the met office has issued an amber warning for the intensity of the rain from inverness down to for williamlooding and some travel disruption on what is a very busy day. so heavy rain moving its way south out of scotland, but a rash of showers tucking in behind the rain will tend to sit across northern england and north wales by the middle part of the afternoon. that means central and southeastern england. windy to end the day, but largely fine and dry. the rain across wales, across northern england and then to the north and west of that. it's a case of sunny spells and scattered showers to close out the day. still double digits here, but in the far north of scotland, already in the cold air, just a couple of degrees above freezing for the northern isles. so as we move out of new year's eve into new year's day, we'll have this conveyer belt of moisture pushing in from the west. that means a day of relentless heavy rain sinking its way across central and southern england, and it will linger throughout the afternoon, windy with it as well. behind sunny spells and scattered showers here, the w

so parts of the coast through inverness, point reyes, a little bit further north into parts of monte rio windsor and approaching santa rosa. speaking of santa rosa and the rain moving in through the zone today, it could get heavy at times as we go through the middle parts of the morning. expect it to be a sog >>> and that's a look at your forecast. are you ready for the snowball fight we're about to have ouide? >> a little snowball. >> i think we can try. angie, thank you. >>> still to come, a drone ban now imposed in parts of new york and new jersey after all those mysterious sightings. were the skies clear overnight? priscilla thompson has the story. priscilla. >> reporter: laura, so far, so good this morning. that may have something to do with the weather and visibility out here. we'll have more on what police are saying about these bans and z's bakery is looking to add a pizza oven, arissa's hair salon wants to expand their space, and steve's t-shirt shop wants to bring on more help. with the comcast business 5-year price lock guarantee, they can think more about possibilities fo

central belt for wind but still a more serious amber warning on the north, and that covers aviemore, invernesso moray. most of the problems we are seeing realistically are in travel with some roads having problems on them and the rail network has also suffered. the highland main line is closed and network rail say it is because of so much water on the track that it is not safe to run trains, and the far north line has also got numerous problems and flooding problems on it, and scotrail has had to introduce speed restrictions across the network, so the advice is if you're planning on going on the train, can you check in advance. we are here in edinburgh there are other events going on but haven't had to be cancelled. edinburgh remains one of the best places in the world, in my opinion, to celebrate new year, and a happy new year to all of you when it comes. ukraine's military intelligence says an unmanned sea drone — has shot down a russian helicopter off the coast of occupied crimea. officials said it was a world first. the video that was published appeared to show an explosion mid air and a l

and you can see right here from inverness to bolinas, perhaps a few scattered light showers, but stillhe activity offshore. but notice it's going to all move to the east. so san francisco, oakland, you'll be getting your head wet throughout the morning hours and then becoming more scattered throughout the afternoon. high surf advisory right on through sunday. so dangerous conditions right now. 8 to 9ft. san francisco bodega bay could see as high as 20ft out there throughout the weekend. it is a mild 56 with those south winds and the cloud cover in oakland, but a cool 46 in sonoma, and there is a lot of fog in the east bay from concord to livermore, 2 to 3 mile visibility. vacaville half mile and up towards the north bay about three miles now in novato. festive. look out there from our exploratorium camera. winter rain for the weekend. light level one system, though next week the systems will be stronger. wet and windy snow levels will be fluctuating and kind of high, unfortunately, and looking at a dry day for christmas, a good break there before we get into that strong storm christmas

dylan beach, inverness. you're in on it.ll as highway 128 and 121 by yountville and just north of napa, further south, it's light rain for marin in mill valley, but this is going to change. the rain is slipping south towards berkeley and 580 you'll get into some downpours about 9:00 to 10:00. so it's moving slower and it's got heavier rain in the north bay. so look at the totals. anywhere from a 10th of an inch in the south bay to over an inch in the north bay. and we're going to see rain linger throughout the afternoon on the peninsula and the south bay. so it's fog and 40s in the east bay this morning. it's about 50 in the south bay, so watch out navigating the fog and then watch how the front slips to the south. later at about nine 10:00, we've got those downpours from san francisco to oakland through 11:00. and then look what happens as we get towards the 1:00 hour. still some rain in the south bay. we'll be zones like front street and thrive city were created to boost local businesses. earlier this month, coal valley be

we still have a met office amber warning, for instance, at around fort william, inverness and aviemore persistent rain ease into the afternoon. there will be some heavy showers, though. the most persistent rain will be in the far north of scotland with strong and gusty winds. southern scotland and northern ireland continue to brighten up and turn a bit drier and less windy. northern england, north and west wales deteriorating weather through the afternoon, more in the way of persistent rain, especially in the north west of both and strong and gusty winds. further south, it stays dry, blustery and for many, a mild end to the year. we'll see that rain, though, persist across parts of northern england, wales and the north midlands into the midnight hours. we see in the brand new year, strong and gusty winds with it and to the south. to the north of that, we'll see in the new year on a colder note. rain, sleet and snow here, which means icy conditions to start new year's day. that colder air pushing its way southwards. but at least for much of the day, south wales, central and southern eng

the met office has issued an amber warning for the intensity of the rain from inverness down to fort on what is a very busy day. so heavy rain moving its way south out of scotland, but a rash of showers tucking in behind — the rain will tend to sit across northern england and north wales by the middle part of the afternoon. that means central and south—eastern england windy to end the day, but largely fine and dry. the rain across wales, across northern england, and then to the north and west of that, it's a case of sunny spells and scattered showers to close out the day. still double digits here, but in the far north of scotland, already in the cold air, just a couple of degrees above freezing for the northern isles. so as we move out of new year's eve into new year's day, we'll have this conveyer belt of moisture pushing in from the west. that means a day of relentless heavy rain sinking its way across central and southern england, and it will linger throughout the afternoon. windy with it, as well. behind, sunny spells and scattered showers. here, the wind direction swinging round

still a more serious amber warning in place in the north of scotland, and that covers aviemore, invernessrt william and into moray. and the most problems that we are seeing realistically today are actually in travel. some of the roads have had problems on them, and the rail network has also suffered. the highland main line is closed. network rail say that's because there's so much water on the track that it's just not safe to run trains. the far north line also has got numerous problems, numerous flooding problems on it, and scotrail has had to introduce speed restrictions across much of the network. so the advice is if you're planning on going on the train, do check in advance. now, we're here in edinburgh. there are, of course, other events going on in scotland this evening that haven't had to be cancelled. outdoor here is cancelled. indoor, of course, isn't, and edinburgh remains one of the best places in the world, in my opinion, to celebrate new year, and a happy new year to all of you when it comes. it's been announced that the former radio presenter johnnie walker has died at the a

so the met office has issued an amber weather warning stretching from inverness down to fort william.vel disruption on a very, very busy travel day. and that amber amber weather warning will remain in force throughout new year's eve as that heavy rain continues to push its way steadily south into the north of england, but still feeding in plenty of wet weather across scotland. to the south of that, a slightly quieter story. still pretty windy with it, but largely fine and dry. so if you are heading out towards midnight, it looks likely that the heaviest of the rain is going to be across northern england and parts of north wales. it will be relatively mild, with it windy, but the wind direction coming from the southwest. so as we move towards new year's day, we'll be able to split the country into two. a band of heavy rain and strong gale force gusts of winds moving their way steadily south across england and wales. behind it, the wind direction changing to a northerly. some of those showers will turn wintry in nature, and it's going to be noticeably colder, but there will be some suns

so the met office has issued an amber weather warning stretching from inverness down to fort william., very busy travel day. and that amber amber weather warning will remain in force throughout new year's eve as that heavy rain continues to push its way steadily south into the north of england, but still feeding in plenty of wet weather across scotland. to the south of that, a slightly quieter story. still pretty windy with it, but largely fine and dry. so if you are heading out towards midnight, it looks likely that the heaviest of the rain is going to be across northern england and parts of north wales. it will be relatively mild, with it windy, but the wind direction coming from the southwest. so as we move towards new year's day, we'll be able to split the country into two. a band of heavy rain and strong gale force gusts of winds moving their way steadily south across england and wales. behind it, the wind direction changing to a northerly. some of those showers will turn wintry in nature, and it's going to be noticeably colder, but there will be some sunshine. a windy day for al

we still have a met office amber warning, for instance, at around fort william, inverness and aviemore we'll see the persistent rain ease into the afternoon. there will be some heavy showers, though. the most persistent rain will be in the far north of scotland with strong and gusty winds. southern scotland and northern ireland continue to brighten up and turn a bit drier and less windy. northern england, north and west wales deteriorating weather through the afternoon, more in the way of persistent rain, especially in the north west of both and strong and gusty winds. further south, it stays dry, blustery and for many, a mild end to the year. we'll see that rain, though, persist across parts of northern england, wales and the north midlands into the midnight hours. we see in the brand new year, strong and gusty winds with it and to the south. to the north of that, we'll see in the new year on a colder note. rain, sleet and snow here, which means icy conditions to start new year's day. that colder air pushing its way southwards. but at least for much of the day, south wales, central an

we still have a met office amber warning, for instance, at around fort william, inverness and aviemorely improve here. we'll see the persistent rain ease into the afternoon. there will be some heavy showers, though. the most persistent rain will be in the far north of scotland with strong and gusty winds. southern scotland and northern ireland continue to brighten up and turn a bit drier and less windy. northern england, north and west wales deteriorating weather through the afternoon, more in the way of persistent rain, especially in the north west of both and strong and gusty winds. further south, it stays dry, blustery and for many, a mild end to the year. we'll see that rain, though, persist across parts of northern england, wales and the north midlands into the midnight hours. we see in the brand new year, strong and gusty winds so whilst it does brighten up from north wales, northern england northwards, with a few wintry showers around, it will feel much, much colder to end new year's day. and that is the start of a spell of really cold air to see the rest of the week out. arctic

the met office has issued an amberwarning for the intensity of the rain from inverness down to fort williamised flooding and some travel disruption on what is a very busy day. so heavy rain moving its way south out of scotland, but a rash of showers tucking in behind the rain will tend to sit across northern england and north wales by the middle part of the afternoon. that means central and south—eastern england windy to end the day, but largely fine and dry. the rain across wales, across northern england, and then to the north and west of that, it's a case of sunny spells and scattered showers to close out the day. still double digits here, but in the far north of scotland, already in the cold air, just a couple of degrees above freezing for the northern isles. so as we move out of new year's eve into new year's day, we'll have this conveyer belt of moisture pushing in from the west. that means a day of relentless heavy rain sinking its way across central and southern england, and it will linger throughout the afternoon. windy with it, as well. behind, sunny spells and scattered showers. h

has been pretty atrocious in some places up in the north of scotland, in aviemore, fort william, invernesse was an amber warning which has only recently expired and of course we've seen some flooding as well. so in those areas, so it has been difficult. and that was part of the organisers' consideration that they had to give people notice, because if people were going to be travelling long and dangerous journeys to get here, they wanted them to be well warned in advance that it was not going to be going ahead. now, let me tell you, though, edinburgh, even indoors, is one of the best places in the world to spend hogmanay, as we call it, and to bring in the bells to see in the new year. and of course, we wish everybody a happy new yearfrom all of us here in edinburgh. and you canjoin my colleague nicky schiller to see in 2025 with full coverage of the world—famous london fireworks, along with the best of the new year celebrations from around world — here on bbc news. the special prgramme starts at eleven thirty gmt tonight. here, it's been announced that the former radio presenterjohnnie wal

there is an amber weather warning stretching from inverness down to for william.d travel disruption on a very, very busy travel day. that amber weather warning remains in force to throughout new year's eve as that heavy rain continues to push its way steadily south into the north of england. still feeding in plenty of wet weather across scotland. to the south of that slightly slight quite a story largely fine and dry. if you are heading out towards midnight it looks likely that the heaviest of rain is going to be across northern england and parts of north wales. it will be relatively mild with it, windy but the wind direction coming from the south—west. so as we move towards new year's day will be able to split the country into two. a band of heavy rain and strong gale force winds moving their way steadily south. behind it the wind direction changing to a northerly, some of those showers will turn wintry in nature and it's going to be noticeably colder but they will be some sunshine. a windy day for all, the strongest of the winds with that heavy rain as it moves

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we still have a met office amber warning, for instance, at around fort william, inverness and aviemoree into the afternoon. there will be some heavy showers, though. the most persistent rain will be in the far north of scotland with strong and gusty winds. southern scotland and northern ireland continue to brighten up and turn a bit drier and less windy. northern england, north and west wales deteriorating weather through the afternoon, more in the way of persistent rain, especially in the north west of both and strong and gusty winds. further south, it stays dry, blustery and for many, a mild end to the year. we'll see that rain, though, persist across parts of northern england, wales and the north midlands into the midnight hours. we see in the brand new year, strong and gusty winds with it and to the south. to the north of that, we'll see in the new year on a colder note. rain, sleet and snow here, which means icy conditions to start new year's day. that colder air pushing its way southwards. but at least for much of the day, south wales, central and southern england, a spell of hea

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the met office has issued an amber warning for the intensity of the rain from inverness down to forton what is a very busy day. heavy rain moving south out of scotland but a rash of showers tucking in behind. the rain will set across northern england and north wales in the middle part of the afternoon. that means southern and south—east england will be windy to end the day but largely fine and dry. the rain across wales, across northern england and to the north of west and that is a case of sunny spells and scattered showers to close out the day. still double digits here but in the far north of scotland, just a couple of degrees above freezing for the northern isles. as you move into new year's day we have this conveyor belt of moisture pushing in from the west. that means a day of relentless heavy rain sinking its way across central and southern england and it will linger throughout the afternoon. windy with it as well. behind, sunny spells and scattered showers and the wind direction swinging round to a northerly and some of the showers could be wintry in nature with the strongest

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so the met office has issued an amber weather warning stretching from inverness down to fort william.looding and some travel disruption on a very, very busy travel day. and that amber amber weather warning will remain in force throughout new year's eve as that heavy rain continues to push its way steadily south into the north of england, but still feeding in plenty of wet weather across scotland to the south of that. a slightly quieter story. still pretty windy with it, but largely fine and dry. so if you are heading out towards midnight, it looks likely that the heaviest of the rain is going to be across northern england and parts of north wales. it will be relatively mild with it windy, but the wind direction coming from the southwest. so as we move towards new year's day, we'll be able to split the country into two. a band of heavy rain and strong gale force gusts of winds moving their way steadily south across england and wales. behind it, the wind direction changing to a northerly. some of those showers will turn wintry in nature and it's going to be noticeably colder, but there

rain so far, some pockets of moderate amounts of rain making their way into santa rosa toward the inverness and more than off the coastline. you can see all that that is just about to push on shore. that is going to lead to some moderate rainfall overnight tonight across the entire bay area. here's the forecast models after midnight tonight. the main cold front expected to make its way into the central part of the bay area. you see the yellows, the oranges, even some red. so some moderate to some heavier amounts of rainfall as we head toward the midnight hour, moving in the south bay as we head toward late in the morning as we're going to looks like the showers continuing kind of on and off the commute, though, should be partly cloudy and a few showers. but more rain expected throughout the day and more storms to come. a lot more on that a few minutes. all right, lawrence, thanks a lot. new at 10, multiple thieves pull up in 3 vehicles in east oakland. >> and break into a cell phone shop. the owner now picking up the pieces after this costly burglary. surveillance video shows the big group

looking at that wet pavement and down through marin county, inverness, lagunitas and mill valley and westward, moving into san francisco within the next 30 minutes. and we will be looking at this level one system to bring us through the morning hours with gusty winds, downpours, rainfall rates that could be high for a short time. but the rain shadow of the south bay a couple hundredths to a little over a half inch in the north bay. still mild with 50s and 60s. those gusty south winds keeping the temperatures up 4 to 7 degrees milder than yesterday, and the breeze is up to about 15 to 18 miles an hour. here's the plan through six to about 730. the heavy rain moves through the central bay into the east bay, and then it begins to exit the south bay by the second half of the day, with sun making a triumphant return this afternoon. stephanie. lisa. >> thank you. breaking news out of south korea now where a passenger plane burst into flames. all but two of the 181 people on board died in one of the country's worst aviation disasters. video from this morning shows the moment the plane skidd

and as we take you a little bit further westward towards the coast from marshall to inverness, looking at the wet weather, and now from southern marin to san francisco, the wet weather from the bayview district over to the bay bridge, over in the east bay from lafayette to moraga. 580 looking at lighter rain. but then we're getting into it around hayward and union city and back westward from half moon bay. pacifica highway one. so quickly moving in with this level two packing a punch with the downpours moderate at times, the gusty winds are wind advisory, and those rain rates anywhere from a 10th of an inch to a third of an inch in a short period of time could bring some flooding on the roadways. even possible landslides, as the ground can't take any more water. so marin, sonoma, napa through this morning. this is the flood watch here where we're getting some heavier rain and our wind advisories. so sustained winds 20 to 30 miles an hour and the gusts from 40 to perhaps 50 miles an hour, except right here in santa clara. and that's where also you're going to have that rain shadow effec

for the north bay until about noon tonight, as we see heavy rain rates at times right now through inverness, lagunitas, novato. just be careful with the ponding on the road and those gusty >>> and that's your local weather. willie, i'm going to send it back to you. happy holidays. >> ellison, thank you very much and happy holidays. >>> on july 21st, just over five months ago, president biden announced he was dropping out of the presidential race. it was just one of the seismic moments that shook the campaign this summer from a disastrous debate for biden to a near-miss attempt on the life of donald trump. nbc's joe fryer looks back now at a year for history. >> three, two, one. >> reporter: when 2024 began, america was bracing for an election encore, a 2020 rematch pitting the 46th president against the 45th. but this was a year that defied predictability, one that began with a gaping hole in a plane and ended with empty seats in the next administration as embattled cabinet picks lobbied for votes. in between a music mogul was jailed while russian prisoners were free. war continued to rage

so driving along when no one and highly win here, you can see inverness down to bolinas along the coast in mill valley and center fell in marin county heading up north too. napa county, calistoga in angwin seeing a moderate move through and then heading towards the peninsula. san francisco, oakland hey, burgess and remote south francisco seeing some showers, the half moon bay seeing a moderate sell out there right now. so we're going to stay unsettled through the morning. so if you are working or have to be out on the roads, this on this christmas eve. definitely take it slow on the roads and we will remain unsettled through the morning. so bringing that rain jacket, if you have to do any last minute errands, but it does look like this activity tapers off by the afternoon. we'll time that out for you and also talk about some dangerous surf conditions when it come back. back to you guys. all with that. >> a major traffic 80 westbound from 80 in oakland. all lanes are closed there right now. you see the angled us past that accident. so what you can make it past that we're not seeing many

you can see currently some heavier rainfall right around santa rosa down to petaluma inverness rightching all the way up into northern napa. county showers are beginning to pick up towards sandra fell. you've really yet to see a

you can see currently some heavier rainfall right around santa rosa down to petaluma inverness right there. point raise, stretching all the way up into northern napa. county showers are beginning to pick up towards sandra fell. you've really yet to see a lot of it just yet. we will continue to see the showers rolling further and further southward as the morning goes by. and the unfortunate thing here is the timing is placing it all right in the middle of your morning commute. so the key today just getting to the roads a little bit early and not rushing things. that's the biggest concern we've got. we can handle that after saturday. 40's for current temperatures. it's chilly out there. so a nice warm layer underneath the rain jacket. rainfall really begins to diminish towards the afternoon with just a few scattered showers reyna. all right, john, the withopt seeing those slick conditions out there and you were talking about. >> so definitely give yourself some extra time that morning drive 40 minutes on the bay bridge. meteor lights are on. that's what's slowing you down. 8 minutes on

london, a heat island, is always going to be warmer than it is for example in inverness.'ve got the most chance of snow. i heard a theory from jeremy vine recently that we should move christmas and i think that's a great idea i think that uh yeah we should have christmas whenever it snows because sometimes now we get snow in march and you've just put your winter clothes away and then you have to get them all out again or you have to go out into the snow in flipflops and shorts. interesting idea — i wonder what our weather experts make of it? i don't think moving christmas just to catch snow on christmas christmas day will make much of a difference. as far as the statistics are concerned you have to move it way to the end of january and even then still to get snowfall on that one special day is a big ask. i still keep my hopes alive for a white christmas, i love a white christmas, but i think i might have to go somewhere else — maybe norway. good morning. welcome to breakfast with ben thompson and naga munchetty. our headlines today: police in germany begin an investigatio

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the amber warning in force across parts of scotland, areas around inverness, aviemore, fort william.e flood warnings around the aviemore area. the chart shows you the rain across scotland and that is the rain across scotland and that is the area covered by the warning. the rain is on and off and there will be improvement in the afternoon in northern mainland scotland but persistent rain and strong winds in orkney and shetland. with snow mixed in. the rain pushing in to the rest of scotland and northern ireland and then in the afternoon northern england, west wales with winds up to 60 mph. windy in the south of the uk but other than light showers here, many will be dry, with bright conditions at times. towards midnight, the most persistent rain is northern england, north and west wales. particularly heavy on the western side of hills. a cold start to 2025 with some snow and ice in the far north. dry in the south for now, but the wind picking up towards dawn. some strong and gusty winds. bringing colder air later in the day. surface water and spray around. the wind before colder and cl