud mix for sunday, more clouds for sunday morning, and the chance of some drizzle and temperatures not moving around too much now into monday. that's our next rain event. as you can see here with this forecast model. does bring in significant rainfall up to our north, but that number keeps jumping up. we'll s

anybody who's seen, you know, the fires, the floods, you name it, it just the wrath of, of the mother natureming at the world, and i think you can' really ignore that. john: matthew daly of the associated press. thank you very much. matthew: great. thank you. ♪ john: earlier this week, a possible school shooting was averted when a 13-year-old was arrested after he tried to enter an elementary school with a bag containing a rifle. it's a reminder of the wave of false threats facing schools nationwide and the fears, evacuations and temporary shutdowns they cause. ali rogin explores how these threats are being addressed. ali: the big question facing educators and law enforcement officials this fall is how to best deal with the latest series of threats of violence, shootings, and bombings. some schools have resorted to using metal detectors and arming teachers. most threats turn out to be fake. many come from young people, and investigating them can be an expensive and tedious process. in some places, these threats lead to hundreds of children being arrested and detained. kenneth trump is a scho

the crucial point is we can't rely on mother nature helping us out here. need people to recognise is the only way to compensate for releasing carbon dioxide by burning a fossil fuel is to capture that carbon dioxide or some other carbon dioxide, purify it, compress it, and put it back underground. science is finding alternatives to fossil fuels. welcome to the future. first light. and here they're using the sun's rays as power. this facility near cologne in germany uses solar energy. it's combined with organic waste to make carbon neutral fuel. in principle, it is a closed loop. we take the same amount of carbon out of the atmosphere, make a fuel out of it, and as is released during the combustion of the fuel. so it's a closed cycle. cutting our dependency on fossil fuels is still the world's best way of fighting climate change, but more and more science needs to play its part. richard bilton, bbc news. that's all for now — stay with bbc news. hello. for some of us right now, there are some pretty tricky travel conditions out there — some snow, some ice — a

we need to be prepared for mother nature, letting out its fury and being prepared to deal with that as best as possible. and that means everything from the rethinking infrastructure design, working better with nature. we've removed nature from too much of our, of our urban areas as well as from the rural areas. for us to have been a decimated, we have taken away the natural flows of rivers. we need to re think how we live with nature rather than living against nature. and what about the cost of all of this? miranda, who pays, who compensates those of us who are affected by climate change related disasters in spain, it's the natural disaster insurance agency is beginning to compensate victims. what does it mean for insurance companies and how much money governments have to set aside to compensate people? so that they can rebuild you know, the costs are enormous and they are climbing the european environment agency put out a report last year that shows that just in the previous 2 years. the costs, the damages cost from natural disasters linked to climate change are almost equal to the en

so, i mean, mother nature has provided.ght now, and we're getting ready to open five days earlier than planned. >> memorial and sugar bowl also set to open this friday. >> and good morning, everyone. time now is 816. a look at traffic north bay rain is coming down. we've got an accident. southbound 101 at lincoln avenue. san anselmo. it's pretty well cleaned up, but as you can see, the damage done if you are heading southbound and also an accident there as you're working your way towards the golden gate bridge as well, the richmond bridge has been busy all morning long as well. let's zoom in to the bay bridge that's been gummed up for the last several hours. about a half an hour ago, a truck carrying gardening tools near the yerba buena exit westbound dumped some of that load out onto the freeway, so no help whatsoever for these folks who could use a little relief. they've been sitting in their car a long time trying to get over the bridge, and we're just getting word of a wind advisory on the san mateo bridge. so if you're