bigad: noaa could choose to make the speed limit mandatory, punishable by fines, but its decision isn't expected until next year, as it gains input from the public and the shipping industry, which has long argued that slowing down could hurt its bottom line. large ships are required to constantly transmit their location and speed when at sea for safety reasons. we obtained and analyzed more than 25,000 of those ship traffic records, and of the 10 companies traveling in and around the bay most often, we learned matson navigation, a cargo shipping company, has the worst track record, surpassing the voluntary speed limit more than 80% of the time so far this year. remember the limit is 10 knots, but matson ships average 14 knots as it transports cars, food, household goods and more. the company told us, "we instruct all of our vessels to abide by these voluntary programs to the greatest extent possible given our operational requirements, and we do slow significantly through these areas." cruise ships are also frequent offenders. while their average speed is less than 1 or 2 knots above the

both nasa and noaa say 2022 was one of the hottest years on record.' chase cain is digging into the numbers and will explain why this trend is only going to get worse. >>> plus, how did that car end up there? what we're learning about a wild chase through the streets of san francisco and what the driver was wanted for. >>> let's head over to diana. she is with our web team, always keeping our website, nbcbayarea.com, up to date. hi, diana. how are you doing? >> i'm doing well. thank you. >> i was wondering what's trending on our website right now? >> all morning and all afternoon we covered the biden visit to the bay. that's been doing well for us on social media. also trending is our layoff tracker. you can check it out on our trending bar. we make sure we keep it up to date as often as we can and just making sure we keep the community informed about what companies are letting go of their employees. an di >>> welcome back. you are looking at the aftermath of a police chase. that car that's on its side plunged off a hillside in san francisco, and you

the administrator of noaa, the national oceanic and atmospheric administration, and some staff members visited the marine mammal center in the marin headlands. they came to see the operation and important step in securing funding for several critical programs that could be defunded by the new congress. congress is gonna ask us questions about value priorities , and that's completely appropriate and we've got some good answers for them, center ceo cecily majoras says part of the federal funds go to support a network of marine mammal rescue groups along the entire u. s west coast. and hawaii, bringing in sick or disabled seals, sea lions, sea otters and their pups. they picked the animals up and they bring them to our hospital. they're sort of the ambulance system can bring them in and protect them here and give them the care they need so they can go back dolphin sickness and whale entanglements are handled in the field for those who do not survive. noah fund serious research. of the dead animals finding cancer, now in one of four sea lions were finding cancer in california sea lions. we

they're doing the autopsy, noaa is doing the autopsy to hopefully make a determination why this youngking with both state and federal officials, we will be burying the whale up here in the dunes. >> reporter: it is incredibly sad. you see these majestic creatures, and when you see one of them beach himself or herself, something like this happens, you know, hearts go out. when you see something like this happen. but then when you hear it has been eight over the course of several weeks, some red flags being raised. >> you know, it is a concern. you said it. when i got down here yesterday morning and 7:30 you were just amazed with this creature of god, this size on this beach. within a moment you are saying you are heartbroken because it has passed away, but the question is why. why did it do this? that's why this autopsy is so important. you know, i read the paper. i watch cnn and other news outlets where they are covering this. this is an alarming number, and residents and people deserve an answer why it is. if it is, you know, something in the water, great. if it is some environmental

noaa and nasa found the earth average temperature tied in 2022 with 2015 as the hottest year ever.mperatures were 1.56 farenheit warmer than the late 19th century average. 2 degrees may sound small to us, but it's throwing the world off balance. >> when the atmosphere is warmer it can hold more moisture, and that means when it rains you can get more massive amounts of rainfall, so flooding is much more likely to happen in a warming climate just simply because the atmosphere holds more moisture than the climate than when it's a regular normal climate. >> don't we know that. we are already seeing what our future could look like with juicier atmospheric rivers. there's hope to keep the earth from warming further, and you can see how you can help with that on nbcbayarea.com. >>> you may recall the viral video from last week at a gallery owner spraying water on an unhomed person. that person is now under arrest. nine days since this video of a san francisco gallery and antique store owner spraying down an unhoused person went viral, and the owner now faces a charge of misdemeanor batter

i did take a recent look at the noaa website where folks can monitor when it will reach that flood stage and it looks like it will hit flood stage sunday morning. of course that data can change. when it floods near the russian area, it's low-lying areas near the russian area are prone to flooding. sonoma county has an evacuation order because it's always a concern especially if it appears it could hit that flood stage on sunday morning. let's take you out here live. you see the sandbags set up, and it's along this entire area, folks. we are preparing for that storm, but so far so good. no flooding in downtown. >>> our team coverage continues with today in the bay's candice nguyen. look at that damage at the gas station behind you, candice. >> reporter: yeah, that's right, laura. good morning to you. the first thing that sticks out is the shear size of this canopy behind me, and it's as large as a swimming pool, i might add. this entire area blocked off by tape, if i step to the side and we zoom in a bit, take a look at the gas pumps. at least two crushed under the canopy. the employees s

a new report from noaa shows that last year 2022 was the sixth warmest year on record.correspondent anne thompson. >> reporter: while the jury is still out on the role of climate change on tornados, scientists say they know it can make storms stronger. enter one of the things you see with warming is more longer and wider atmospheric rivers like the ones hitting california today. >> reporter: and the hot streak rolls on. the red on these global maps illustrates the trend. 2022 the sixth warmest year on record, according to noaa. a trend researchers say will continue until we cut the carbon emissions changing our climate and making weather more extreme. >> joining us now is moouk the man, director of the penn center for science, sustainable and the media the at the university of pennsylvania. also author of the new book the new climate war. first of all, as we heard last year was one of the warmest on record. what are the implications of this trend? >> thanks. it's good to be with you. it's not good news we're discussioning. s this part of an ongoing trend. last year was

>> noaa's goes west satellite has captured this showing the multiple atmospheric events that affected the western united states. these images were taken over a five-day period beginning on january 6th until. the check the tents. for more. let's get a check of the forecast. and britney is back at, you know, so interesting to look at it on the map when you're on the ground to deal with the reality of it is another thing that is true theory versus reality, right? so that's really kind of what we're watching is all that rain, atmospheric river, all the changes. >> let's talk about it together. here is what we have so far. so take a look at your screen. stormtracker 4 again showing the atmospheric river bringing us more rain right now as we speak. but take a look at our rainfall since october. some places. i mean, we really started january off with a bang, but oakland up 219% up for the water year. san francisco 172 santa rosa already at 18 inches. these numbers will be higher when you get this round of storms. but it says that the tone that, yeah, we're already off to a good start i want

. >>> noaa released its state of the climate report for 2022 today. scientists say our planet got hotter on land and water with the sixth warmest year on record. powerful hurricane ian. later on "nbc nightly news" the dangerous weather conditions now face. to track the next storm moving in to the bay area and its time line download our free nbc bay area app for the data and alerts you'll need to stay informed. >>> an update from the front lines in ukraine, a city in eastern ukraine has been hit by russian forces. drone video shows the devastation. russian officials say they've taken control of the city. here is that video from reuters. ukrainian president zelenskyy said that's not the case, the russians did not take control of this particular city. we are unable to independent by confirm the assertion of either side. >>> bryan kohberger made his second appearance in an idaho courtroom accused of four counts of murder as well as burglary. kohberger waived his right for a speedy probable cause hearing. the judge set his next court date for monday, june

time is running out to get ready for that powerful storm but we have last minute advice from noaa. the agency says pack a go bag in case you need to evacuate quickly. have extra food and medication inside that bag and left in your home as well. also, get your insurance policies out. put them in a waterproof container in that bag. make sure you have that handy and take photos of each room in your home if you are asked to evacuate. you'll have all of that on hand. paul heggen, this is serious. >> yeah, the problem is that it is not going to be a remarkably strong atmospheric river. it is just going to be falling onto already saturated soil as we had all the flooding issues on saturday. and we are not done. we talk ability these atmospheric rivers. they are narrow channels in the atmosphere that move water vapor. a ton of water vapor. transported through the atmosphere over our heads. some of it falls as rain but a lot of it stays elevated in the atmosphere. it is equivalent to the amount of water that flows to the mouth of the mississippi river as it enters the gulf of mexico. that i

the you see really business at the noaa. ice cream at toy folks and going to chop for book like green apple. and that's when you like the deal is pizza place haall families love. you will see a lot of great chinese shops that is readily available for everyone. >> and that is just thein are richmond there is more to do in the richmond. what is love is the theatre. >> i mean adam and with my wife jamie, own little company called cinema sf we operate the balboa theatre. the vocabularying theatre on sacramento and soon the 4 star on clement. >> balboa theatre opened in 1926 and servicing this outer richmond neighborhood since then. and close on the heels the 4 star opens since 1913. >> when you come in to a movie theatre, the rest of the world has to be left behind. but you get e mersed in the world that is film makers made for you. that is a special experience to very much we can all think of the movies that we saw in the big screen of with everybody screaming or laughing or crying. it is a shared human experience that you get

for noaa the flooding translated to no work and a day's wages lost. >> i work in town. the roads were flooded. i couldn't go to work. it's been to no por.main station xi st side that aral aling th floo have become the most dependable gathering spot. >> these guys have pulled through every time there's some kind of evacuation or something. these guys remain open. they run on generators. pretty fortunate to have these guys around. >> reporter: first responders closed pescadero creek road, the main artery in and out of town. cal fire says it assisted at least three drivers who got stranded. >> it's huge. nothing like capitola or santa cruz, but it's pretty bad. >> reporter: evacuation warnings have been issued to residents asking them to be ready to leave at a moment's notice. >>> now we go to the north bay. 15 areas of sonoma county have been under evacuation warnings. >> they stretch from highway 101 south of healdsburg to jenner. people who live near the russian river, you've been on high alert. the flooding forecast is better than we expected for the last several days.

that is what will happen from noaa. the winds are from 2 20 to 38 miles per hour across the area. in the next hour and a half, the north bay getting slammed with heavy rainfall. anywhere from a half inch to an inch an hour in the reds. as we look through the 6:30, 8:00 timeframe, heavier rain moves through. 10:00, still heavy rain in the east and south bay. thursday morning commute, you can see those downpours, possibility of thunderstorms with us. by 11:30 on thursday, still the atmosphere is ripe for downpours, possibly hail. we get a break through the afternoon on thursday into friday, but we will still have rainfall. here is a look at the winds through the evening, 50 to 60 miles per hour on the coast. overnight the winds will still be howling here. 15 to 25 miles per hour inland. winds dialing back into thursday. a look at the toe to four hour rainfall total -- the 24 hour rainfall total. 1.5 to 2.5 inches from this one storm system. lower 40's right now in the sierra nevada. it will be rainy before the snow levels drop. snow levels lower tomorrow. highs on thursday in the mi

. >>> a new report from noaa reported the damage numbers from last year, the third costliest on recordn expansion of their texas factory. >>> an artist is adding a dab to the drab almost nobody pays attention to the art in budget hotels, but a visionary bandit is working to change that. gaudy schwartz tracked him down in new mexico. >> reporter: on the walls of fine art galleries, he makes a living with art that sometimes blurs the lines, but here's his words for what he does >> i describe it as hilarious. i totally enhance the artwork. i know the prints cost 38 cents. so they're going to get some of my enhancement >> reporter: he scours hotels for the most mundane and mass-produced artwork. pull pulls it off the wall and adds flourish >> i could not help myself >> reporter: his goal to make his mark in every state, from arizona to louisiana and getting caught a whole bunch along the way. sometimes becoming friends with the hotel staff, other times slapped with a hefty charge on his bill and full disclosure, he offered to come by our hotel to demonstrate his tactics. >> ah-ha, there sh

nasa and noaa just released their analysis and found the earth's average surface temperature in 2022 tied with 2015 as the fifth warmest on record. that continues the planet's long-term warming trend and global temperatures in 2022 were 1.6 degrees fahrenheit above average. the past nine years have been the warmest years since modern recordkeeping began in 1880. this means the earth in 2022 was about 2 degrees fahrenheit warmer than the late 19th century average. now 2 degrees may sound small to us, but it is throwing our weather systems around the world off balance. i talked to a nasa climate scientist about the findings. >> when the atmosphere is warmer, it can actually hold more moisture and that means when it rains, you can get more massive amounts of rainfall. so flooding is much more likely to happen in a warming climate just simply because the atmosphere holds more moisture than the climate than a normal, regular climate. >> we've seen what our future could look like with juicier atmospheric rivers and she says we can reduce or carbon emissions and if we do so quickly, there i

these hurricane hunter aircraft from both the air force reserve and noaa deploy small devices called drop sonds. they gather data from the atmosphere as it descends to the ocean's surface transmitting information about temperature, pressure, water, vapor and winds before those atmospheric river storms actually hit us across california. joining us now, marty rau from scripps institution. thanks for being with us. this sounds crazy going into an atmospheric river. how dangerous is it? >> it's really not that dangerous. we fly largely above the storm, in the lower stratosphere where conditions are really pretty smooth other than a little turbulence now and then. but we drop sensors out of the plane, and they go right down through the heart of it, and it's a beautiful data set for weather prediction. >> is this something new? >> this is pretty new. i led the development of the program with colleagues including in the national weather service. a few years ago, we tested it out over three winters. it worked, and now it's a national program. we work with a number of agencies to make it poss

now with work that the state has been doing, with noaa, sonoma county water agency has been a real leader here and others, we have more finely-tuned precision machines, things actually flying off into the storm so that we can gauge how big they're going to be, so that reservoir operators don't have to let more go than they need to. very exciting. on the other end of the spectrum, we've got these incredible measurement devices and imaging devices that are being flown over the central valley by helicopter or towed behind tractors that can actually map the underground, so we can figure out how to get water into the ground faster when the waters come because that's our best bank account. >> that is fascinating work that you're doing. thank you so much for enlightening us and letting us know this. thank you for being with us. we have to keep conserving is our part in this as well. >> absolutely. >>> still to come, we're going to take you to a neighborhood in santa cruz mountains. they're using a zipline to get in and out. >>> an mlk day tradition returns for the first time since the pandemic.

what they're saying about the projected multi-billion >> noaa's goes west satellite has captured this multiple atmospheric events that affected the western united states. these images were taken over a five-day period beginning on january 6th until. the check the tents. for more. let's get a check of the forecast. and britney is back at, you know, so interesting to look at it on the map when you're on the ground to deal with the reality of it is another thing that is true theory versus reality, right? so that's really kind of what we're watching is all that rain, atmospheric river, all the changes. >> let's talk about it together. here is what we have so far. so take a look at your screen. stormtracker 4 again showing the atmospheric river bringing us more rain right

red on these global maps illustrates the trend. 2022, the sixth warmest year on record according to noaarend researchers say will continue until we cut carbon emissions, changing our climate and making weather more extreme. anne thompson, nbc news. >> let's bring in michelle grossmann to see what's next and what's out there michelle, good morning >> good morning, guys. great to see you we had an active day yesterday the storm started early and malaysiaed lasted through the afternoon into the evening hours out west we're going to see a trio of storms today and tomorrow and into sunday we'll see powerful storms tomorrow and sunday. 15 million people under a flood alert once again from the state of california. we're going to see the chance for landslides, mudslides and also some flash flooding why is theis happening we burn scar area causing the mudslides. it's bringing the debris field and flowing downwind we're looking at sticks and mud throughout that debris flood g mark in omaha. we're looking at temperatures in the 40s in georgia all right, it was a busy weather week we're going to hav

red on these global maps illustrates the trend. 2022 the sixth warmest year on record, according to noaa, a trend researchers say will continue until we cut the carbon emissions, changing our climate, and making weather more extreme. anne thompson, nbc news >>> and just breaking tonight, exclusive new details about what led to that massive faa computer outage that caused more than 11,000 flight delays yesterday. turns out file damage could have been caused by one or two people here is tom costello >> reporter: tonight, nbc news has learned that preliminary information suggests at least one, perhaps two, contract employees may have caused the computer failure that grounded thousands of flights early wednesday. government sources say the contractors were among the eight who have access to the faa's notam computer system and apparently edited a file, causing it to become cocorrupted. it's not clear if it was out of malice or if it was a case of huhuman error.r. invevestigators s only determined what happened after reviewing computer log-in records the notam system itself is running on 30-ye

chris 0utler who's a meteorologist for noaa in monterey says northern california has been under a constantis weather pattern since december so this is the third week of active weather, we have had storm after storm after storm, and today is no different. we continue to get rain today and through the weekend. how is it affecting people who live there? it has just been relentless rain, so people are starting to get fatigued, as the governor mentioned there. we are dealing with a lot of impacts related to rain and wind. the soils are very, very wet and soggy so doesn't even take a lot of wind to start knocking down trees and power lines, so we are starting to see some of the damage really start to add up with the storm series that we have had, and with more rain on the way it will continue to add to some of those impacts. are homes being evacuated? some areas have been evacuated, mainly in river zones where rivers are starting to exceed at specified locations. we have also had some coastal erosion and coastal flooding, so they are the main areas where there have been evacuations, and some of

so, this storm is so powerful, david, that we're ending up seeing the noaa hurricane hunters headed in right now, because they are taking observations as this thing is imminent. we are going to see conditions rapidly deteriorate as that cold front associated with this wrecks onto california's coast. widespread flooding is a must. mud and landslides are happening. downed trees as will happen and power outages in the hundreds of thousands, if not more. and then you seemi. atir hefain area and north, so, all the way up to redding. interstate 5 could be in some places just not able to travel tonight. then, the heaviest moves south into los angeles, santa barbara, into the early morning hours of thursday. and it's the wraparound with the winds gusting 50 to 70 miles per hour that are going to end up bushing that water and coastal erosion will be a problem. david, remember, with all this rain, this is just storm one, we have another one for the weekend. san francisco's already had nearly half their annual rainfall in the last 30 days. >> grae, yeah, just incredible. ginger, thank you. >>> ne

in today's climate in crisis, nasa and noaa just released their global temperature analysis and foundce in 2022 was tied with 2015 as the fifth warmest. and temperatures in 2022 were 1.6 degrees farenheit above the average. the past nine years have been the warmest since modern record keeping began in 1880. this means the earth in 2022 was about two degrees farenheit warmer than the late 19th century average. 2 degrees may sound small to us, but it's throwing it off balance. >> when the atmosphere is warmer, the earth can hold more moisture so flooding is likely to happen in a warming climate because the atmosphere holds more moisture than the regular normal climate. >> don't we know it? we are already seeing what the future could look like with juicier atmospheric rivers. she said if we can reduce our carbon emissions quickly, there's hope to keep the earth from warming much further. you can see more about that on our climate in crisis page on nbcbayarea.com. >>> anderson reservoir is currently under construction to make it earthquake safe, so it needs to be empty. it could take almo

. >> last week both noaa and nas released their annual reports on the previous year's global averagehey've basically agreed more or less that 2022 was either the fifth or sixth warmest year on record and the trend is unequivocal and yes all of the eight years are warmest on record and that record dates back into the 1800s. it's quite a long record and basically what it's telling us is that this is, climate change is very real and very accelerating, i would say, and especially because the last couple of years have been featured with what's known as the la nina effect off the pacific ocean which acts to cool the globe actually. we're seeing warm years even in conditions that should be conducive to cooling. when that, what's known as the pacific oscillation flips to an el nino, which could happen this year. it's not entirely clear yet, then we will see the records fall again. maybe not this year, but next year we might see the warmest year on record and that's certainly going to keep happening into the feature if we don't immediately cut emissions and fossil fuels. >> certainly. democra

the noaa hurricane hunters have been hard at work digging into the atmosphere rivers to collect datao improve weather models that we used to forecast your weather. they fly eight hour long missions over the atmosphere rivers, releasing drop zones, small instruments that drift down by parachute. they measure the wind speed, direction, water vapor, temperature, and pressure. the information is sent to the global weather data hub, where forecasting models use this to create the next forecast every six hours. my friend, sophia, one of the meteorologist on the team, caught up with me after her nday nigh spheric rivers deep in the pacific ocean. we don't have as many observations here. when we collect the data, goes into the weather models. it will correct them , it fixes them. you cannot tell the future without knowing what is happening right now. >> they are improving the models, and collecting the data to be researched later. how frequently has this team been up over the pacific? >> we have been flying over the past couple of days and weeks. even last month, we were flying. we have had

this is the outlook for the next three months, this comes out from noaa, above average chances of precipitationic northwest. chances of average whether -- weather across the country. up the eastern seaboard, things are looking warmer than average. that is what we will see today. enjoy the east coast today, tomorrow rain moves in. snow across the central plains. especially kansas. pete: rachel has 187,000 unread messages. 187,000. rachel: in my defense, i have tween 9 kids. pete: only two of which can e-mail you. >> reporter: that is 10,000 per kid. rachel: if you need me, text me. or call me. pete: we are going to talk about that, stay with us. up next, actress octavia spencer said she felt more racism in liberal los angeles than her red home state. >> to be honest, i felt more racism when i first moved here than i ever had in alabama. pete: our friend rob smith on their eye-opening comparison. ♪ this is a leading healthcare system with five nationally ranked hospitals, including two world-renowned academic medical centers. in boston, where biotech innovates daily and our doctors teach at harva

it's part of a trend after noaa says those strandings kicked offer.ale on the beach in rockaway. lawmakers and activists believe there could be a connection with whale deaths and offshore wind pro project. they're calling for a hold in the wind preps. environmental crews fired back saying there's no connection. it's a story that we'll continue to follow. >> thanks, alexis. sandra? >> sandra: wow. nba star steph curry and his wife are objecting to affordable housing units near their mansion. the social justice activists say they support the housing but they want them built somewhere else because it could pose a threat to their safety and privacy. >> the property literally is in their back yard. >> sandra: i'm still thinking about the whale. wow, that was big, a jam packed two hours. i'm sandra smith. >> john: i'm john roberts. the story with trace in for martha starts now. >> thanks. good afternoon. i'm trace gallagher in for martha maccallum. the attorney for the family of madison brooks that was struck by a car ahid on "the story." why he says the fa

this is one of 18 since december 1 and counting according to noaa.es here washing up. the crew says it didn't show any signs of trauma. officials are trying to find out what is leading to the speak in deaths. >> why would a juvenile beach itself as well as nine others in new jersey? is it something in the water? is it something natural or something that is being done manmade? >> this is part of a disturbing trend along the east coast. two weeks ago we saw a whale found deado months ago a 30-fee whale in rockaway. activists say there could be a connection with offshore wind projects. the hump back whales can hear the frequency of the drilling. they're calling for a federal investigation. environmental groups have fired back saying there's no connection calling it unfounded and premature. back out here live on lido beach. people all here have been coming out to see the whale and waiting for the autopsy results to see how this hump back whale died. trace? >> trace: any word when the respects of the testing will come back to have a better idea? >> it cou

the noaa hurricane hunters have been hard at work diving into the rivers, literally to collect data toeather models that the local meteorologist use to forecast your weather home. they fly eight hour long missions over the atmosphere rivers, releasing drop zones, small instruments that drifted down by parachute, and measure wind speed and direction, water vapor, temperature, and pressure. that information is into the global weather data hub, where forecasting models use this to create the next forecast every 6 to 12 hours. my friend, sophia, she is one of the meteorologist on the team. i caught up with her after her mission on monday night. she had some interesting stuff to say. >> reporter: the atmosphere rivers form deep in the pacific ocean. we cannot observe them like we do overland. when we collect the data, goes to the weather models. it will correct them, it fixes them. you cannot tell the future without knowing what will happen. >> not only do they improve the forecast models, they are collecting the data to be researched later. how frequently has this team been up over the pac

the you see really business at the noaa.ks and going to chop for book like green apple. and that's when you like the deal is pizza place haall families love. you will see a lot of great chinese shops that is readily available for everyone. >> and that is just thein are richmond there is more to do in the richmond. what is love is the theatre. >> i mean adam and with my wife jamie, own little company called cinema sf we operate the balboa theatre. the vocabularying theatre on sacramento and soon the 4 star on clement. >> balboa theatre opened in 1926 and servicing this outer richmond neighborhood since then. and close on the heels the 4 star opens since 1913. >> when you come in to a movie theatre, the rest of the world has to be left behind. but you get e mersed in the world that is film makers made for you. that is a special experience to very much we can all think of the movies that we saw in the big screen of with everybody screaming or laughing or crying. it is a shared human experience that you get when you go in to pla

on the noaa website, it says it should hit flood stage around sunday morning, and that could change, but right now looks like it will hit the flood stage sunday morning, and the county put in evacuation orders for guerneville, monta rio, and those areas could get flooding if that russian river begins to flood. let's bring you guys back out here to the san anselmo creek. in order to hit flood stage, it would hit 13 feet. we will bring you updates throughout the morning. pete suratos for "today in the bay." >> thank you. >> over the years that's been such a trouble spot. >>> this storm knocking out power right now for over 80,000 bay area households. this is a look at pg&e's current outage map. they are making progress. last night there were about 99,000 without power. a majority of outages on the peninsula, and you can see the outages are widespread across the bay area, and tweeted at a link where you can check your own neighborhood. >>> the storm innodating some san francisco neighborhoods. 911 operators receiving much higher volumes of calls and some of the calls were less about eme

kristen: nasa and noaa are sounding the alarm about dangerous changes in climate conditions around the world. >> forest fires are intensifying, hurricanes are getting stronger, droughts are wrecking havoc -- wreaking havoc, sea levels are rising. extreme weather patterns threaten our well-being across this planet. and we need some bold action. kristen: that is vanessa administrator bill nelson -- nasa administrator bill nelson. the latest results 2022 was the hottest year on record globally dating back 140 years. the past nine years have been the warmest since the modern record keeping began. the biggest reason for the warming trend continues to be human activity. larry: first, president trump, now president biden. the growing investigation into how officials deal with how (steven)s deal with every time i come to see caremore, they go above and beyond to take care of me. i feel a lot better now. i'm taking medication for what i should have been taking years ago. (vo) caremore health provides advanced primary care wherever you need it, in the hospital, at home, in our clinics, or virtua

so far this year, 15 billion dollar weather disasters hit the u.s., according to noaa, the national oceanic and atmospheric administration. the final count yet to be tallied. the first billion dollar disaster came in the spring, when warmer temperatures fueled three deadly tornado outbreaks in as many weeks. spotting more than 200 reported tornadoes across more than a dozen states. >> it's very devastating, like it's all your hard work is just gone up in the air. >> in the west,sections of yellowstone national park were devastated by destructive flash floods. roads were washed away, and the park closed to the public for the first time in three decades. climate change causing the atmosphere to be warmer and wetter, making conditions rife for these types of events. >> it was very surprising. the flood when it came. >> this summer was the story of extremes, europe had its most intense heat wave in recorded history. london said has a historic all-time high of 104 degrees. back in the u.s., six 1000 your floods occurred in the span of five weeks in july in august. places like st. louis, dallas a

that area is prone to flooding, and according to the noaa website, it will hit flood stage at that river on sunday morning. sonoma county put in evacuation warnings for some of the low-lying areas, and we are talking about guerneville and monta rio. the creek levels are low, and that's good news for businesses in this area. live for "today in the bay" >>> and now is all this rain bringing some relief to california's ongoing drought? >> well, today cinthia maldonado is here with news on the drought. >> i will show you the latest map in just a second. if only it were that easy to solve the drought. we have to remember this is years in the making and it will take a lot of storms to make a remarkable dent in the kind of situation we are seeing. good news to share so let's start with a little comparison map of the drought monitor. this is our map for the last week in december. you can notice the date stamp up there, december 29th. we had some rain in mid december that gave some improvements in several areas of the golden state, the darker red in the central valley. believe it or not, at that

nasa and noaa just released their global temperature analysis and found that the earth's average surface temperature in 2022 tied with 2015 as the fifth warmest on record. continuing the planet's long-term warming trend, global temperatures in 2022 were 1.6 degrees fahrenheit above the average. the past nine years have been the warmest years since modern record-keeping began, way back in 1880. this means that the earth in 2022 was about 2 degrees fahrenheit warmer than the late 19th century average. 2 degrees may sound pretty small to us, but it's throwing our weather systems all around the world off balance. we talked to a nasa climate scientist about the findings. >> when the atmosphere is warmer, it can actually hold warm moisture. and that means when it rains, you can get more massive amounts of rainfall. so flooding is much more likely to happen in a warming climate, just simply because the atmosphere holds more moisture than the climate when it's a regular, normal climate. >> yeah, a lot of data there. you can find the latest on all of our climate series on our website, nbcbayarea.

re-introduced the bill this year with ranking member lofgren and updates the reporting requirements for noaa remote sensing affairs so congress can monitor the commercial sensing industry. remote sensing collects data to produce images of the earth. it has been a resource for agriculture, finance, trade and energy. imagery and allows us to help farmers apply water and fertilizer and informs the prices by monitoring weather and crop health. it improves our ability to prepare for and respond to natural disasters by informing plain mapping, tornado tracking and drought monitoring, topics that are important to my quints in oklahoma and can be helpful in monitoring treaty compliance along with other applications. commercial remote sensing provides us with commercial applications. this technology is evolving the industry is seeing tremendous growth. it is critical that congress receive timely and comprehensive reports so we can evaluate the state of the industry and how regulations are affecting this growth. the act in 2015 established a reporting requirement on the licensing, and regulation. this

according to the national oceanic and atmospheric administration, noaa, extreme weather disasters come with a cost of about 165 billion dollars nationwide. a large chunk of that 113 million. it came from hurricane ian. another major were drought conditions here in the western half of the country, including california. >> you can see how drought is. billions of dollars of damage across many different industries. tourism, water, resources commerce at large as it's a critical resource for us to to better manage. >> according to the report, the cost of 2022 is climate fuel disasters is the 3rd highest of any year since 1980, over the last 4 decades. the number of days between billion-dollar disasters has dropped from 82 18. >> some alarming new research concerning the world's oceans and international group of scientists has found that the ocean temperatures were the hottest ever recorded in 2022. just one year after setting a previous records in 2021. researchers say the earth's energy and water cycles have been, quote, severely altered by the emissions of greenhouse gases and other human

this new time last video released by noaa shows the atmospheric river storms that have continued to kindast couple of weeks. this image shows the past five days. heavy rain and flooding remain a threat as the storm event lingers across much of california. that california flooding threat is seen here as commuters try to navigate a flooded union station in los angeles on tuesday. the video was taken aboard a golf cart that was used to help shuttle pastors across the pedestrian tunnel, though others still tried to walk or bike through. as you can see. now to the internet's latest heartwarming video, doggy day care, tiktok video takes you through the day in the life of a family dog in alaska who picks up their doggy clients in the bus. who then headed to their seats to buckle up in their leash. the husband-and-wife team operate mole mountain mutts. if you have a social media video share hit me up at @tracegallagher or @foxnewsnight. for better or worse, the golden globes came back to the awards season tuesday night with the controversies kicked up by the hollywood foreign press association g

noaa says there's a link to the wind turbine projects and the whale deaths. >> martha: thanks, alexiso big lawsuits from new jersey residents and massachusetts residents against the bureau of environmental management saying they didn't do the studies that they should have done. that's "the story" for today. good to have you with us. look forward to seeing you tomorrow at 3:00. have a great evening. bye now. >> are you upset that you came out here friday with inaccurate information and are you concerned it affects your credibility up here? >> what i'm concerned about is making sure that we do not politically interfere in the department of justice, that we continue to be consistent. >> the white house says republicans are faking outrage on this issue. why shouldn't americans be outraged about classified documents being found in a garage? >> look, i think i've been very clear about this.

the you see really business at the noaa. ice cream at toy folks and going to chop for book like green apple. and that's when you like the deal is pizza place haall families love. you will see a lot of great chinese shops that is readily available for everyone. >> and that is just thein are richmond there is more to do in the richmond. what is love is the theatre. >> i mean adam and with my wife jamie, own little company called cinema sf we operate the balboa theatre. the vocabularying theatre on sacramento and soon the 4 star on clement. >> balboa theatre opened in 1926 and servicing this outer richmond neighborhood since then. and close on the heels the 4 star opens since 1913. >> when you come in to a movie theatre, the rest of the world has to be left behind. but you get e mersed in the world that is film makers made for you. that is a special experience to very much we can all think of the movies that we saw in the big screen of with everybody screaming or laughing or crying. it is a shared human experience that you get

the noaa was permanently added to the menu in 2006 after repeated requests by customers chocolate forvored frosties were first introduced back in 1969. in the east bay. the oakland zoo is expected to announce its plans to reopen next week. that's after a close to fix a large sinkhole that opened up earlier this month during the recent storms. and this is video of some of the repair work happening. the zoo originally planned to close for just a few days but was forced to delay that as the rain continued, a new reopening date will be announced on monday. officials say all the animals right now are being are safe and being cared for. all right. that'll do it for us here. the kron, 4 news at noon. thank you so much for joining us. lets send things over to olivia horton for live in the bay. >> thanks so much, guys. now we have a great show for you today. coming up, we're getting you get ready for the weekend. kron four's newest member of the sports team is stopping by the studio and wilson is breaking down the niners season and what you can expect from the field this weekend, then have you

according to noaa, the annual report highlights the trend of extreme weather events occ rring at a higher frequency with an increased cost. of course, we've already started this year, pretty costly here in california. 17 people have now died in the state during these dangerous winter storms. the number came during an update from governor gavin newsom as he toured the damage down in santa cruz county on tuesday as kron four's justine waltman tells us newsom visited to see how the beach community is recovering. >> we're so this place is so >> with more rain on the way, governor gavin newsom gave a dire warning during a state storm update in capitola. we're not out of the woods. we expect these storms to continue at least through the 18th of this month. expect a minimum 3 more these atmospheric rivers and different shapes and forms. >> the relentless rain has already ripped apart the historic pier in capital brought mounds of mud to the streets and flooded businesses and shops some beyond repair. the governor got a firsthand look at the damage to this beach front community. >> and also warne

the administrator of noaa, the national oceanic and atmospheric administration, and some staff membersvisited the marine mammal center in the marin headlands came to see the operation an important step in securing funding for several critical programs that could be defunded by the new congress. congress is going to ask us questions about value priorities , and that's completely appropriate and we've got some good answers for them, center ceo cecily majoras says part of the federal funds go to support a network of marine mammal rescue groups along the entire u . s west coast and hawaii, bringing in sick or disabled seals, sea lions, sea otters and their pups. they picked the animals up and they bring them to our hospital. they're sort of the ambulance system can bring them in and protect them here and give them the care they need so they can go back. dolphin sickness and whale entanglements are handled in the field for those who do not survive. noah fund serious research of the dead animals finding cancer. now in one of four sea lions were finding cancer in california sea lions sea toxi

the administrator of noaa, the national oceanic and atmospheric administration, and some staff membersisited the marine mammal center in the marin headlands. they came to see the operation and important step in securing funding for several critical programs that could be defunded by the new congress. congress is going to ask us questions about value priorities , and that's completely appropriate and we've got some good answers for them, center ceo cecily majoras says part of the federal funds go to support a network of marine mammal rescue groups along the entire u. s west coast. and hawaii, bringing in sick or disabled seals, sea lions, sea otters and their pups. they picked the animals up and they bring them to our hospital. they're sort of the ambulance system can bring them in and protect them here and give them the care they need so they can go back dolphin sickness and whale entanglements are handled in the field for those who do not survive. noah fund serious research of the dead animals finding cancer now in one of four sea lions finding cancer in california. in your sea lions