crosby who has had quite a history including noaa. the writings of rachel carson gave warnings and inspiration about the importance of our ocean environment. those warnings produced environmental legislation to clean the air, the water, the ocean and our economy have both, and our environment prospered since. today, america's blue economy is worth $373 billion in gdp. but today's warnings again appear to include plastics pollution, pirate fishing, and those of the climate crisis. ecosystem tipping points, ocean acidification, choral death, harmful algae blooms, sea level rise, and others. in response the intergovernmental oceanographic commission created the u.n decade of ocean science for sustainable development. there has been a dearth of national and international investment in ocean science that i fear has generated consequences. we do not allow ourselves to think big enough. how is it that since 1960 the deepest diving vehicles in the united states have come from private individuals, james cameron and victor viscovo. the oceans a

year. >> if you go to noaa web site and google, for instance, billion-dollar disasters, you'll see aut together every year showing all the billion-dollar disasters that continental us has experienced since the 1980's. and what we're seeing is just an uptick in the number of those billion-dollar disasters effectively every year. so it's not surprising that we're going to get multiple disasters potentially occurring at the same time as the numbers increase. >> well, the bad news here, all rick says experts are expecting dual disaster situations to happen more in the future. >> all right. live look outside right now as we get a check on the forecast and they see the golden gate bridge. unfortunately, some blue skies. yeah. meteorologist. dave spahr joins us know that's yeah. well, the fog will be coming back tonight again and we'll see a lot more of it coming up in the future because on shore flow is taking over and that's going to prove everything going forwerd, although this flow pattern is not welcome to the folks up in the mountains here. air quality is what we're looking at here an

there is member of congress that is included for noaa's coastal resiliency fund to help minimize the impacts of storms on our coastal communities and lessen flooding that has been so devastating in many areas of the country. to further address the infrastructure needs for our ports and our waterways, $7 billion is included for the army corps of engineers to address the large backlog of authorized projects that have yet to receive funding. there is also $2.25 billion for the port infrastructure development program. madam president, maintaining access to clean, reliable drinking water is essential to protecting the health of our public, our environment, our families, our economy. our agreement includes investments in drinking water and waste water infrastructure. although maine is home to some of the cleanest sources of water in the country, the increasing and troubling prevalence of pollutants like p-fas chemicals, the so-called forever chemicals, require action to keep our drinking water safe. there has been contamination in maine in both public and private water systems from p-fas.

stay connected by texting noaa ready.efing. you heard the mayor make it abun danltly clear to residents of new orleans area, said if you want to leave, you need to leave now. this storm will not weaken. we just heard, she said time is not on your side, time is not on our side. this is it. this is a category four hurricane that potentially tomorrow afternoon could hit new orleans area. we heard the director of the office of homeland security saying leave now. if you don't leave now, by tonight, you have to shelter in place and that potentially could be very, very dangerous. i want to bring in allison chinchar from cnn weather center now. you have been tracking the storm, moving through warm waters, the gulf, building up from a hurricane one to two and eventually three and four. give us the latest we've got on the track. >> right. the track has been consistent of knowing where it is going to move through the gulf of mexico. one thing that's started to notice in the last hour or so is defined eyewall. that's a true sign that

bit more from you on nasa's role in that, the investments being made by the administration, nasa, noaa and elsewhere in the community on how we can advance the climate and earth monitoring initiative that would really advance the climate change focus from the white house. sen. hickenlooper: sure. let me say two things. one is that science, you know, i remember when i first started studying science, one of my teachers in school said that at its best, science is careful observation of the world around us and using those observations to make the world a better place and that has never been more relevant than when we talk about climate. so having facts, real information, careful observations from noaa, from all the monitoring capabilities that we have around the world, and innovating that information, making sure that we find ways to take the complexity of that information and distill it down into decision making facts is crucial and i think we will see funding, more funding, not just from the biden white house, but from the senate and the house, from congress, to make sure we have the cap

i was watching the latest report coming out of noaa.ained winds 130, that's down from their last report by ten miles an hour. it doesn't look like it means a lot of difference to you standing there. >> that's right. i mean, you know, when they talk about the maximum sustained winds, that is the eye of the storm. we are here in gulfport, mississippi where we are well over 100 miles away from where the eye of the storm s. you see the wind, you see the rain here. that really is an insignificant distinction for folks here. that's why officials have been ere was an 8:00 a.m. curfew since this morning. they have been saying staying off the roads avoid the conditions that you are seeing here because they are going to be changing extremely quickly and they are going to be dangerous. that's what we are seeing right now. some of the roads are getting a little bit washed out. nowhere near the impact or what was feared initially. but you are having impact. you are seeing downed tree limbs. there have been flickers at our hotel in terms of electrici

data from noaa shows major disasters do continue to worsen year over year.ou go to noaa web site and google, for instance, billion-dollar disasters, you'll see a map that they put together every year showing all the billion-dollar disasters that. >> continental us has experienced since the 1980's. and what we're seeing is just an uptick in the number of those billion-dollar disasters effectively every year. so it's not surprising that we're going to get multiple disasters potentially occurring at the same time as the numbers increase. >> rick says predicting the specifics of these types of disasters is difficult. even just one season in advance. but he says it's safe to assume work will continue to see the intensity of disasters worsen as time goes on. you can catch the entire interview on our streaming service kron on. for now back to you. we turn our attention to afghanistan now. drone strikes and rockets round out the final moments of the u.s. military's presence in afghanistan. >> our dc correspondent, jessi tenure has more. >> after days of holding back

it was uploaded to facebook by the noaa ocean exploration group. shows jellyfish just sort been there in the water. the jelly was one of the several potentially an described are unknown animals encountered during this last dive of the 2021 north atlantic stepping stones expedition. it was found at depths of 2000 feet very cool. while from the sea to the skies. want to get paid for pretending to go to mars. nasa is recruiting participants for a simulated mission to the red planet crew members will live and work in an isolated 1700 square foot habitat known as mars dune alpha nasa says the long duration ground-based simulation well closely approximate an actual mission to the red planet. the crew will have to deal with a limited access to resources. busted equipment to communication lag with earth intense workloads as well as environmental stressors meant to mimic what life would be like on mars. the for simulation is set to start in late 2022 sounds like fun. still ahead here, the next hour, the couple morning news, a surge of new covid cases impact

july, the hottest month ever before in the history of the planet, that's data released by noaa. this july was 1.67 degrees fahrenheit of would the 20th century average of 60.4 degrees. the hottest was july 2016. july 2020 match the record. all of this comes days after the u.n. released its own report on climate change issuing a dire warning about the futuref rising global temperatures. >> this does not seem like a surprise. we've been talking about that for months. >> the data for california supporting the hottest on record for california and 127 years of weather data, despite the fact, you had near to slightly-below average temperatures. it was the inland portions of interior northern california that more than compensated. how about 3.6 degrees warmer than the average. the warmest july for california and 127 years of weather data and continuing the trend, seven of the ten warmest julys have occurred since 2000. so that is a local footprint of the climate shift we're beginning to see in california as summers trend hotter and stay warmer than average all the way into fall. right

noaa satellites show just how bad the smoke is from the monument, mcfarland and dixie fire. the dixie fire is now one of the largest in state history. paul heggen is now joining us with a look at these wildfires and the smoke in the bay area. >> the has nsistely been pushing smoke away from us. we had a little drift in a couple of weeks ago but i think we will see more ground-level data this week. that plume of smoke to the south is the new river fire. this forecast model simulating the way the wind is going. that gives us a good idea of where the smoke is going with some of the smoke trying to move into the north bay by tomorrow. becoming more of an issue friday into saturday. this is the smoke through the whole depth of the atmosphere. we have to worry about how much gets pulled down by gravity emma to us. it looks like the worst air quality will get unhealthy for sensitive groups, and then more across-the-board on saturday. we will zoom in for a closer look and simulate how that will behave as we had through the next couple of days, coming up in a few minutes. >> we had s

noaa officials say it is further proof of climate change. >> you said we were a little protected here in the bay area because of the fog, about you that doesn't change the overall condition of where we're at with the heat. >> certainly, since the 1970s, we've seen a four-to-five-degree increase. it doesn't seem like much, but you make subtle changes to the ecosystem like that and we get all these ramifications. we have been really lucky with the fog at the coastline. it's helped us keep our temperatures down, so at least we're not heading into a heat wave, but we have the wind coming back to the mountains and smoke coming our way. i know it feels like a pile-on here. but we want to make sure you have all the information you need as we head into this windy period for us. i want you to take in this map. we've been talking about those fire warnings. and can you see the fire warnings in place cover every single location where there is a large fire burning right now, to talk about some nerves on edge tonight. you know any family members near these fires, make sure they have the alerts turn

this is video from noaa showing the massive plumes of smoke above california at this very moment tonight. meanwhile, here a live look at the current air quality across the bay area. tonight, the area still in the yellow, which is the moderate zone. we're always trying to stay in the green, which is good. the experts say that people with respiratory issues should not spend too much time outside during the some moderate levels. well, let's talk about our 4 zone forecast tonight a live look at san francisco buried underneath the fog courtesy the sutro tower camera tonight as we talk about what is on the way for the rest of the sunday. and first thing as you head out the door monday. his call for more called for meteorologists. dave spahr with a look at when the skies will finally start to clear out. >> good evening all front to drop south into the bay area is going to help clean up our atmosphere for tonight says gave us some breezy like conditions. here's the approach of the fog going on for tonight. yes, it does drop those visibility levels a little bit by 04:00am but not quite as thick a

recorded around the world that all according to the national oceanic and atmospheric administration noaa. they released their data showing the combined land and ocean surface temperature on earth was nearly 2 degrees hotter than what's considered average. they say it was the hottest july and a 142 years. last month, numerous heat waves are recorded around the world putting a new meaning on hot girl summer. john travel in the studio this morning. actively checking on the heat. is it going to be just as hot. this august as it was in july. and so, yes, there's likely to be a trend of weather generally. that's what we've seen over the past 20 or so years. this gradual increase. >> in temperatures across not just california but as rain was mentioning in that story just a second ago just across our climate. playing it as as a whole. so i mean, we'll see what the climatology ends up telling us it certainly has been a hot one here in the bay area over the past few days, though. you're north cal on the weather center forecast this morning is showing some clear enough skies to kick things off righ

now, noaa basically took the average temperature across the state and saw that it was 6.8 degrees above normal in june and 5.3 degrees above normal in july. and our last record was 2020 right before all of those fires broke out, and we had the previous record there. now we are setting a new one. but if you're in san francisco and you're thinking it's been so chilly here, well, it doesn't really apply to san francisco because you didn't even get to 70 degrees for the first time in over 50 years. this averages all of the temperatures around the state, and overall it was much warmer than normal. and unfortunately that has led to the drought that we're seeing as well as the record wildfires. we'll be watching this as well as what's ahead. i'm going to talk about how hot it gets for today into the weekend combined with humidity. that's coming up a little bit later. >> all right, kari, thank you. >>> well, as for developments in the dixie fire, right now it is the single largest fire in the state history, having burned more than half a million acres in butte county and plumas counties. it's d

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this is video from noaa that shows the massive plumes of smoke that have been billowing from the skies in northern california. that have been causing some of those hazy smoky skies that we've been seeing across the bay area. this weekend. meanwhile, here's a live look at the current air quality across the bay area. we're still in the yellow, which is the modern zone which is not terrible. but the goal is to always be in the green. experts say if you do have respiratory issues you shouldn't spend too much time outside during moderate levels. now let's talk about our 4 zone forecast tonight. a live look from the mount tam cam as the fog rolls in. we are not only dealing with some smoking and hazy skies. we're tracking a huge warm-up on the way for as we move to the end of this coming week. kron 4 meteorologist dave spahr here tonight to get you ready for monday. >> hey, good evening, everybody. here's the situation that we have with this front. our backyard to kind of a vacuum cleaner. that's the one factor we're getting from all of this. there is the rain that's leads with that way up i

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this is new satellite video from noaa capturing the moment when tropical storm henri made landfall. it packed high winds that knocked out power to more than 80,000 customers in rhode island. close to 4,000 people in massachusetts and 2,000 on long island without power. we'll have the latest on the path of the storm which, in fact, is slowing. one bit of good news, though. the storm surge warning has canceled for all areas. a lot of folks breathing a sigh of relief. we got kathy park, who is standing by for you in narragansett, and tracking this whole thing is bill karins. i want to start first with kathy. this storm making landfall just east of you, so talk us us through what you've been experiencing and what you're experiencing now. >> our understanding is henri made landfall about 30 minutes west of es, but nothing like what we saw in the 12:00 hour when we were barely hanging on. you can still see the waves crashing behind me. earlier today, it was so bad it was spilling over the sea wall, but you see some folks walking around. a lot of folks are residents, locals. they were kind

. >> noaa has satellite technology that is able to see from space when new fires start.a sensor array computer analysis capability that can detect in real-time, the lightning strikes that might set off a blaze. >> stephen: we have lightning sensor rays? sensor arrays? that's awesome! do we, by any chance, have anything that can stop climate change?r straws a year ago, and i don't think they're working. ( cheers and applause ) they collapse. they collapse. >> jon: they collapse. >> stephen: it's the last day of june 2021. so, naturally, everyone's focused on the 2024 presidential election. ( laughter ) i'll catch you up on the latest in the first installment of my new segment: >> the road to the white house? no! the last election just ended, and it nearly broke me! i can't take this anymore! ( breaking glass ) >> stephen: first up-- ( cheers and applause ) first up, as always, iowa. yesterday, the hawkeye state got an exploratory visit from arkansas senator and business giraffe, tom cotton. cotton was there to give a stump speech. he said a bunch of stuff, probably, but n

part of the national oceanic and atmospheric center or noaa. what's going on with the storm realtime. the plane, by the way, is named "miss piggy." people in the gulf states busy preparing for the storm. from florida to louisiana. they're no strangers to hurricanes and residents are making sure they're ready for when ida makes her presence known. michael holmes has that story. >> reporter: filling up and getting out. many in new orleans are leaving town. >> when katrina was here, i had to stay in the water stand on a bridge two days. not about to do that again. >> reporter: the lines leading out of the city showed just how many people aren't taking their chances with the storm named ida. many residents have been through major hurricanes before that officials say this one could be a monster. there are warnings in new orleans and the surrounding coastal regions to evacuate if at all possible by morning. one man says his neighborhood on a barrier island is emptying out. >> everybody's packing up, getting out. i hear only about a dozen people proba

july has earned the unenviable distinction as the world's hot ets month ever recorded according to noaaeat waves have been roasting the country 100 million people are still under heat advisories. nbc 6 south florida meteorologist ryan phillips has been tracking the heat hi, ryan >> tyler, good evening no relief in sight of course, today ending the work week here on a rather steamy note the usual suspects up there. vegas at 101 salt lake city at the century mark phoenix at 98. folks who don't want any part of the heat and humidity, washington, d.c., 96 philadelphia at 95 and two days in a row with 90 degree heat in new york city. today 94 the heat on today. 87 in new york city. thankful for some rain shower activity to cool you down to 75 in d.c 88 in atlanta. you get the idea, 98 in dallas 99 in salt lake city the heat will roll on into the west out east a break in the action highs return to the '80s tomorrow the tropics. we are watching two different systems, yes, two. first, fred spending time over cuba today not quite as organized fairly weak. with 35 mile per hour winds passes off t

now, they are part of the national oceanic and atmosphere administration or noaa.gathering data that helps forecasters know what's going on inside the storm, in real-time. so meteorologists can make predictions. the plane, by the way, is a wp 3 d orion named ms. piggy. now right now, hurricane ida is barreling toward the u.s. gulf coast expected to rapidly gain strength. louisiana's governor says ida will be one of the strongest hurricanes to hit louisiana in nearly 170 years. now, it could make landfall as a category 4 along the louisiana coast in the coming hours. and on the exact same date as hurricane katrina 16 years ago. now, ida's already forced some evacuations. and the governors of louisiana, alabama, and mississippi have each declared a state of emergency. forecasters say a storm surge of up to 15 feet is expected in some areas. winds, perhaps, as high as 150 m miles an hour. now, the storm could leave some locations uninhabitable for weeks or even months. all right. joining me now for another update is meteorologist, tyler mauldin. what -- what's going o

according to noaa, waters in the gulf are hotter in the 20th century, and that helped ida become a bigger. >> so far it has been a particularly damaging storm. i think it's just really about to continue on here, particularly as the winds start to weaken, we are in for a few more days of heavy rainfall as the storm moves throughout the united states. >>> the way this storm has developed, we were speaking earlier tonight with bill karins who is finally off duty before his early-morning shift tomorrow, and a lot of things about the storm caught his attention and mine, and part of the fact is it has been so unusually resilient after making landfall, and the eyewall and structure has held together and what do you make of the way this storm has been behaving since it made landfall? >> it's typical for storms that make landfall and they are able to remain partially over the ocean and near the coast, and they are able to still get that main energy source from the warm waters as they slowly start to make landfall. >> how much of this do we attribute directly to climate change as to the cyclical na

noaa also reports global average sea leverose to a new record high, about 3.6 inches above 1993 levels, when satellite measurements began. the united nations is warning madagascar is on the precipice of the world's first climate change famine, with about 30,000 people experiencing the highest level of food insecurity recognized by the u.n. severe hunger and famine are being driven by drought, deforestation, and desertification that's left over 1.1 million of madagcar's residents in need of humanitarian assistance. a world food programme official called the situation unprecedented, adding -- "these people have done nothing to contribute to climate change. they don't burn fossil fuels and yet they are bearing the brunt of climate change." in northern california, the massive caldor fire has spread to less than 20 miles from population centers in lake tahoe after it destroyed hundreds of homes. in southern california, a rapidly expanding brush fire in san bernardino county forced over 1000 people to evacuate their homes north of los angeles. california remains on pace to record its worst-e

noaa came out with an updated report on hurricane season yesterday.rricane this year, and you can see from the stats now, they are forecasting 15 to 21 named storms. that includes the five named storms we've already seen this year. and now major hurricanes, three to five. we're going to be watching this pretty closely and also a wave coming off the african coast is starting to make its way offshore, and now the national hurricane center forecasting a 40% chance of development for this storm system. so we're going to be watching that. closer to home, we have this major fire danger across the pacific northwest. things continue to heat up. and today dry thunderstorm activity across this area along with gusty winds up to at least 40 miles per hour. it's the desert southwest. we're going to be watching pretty closely. 16 million people will be impacted by heat warnings, heat advisories, and some sections of the country across southern california to the desert southwest forecasting 120 to 125 degrees. across the coast, it's slightly cooler. daytime high is

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talked in the last hour how we had about six hours of a time period without some good data, but an noaaaft took off from lakeland. they're now into the center right now. they're finding the pressure dropping so eventually winds will increase. a hurricane hunter will make several passes into this and we'll get much more information, available information that could take this from a category 2 to a category 3. let me show you, when you take this infrared imagery and you just kind of slightly change the dynamics of the picture, you can start to see the ridging. that's what we're watching, what's happening around the center. when it starts to band like that and the thunderstorms appear with the lightning, you know this thing is breathing and all cylinders are on fire here. we had a wind gust all the way in key west this morning, 67 miles per hour. you don't have to be near the center to possibly have a downed tree or even some power outages. but we're going to concentrate on the center right now. and i want to add a little bit more to what the governor said just moments ago, when he said, y

here's video of what looks to be the p3 noaa hurricane hunter and they're gathering valuable data forwe think will happen with henri as it becomes a hurricane later on today and maybe making landfall as such across long island. these are the wind gusts tomorrow morning. so a different situation for your sunday morning, 77-mile-an-hour wind gusts in the hamptons, oh, my goodness. and then this will continue to spin in and give damaging wind gusts in coastal connecticut as well and not just the winds. it's going to be the rain. this soil is prime for flooding. we've got flood watches that extend all the way down into wilmington, delaware, and up to new england and the capital city of new york state. six to eight inches of additional rainfall on top of what they've already had and will bring down some power lines, and that will be through >> reporter: this >> this weathercast sponsored by tapezza. we could use a lighthouse right now. storm's acomin'. >> it sure is. we're bracing for millions in the path. rob, we'll stay on top of it. thank you so much. >>> coming up on "good morning amer

one has not been issued for tomorrow, but we want to show you some video from noaa showing the massiveplumes of smoke that have been hovering over the skies of the bay area. this weekend. meanwhile, here's a live look at the current air quality map across the bay area. we're still in the moderate zone which is yellow. the goal always to be in the green. experts say that if you have respiratory issues, make sure you don't spend too much time outside because of the smoke and haze that could trigger some breathing issues. california's ongoing drought could actually drive up food prices for californians. according to the u.s. drought monitor more than 95% of the golden state is currently under a moderate to exceptional drought. california farmers say right now they're being told by regulators that they will not be able to take water out of major rivers and streams. the conditions are also forcing the state to shut down a number of power plants. the edward hired high and power plant at lake oroville, which is california's largest was shut down last week because there simply was not enough w

it was uploaded to facebook by noaa shows the jellyfish just short of bobbing in the water.the jellyfish, one of several potentially and described or unknown animal encounters during the last dime, the 2021 north atlantic stepping stones expedition. it was found at depths of round 2000 feet. if you want to get paid to pretend to go to mars nasa's recruiting participants for simulated mission to the red planet crew members will live and work in an isolated 1700 square foot habitat known as mars dune alpha nasa says the long duration ground-based simulation will closely approximate an actual mission to the red planet. the crew will have to deal with limited access to resources, busted equipment to communications lag with earth intense workloads and environmental stressors meant to simulate life on mars. the first stimulation is set to get underway in late 2022. we'll see who signs up for that. meanwhile, we hope you stick around for kron 4 news at 10 o'clock kron 4 news at 9 is now wrapping up. we'll see you in just a few moments. >> when fun time from the bay area's local new

noaa released its data showing the combine land and ocean surface temperature on earth was nearly 2 degrees hotter. then what was considered average. they say it was the hottest july in a 142 years. last month. numerous heat waves were recorded around the world. changes in rain patterns could lead to serious flooding at lake tahoe, making up for lower water levels caused by drought conditions. and that is according to researchers from u c davis who say that higher temperatures will bring more rain to the area which will ca streams to surge. well above current levels that could bring flooding to lake tahoe and truckee. their study indicates all of this could start by next february. let's talk about more of our forecast as we take a live look outside in downtown san francisco. now that's looking over right. is that the sutra cam cameras montana's about an amount. and why would i not the city is behind us. there. i know it was pena ramik. so i was like, what pam around a camera do we have. but there is from loveland that time, which was really smoky yesterday and it looks like there was like a

this coming from noaa. i wanted to show you a couple charts that showed the trend in our temperatures and where we are hitting the record high temperatures. so we are going to see some really hot temperatures. we've seen that already. and even looking back at the just couple years ago, just there we go, so temperature trends in california. we were measuring the hottest june and july on record and then as we take a look back at last year, before all of the wildfires in 2020, we had some of the hottest temperatures then as well. it's just getting hotter and, of course, this is something we know with climate change, unfortunately, it does look like it will continue. we'll be following this and talk more about how hot it will get for our bay area microclimates coming up in a few minutes. >> sounds good. >>> now to the pandemic and the delta covid variant sending icu bed availability in one county down to zero. yeah. bob redell's live in san ramon. hospitals now instituting a new rule to better protect those pat

noaa says the jellyfish may be an undescribed species. perfect time to check in with our expert, vianey arana, with a look at our sunday forecast. >> the ocean is so never ending, so massive, so deep. who knows what's lurking under there, which is why we keep finding stuff like this. hopefully we'll be able to show you a video again. 57 degrees in san francisco. it is going to be hazy again today so as you step outside through the north bay and the east bay, you notice some of the smoke which i'm going to get to in a second if you are part of the sensitive groups that suffer from any medical condition limit your outdoor activities. right now it's about 57 degrees and let's take a look at the interior valley. 60 degrees in walnut creek, we'll get some of the morning fog and we saw a little bit of drizzle the past couple mornings which is good. no rain, though. i wish i could say we had rain on the way but we're going to keep the hazy skies. let's take a look at your afternoon highs. we have 60s around the coastline and then we've got a cou

the road buckling in places and covered in water we're also getting new noaa satellite imagery that shows just how bad the destruction is in some areas. here are the before and after images this is golden meadow, louisiana, on the highway that leads out to grand isle. the roof ripped off a shipyard building this is near lafitte, one of the hardest-hit areas. homes surrounded by water after flooding took over streets now, galliano, louisiana hurricane ida ripped through that town, destroying these mobile homes with debris everywhere the message from the governor today, if you evacuated, do not come home. there is no water. there's no electricity, and making the crisis even worse, extreme temperatures with heat indexes soaring into the triple digits cnbc's valerie castro begins our coverage in bridge city in jefferson parish south of mississippi river. valerie, some say getting power back on will be a marathon, not a sprint. >> reporter: shep, the work really does seem endless we want to show you why it's so difficult to get the power back up and running take a look behind me. this is one o

martin reporting tonight video taken by a noaa weather satellite revealing the power and fury of hurricane ida as it near the louisiana coast. an air force reserve aircraft also capture video. the pilot in the clouds into the eye of the storm as the catastrophic and deadly hurricane made landfall as a category 4 still on. >> crews from sacramento sending help for tropical storm ida the u.s. coast guard station. there posted on facebook yesterday that they're on their way to provide support. they picked up helicopter crews from san francisco in san diego and headed to houston in preparation for a storm passage from wildfires and severe drought to flash floods and tropical storms. the federal government is taking notice of the devastating effects of climate change in just the last few weeks. health and human services secretary javier becerra says it's clear the alarm bells are ringing again and it is time to address the climate crisis as a public health issue. >> today. his department launched a new office to address climate change and health equity. the first order of business will be convi

about this for days and how this was going to rapidly intensify and we have two aircraft in there, the noaaorce in there now, so the winds have increased. the takeaway here it's not just the center point, just the large swath of winds, catastrophic damaging winds, associated with this storm. those hurricane-force winds, it's not just the center point. they extend out 35 miles from the center. the tropical storm force winds, 120, 135 mileser from the center. all hazards and damaging winds, life-threatening rainfall and life threatening when you look at the storm surge as well. catastrophic, dangerous storm and situation. >> we were talking with one of your hurricane hunters within the past hour there. we know that he's seen quite a bit so far. i'm struck by the fact that you define rapid intensification as a 35-mile-an-hour increase in sustained winds over 24 hours. this seems to have gone well beyond that. have you seen anything like this before and how worried are you about this intensification? >> well, you know, we were expecting this. you start looking at the forecast for the storm it w

in fact, we had one out of lakeland, florida, a noaa plane, craft going through, making a couple of passes through the center. then we have our air force hurricane hunter that had to fly in from san antonio because originally out of biloxi, but they had to leave that. of course they're coming in now. one's working on the outer bands, one's working on the center. it's still a category two. at 3:00 p.m., it was 290 miles south/southeast to the mouth of the mississippi. now it's 200. in the last five hours, it's gotten a little closer, about 90 miles per hour. some of the warmest water on our planet is in areas of the gulf coastal areas. we're not talking about just 80s. temperatures that are 88, 89 degrees, that is high-octane fuel. we are expecting some rapid intensification for the overnight period. most likely later tonight could be a category three, by tomorrow a category four. the last time we had a category four was hurricane lar that devastated lake charles. still thousands of homes still had the blue tarps. that's important to know because these tropical storm-force winds are going t

this is time lapse video of satellite images from noaa capturing the massive smoke plumes rising across the state of california. if you looked outside today, you probably saw the hazy skies across the bay area as a result of all the smoke. however, the air quality experts say the smoke that we could. that the smoke that we should not pose any health risk, at least not right now. kron four's. gayle ong has that part of the story. >> the smoke is not expected to cause widespread unhealthy air because of its high elevation. but those living up in the east and north bay hills and mountains, particularly in napa, sonoma and solano counties may experience worse conditions smoke coming from the mcfarland monument and river complex fires burning further north in the state has drifted into the bay area. quad copter, 4 shows smoky skies near taylor mountain near santa rosa friday afternoon. this video sent to kron 4 smoke over mount tam. >> the view from patty santa is walking corte madera and a smoky commute in walnut creek. looks like. >> but i thought was fog first and that around like now ins

noaa released its data and it showed the combine land and ocean surface temperature on earth was aboutter. then what is considered average. it was the hottest july in a 142 years. last month. numerous heat waves were recorded. all around the world number if you heat waves yeah. number of them back to back unfortunately, which is why we're in the pickle run right now with the drought and the fire season. it's definitely a pickle. the weather center. >> with a look at our forecast well, that's a pretty shot, that would help cool us off no right a little bit of marine layer. you would think schooling us off this morning. you can see the sun rise above it. also a little bit of that reddish glow because of the haze that is in the atmosphere to you probably noticed that this weekend. we have a big good news this morning, which is that marine layer keeping things cool for the time being. you're north calhoun. the weather center forecast right now is showing the exploratorium sitting under some of that gray. that's not going to stick around, though. we are actually going to see sunshine return

seen in the stunning imagery from noaa. about 23,000 residents of eldorado county lying between sacramento and tahoe have been forced to leave their homes. almador county is also under evacuation. the caldor fire is zero percent contained and becoming the second largest active fire in that state. joining us from eldorado county, california, is jake ward. what is the latest there, jake? >> geoff, you know, fires are really part of life here in northern california, but at this point, the fires that we are seeing have exceeded the expectations, and really burst them apart, and even the most experienced fire officials who are telling us that the caldor fire as you said grew exponentially over the last weekend is now a threat to u.s. highway 50, and that is what they are most worried about, it could close off the principle artery from the bay area to tahoe, and that is after fires across eight counties have prompted the evacuations of tens of thousands of people. at this point, we are at the mercy of the weather, and in some cas

it was taken aboard noaa's hurricane hunter p-3 aircraft. let's turn to ken graham. what can you tell us about where this storm is currently and the areas we expect it to hit next? >> hey, alicia. we're watching the storm staying strong. we still have 130-mile-per-hour winds. so you have a situation where moving, we expected a slight slowdown with time, and that's what's happened. as a result, there's still a lot of energy. there's still some swampy areas here where you can still gain some of that energy. you have houma, pourt fourchon. those areas took such a direct hit, and this is continuing. this is a problem because you still have a strong storm moving north, and donaldsonville, baton rouge, we could still see hurricane force winds including higher gusts in these areas. we have a ways to go. >> when you say there is nowhere close to being over, can you give us a sense of what it is you're watching for, like, is this something you expect to evolve over the next few hours, over the next 12 hours? what is it you're looking for? >> yeah, it's going to take some time

and with the usgs, their science research arm, noaa, so with integrated drought planning resources and also its prediction forecasting capabilities and understanding of the history of climate in the upper midst, so all that together is fantastic. rep. carter: when is the federal government an obstacle or burden to you? ms. wallace: sometimes when each agency might have their own perspective for how things go forward, but as with any family, you might have disagreements for moving forward, but we strive to overcome those, again, one that i have highlighted earlier is the army corps of engineers program, if those could be more shared in terms of liability, we would have more and faster and more efficient agreements between the corps and the nonfederal sponsors. rep. carter: you emphasizing in your testimony how different communities are linked and the need for a shared vision and resiliency and i want to thank you for that because i agree, and i believe that representative palmer pointed out how important resilience is. representing georgia, i can tell you that we need to build up our re

that's what it looks like so far but noaa just put out their new forecast.a damp morning with drizzle and it will lock in the coolest afternoon into 7-day forecast. we are watching the smoke from the north and it could get unhealthy for tomorrow. tomorrow will be warmer than today. today, 60s and 70s, and 70s and 80s mn. tonight back to the 50s >>> now to jennifer aniston, who is revealing she's cut people out of her life because they are unvaccinated. kaylee hartung has the story and tips for managing those tough conversations about the covid vaccine. >> we were on a break! >> reporter: that's what "friends" star jennifer aniston is doing. she's taking a break and cutting ties with people in her life who are unvaccinated. >> there's still such a large group of people that are afraid of the vaccination or the anti-vaxxers or they really just don't listen to the actual facts. it's a real shame and i've lost a few people recently in my daily, my weekly routine who sort of have refused and also did not disclose and it was unfortunate. >> reporter: aniston who h

that said, noaa and national hurricane center came out with the mid season forecast, see if the forecast all. they upped their forecast by one storm and one named storm, between 15 and 21 storms. we've got to tell you, also, the bulk of the hurricane season is ahead of us and i'll show you that in a second here. we have three different areas across the parts of the atlanta we're watching and none of them any immediate threat for the coastline and plenty to look at and the next five days, 20 to 30% chance of developing into some sort of a tropical system. all right, where you see this peak in that yellow, that's the peak of hurricane season around september 10th and we're just getting into the real active meaty period of hurricane season for about the next six to seven weeks we see the bulk of our action, probably by the latter part of this coming week, we might be watching something maybe formed, possibly something getting closer to the u.s., maybe the week after that. plenty of time to watch it, just everybody know that we've got this very active season. one last thing i want to talk ab

there is member of congress that is included for noaa's coastal resiliency fund to help minimize the impacts of storms on our coastal communities and lessen flooding that has been so devastating in many areas of the country. to further address the infrastructure needs for our ports and our waterways, $7 billion is included for the army corps of engineers to address the large backlog of authorized projects that have yet to receive funding. there is also $2.25 billion for the port infrastructure development program. madam president, maintaining access to clean, reliable drinking water is essential to protecting the health of our public, our environment, our families, our economy. our agreement includes investments in drinking water and waste water infrastructure. although maine is home to some of the cleanest sources of water in the country, the increasing and troubling prevalence of pollutants like p-fas chemicals, the so-called forever chemicals, require action to keep our drinking water safe. there has been contamination in maine in both public and private water systems from p-fas.

for example, that effort occurred in regard to the 24 gigahertz with noaa. mr. donovan, shouldn't all of this be worked out as part of the fcc-ntia coordination process, and doesn't it undermine confidence in fcc decision-making to have these 11th-hour changes? mr. donovan: absolutely. it is fair for different agencies to express concerns to raise real issues that need to get worked out but once that is worked out and spectrum is brought to market and purchased by commercial carriers, you should be able to use it the way you bought it. you would not buy a house and then be told we don't get access to two of the rooms. it would not have paid for that house that way. it all goes into the evaluation. we risk liking confidence in the successful auctions program if we continue to raise concerns after the fact. mr. kinzinger: so i want to shift to open-ran. today, the u.s. and its allies have significant economic and national security risks associated with one company, huawei, providing a closed end-to-end ran solution. i will soon reintroduce the bipartisan transatla