how close of a miss is this storm system from puerto vallarta? it's only an 80-mile distance, so very, very close miss here for that town. we do want to underscore a lot of mexico is getting hit very hard right now from this storm system that is still a category 2. remnants of the storm head right for texas saturday and sunday, and that will cause flooding issues. this storm system was able to go from a 40-mile-per-hour system to 200 miles per hour in just 36 hours, all due to el nino and the warm waters in the pacific. if we did not have that happening, this storm system would not be here today. i'm tracking more and have more in just a few minutes. >>> many tourists rushed to get out of the storm's path. one bay area woman and a friend vacationing in port a vallarta are still there. peggy, she said she had no choice. she just had to stay put and make the best of it. >> that's right. you can imagine how terrified. she said that she couldn't get any information from the mexican authorities or u.s. consulate. she and her three friends from san jos

puerto vallarta under mantory evacuation. people are also boarding up their homes, taping up their windows. puerto vallarta has a population of 200,000 people. we earlier compared it to hurricane katrina for perspective, but it was typhoon hyuan that is the most comparable in terms of intensity and power, that's according to united nations world meteorological organization. it left more than 6,300 people dead. 1,000 missing, causing nearly $3 billion in damage. there's a long-term impact, people are still recovering there. the hope is that everyone in mexico is heeding the warnings and staying safe. as for san jose and oakland airports, no direct flights, but people from the bay area traveling to puerto vallarta there are no direct flights. the point is your trips are going to have to be rescheduled. you can check with your airline carrier for that. live at sfo, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >>> also breaking overseas, the french president calling this an immense tragedy. more than 40 people died, many of them elderly

some from puerto vallarta arriving later. hoping to catch them to find out what they have been through in the last 24 hours. >> looks clear. i know there was some flight kans collations there. -- cancellations there. anyone having to spend the night at the airplane? . >>reporter: no, none of that. this is the first flight from puerto vallarta today. folks showing up here knew it was going to be leaving on time. and folks cheque on line -- checking online and on the big board. we expect the passengers to start arriving any time. . >> kift, thank you -- >> i be chasing the world. i'm a self-made. >> that's a 24-year-old. known as three-pac. taken off life support after water polo practice leaving him unconscious. >> he was basically the most ambitious man i have met. regardless of what he was do, he was relentless. never gave up, regardless. >> grew up in sunny vale and made his way from community college there to san jose state. he was going to graduate with an anthropology degree. looking at if there was an underlying medical

vallarta, one of the most popular tourist spots. it may have been been spared of the worst of patricia. mexico has declared a state of emergenciment sandbags, hotels evacuated and moving tourists to shelters. the airport is now completely shut down. a cruise ship is turning around in the pacific. we have team coverage now. jodi hernandez is standing by with more on the impact it's having. in mexico and even here in the bay area as well. we begin with jeff ranieri with the latest on what path patricia is taking. >> as we mentioned, the storm is catastrophically large. you can see it taking up the entire screen back here behind me with that landfall. at 4:15 in kwix mal a. south of puerto vallarta. also north of la manzanilla. the storm system now, you want to keep in mind, hurricane-force winds exact from the center of the storm. puerto vallarta not getting hurricane-force winds. but tropical storm storm force winds. they extend at least 167 miles from the center of the storm. conditions will be ramping up as we head throughout the n

puerto vallarta, 200,000 people there. this in perspective, patricia's winds are about 200 miles per hour, expected to remain at category 5 through landfall. hurricane katrina was a category 3, with winds of 125 miles per hour at landfall. the damage to the gulf coast was devastating, a lot of it due to flooding which is a big problem in mexico. nearly 2,000 people died in katrina. we're talking about different kinds of areas, populations, but it's clear people in mexico today are being told to take every precaution to keep themselves safe. people from the bay area may be stuck down there and some alaska airlines flights that were supposed to land have been canceled. we'll keep checking to see the status of the flights back here at sfo. stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much. steph will stay at sfo monitoring flight delays and we will update the story across our digital platforms, just going to nbcbayarea.com and download our free app to find the latest information 24/7. >>> we have more breaking news

all of the tourists in puerto vallarta caught off guard. just because of the fact that in 36 hours it went from a 40-mile-per-hour storm up to 200 miles per hour. that's unprecedented, and that's all due to the warm el nino waters helping to fuel this storm system. back with more in about 15 minutes. >> then the danger of the mudslides following after. thank you very much, jeff. >> there are many people in the bay area worried about family in mexico. right in the path of hurricane patricia. many are doing the only thing they can think of, pray for safety. ian cole is live at our lady of guadalupe, and there will be a prayer vigil and many people will beon their knees, ian. >> absolutely. mass is about to start in 20 to 30 minutes. that will be followed by an all-night prayer vigil to pray for the people of mexico, for many people who have family down there, they have been trying to get ahold of them all day, trying to make sure they're safe and ready. as hurricane patricia makes landfall in mexico, dozens of people arrived at the san jose a

some travelers got out of puerto vallarta. we will stay on top of this and keep looking at the flights. i did see one that had a connecting flight and looked like it was still scheduled. that's very subject to change. the search goes on for a man who police say stabbed three grocery store workers in pittsburg, those workers were attacked as they tried to stop the man from shoplifting. >> good morning to you. a group of employees at this winco food store were trying to stop a man from stealing razors, the suspected shoplifter pulled a knife and attacked them. investigators say he stabbed three employees during the confrontation, happened just after 8:00 at the supermarket on north park boulevard. one stabbed in the back, the other had stab wounds to their forearms the man grabbed shaving razors from the shelf but as he tried to leave the store the workers stepped in. the suspected shoplifter used a medium sized knife to stab several employees. the man accused gone by the time the officers got here. police still trying to track

video on the ground from puerto vallarta. you notice earlier today the sea breaking barrier wall going into the pool. another person, brad, from san francisco is in puerto vallarta right now and you notice what he's seeing. this is where he may sleep tonight. they're turning the hotel guests into -- they look like they're sleeping in massive cots in the ballroom. we'll here more from brad at 6:00. larry, ama? >> thank you so much, drew. >>> if you have family or friends in mexico and they send you pictures or video, please share it with us using the #abc 7 now. we may show it on the air or at abc 7 news.com. >>> santa clara public health officials linked 141 cases of shigella to the mexican restaurant in san jose. 118 cases are in sapt a clara county. cases have been reported in alameda, san mateo and cruz counties. some patients never ate at the restaurant but got the disease from close contact with people who did. the restaurant is still shut down. >>> also, police and the fbi arrested 15 suspected gang members in a major r

la lluvia principal ha estado hacia el este pero en puerto vallarta puedenrecibir un poco de lluvia y las prÓximas tres horas en la medida en que el huracÁn siga moviÉndose en tierra. con el evento principal continuarÁn fÍsicamente sobre jalisco, sectores de nayarit van a tener viento y las lluvias no ser un factor importantÍsimo. estÁ ubicado sobre tierra continÚa todavÍa muy peligroso algunas poblaciones pueden ser impactadas por este huracÁn que todavÍa, en horario de la madrugada estarÁ a categorÍa tres pero la lluvia para seguir, el viento va a seguir estÁ conectado en esta zona principalmente. regreso continuÓ diciendo. ilia: debido a que patricia pasÓ en muy pocas horas, unos 40 horas de tormenta tropical gigantesco huracÁn no hubo muchas posibilidades de advertir a la poblaciÓn sobre la magnitud del peligro que la amenazaba. jaime nos explica las medidas que pusieron en prÁctica las autoridades. jaime: imponente la imagen satelital del huracÁn patricia. se extiende mÁs de 661 millas una superficie igual a la de casi todo el estado de alaska. >> estos momentos ha sido reconocid

regents hotel north of puerto vallarta. and he told me why he took the decision to evacuate every single guest from his hotel. >> upon receiving the communication from the local government authorities, we took immediate steps to secure the safety of our guests, and we got that message on thursday night and by friday morning at 8:30 we had them all evacuated to

all flights were cancelled out of puerto vallarta expecting the worst. today with little or no damage left behind, flights are back to normal. here's what some had to say during their time in mexico during what was supposed to be a monstrous storm. >> we were taken good care of by the hotel. it's going to happen. it seems more prepared for it than an earthquake. >> an your forgettable vacation for many in mexico. several more flights are expected tonight from puerto vallarta to sfo. kpix 5. >> the remnants of patricia are slamming texas with torrential rains. more than 20 inches with more to come. it knocked over this freight train after an overflowing creek washed away the tracks south of dallas. several cars went into the water. there were only two crew members on board that train and both were able to swim to safety. >>> there's nothing left of the hurricane but an extra tropical low moving towards south texas. but it's bringing plenty of rain, but not much wind. the storm itself is weakening. there's still ten to 20 inches of rain in its direct path,

gonzalo: al ver los vuelos de llegada de puerto vallarta y guadalajara, reafirma que los aeropuerto yaiÓn. felix: con la llegada de lo que queda a patricia, a texas le llueve sobre mojado. el servicio meteorolÓgico dice que la situaciÓn se agravarÁn en ciudades como en houston. cabe esperar hasta 3 pulgadas por hora. pedro rojas en houston nace en el panorama. pedro: fuertes lluvias con alertas de inundaciones y tornados, dominan esta noche en el sur y norte de texas, todo por un remanente del huracÁn patricia. residentes ya toman precauciones. >> ¿quÉ le vamos a hacer? nomÁs estar en casa y tomar sus precauciones. pedro: las precipitacios se han intensificado en Últimas horas. " sabemos que tendremos grandes acumulaciones de agua", dijo la alcaldesa de houston. >> sÍ, hay que tener precauciones. de repente, uno va manejando y con tanta agua en las calles, preocupa. pedro: alcaldÍas y gobiernos locales, abrieron centros de emergencias y albergues, a la posibilidad de inundaciones. ademÁs, se emitieron advertencias. por ahora, para los millones de residentes del sur y sureste de texas,

with resorts in puerto vallarta turning ballrooms... into shelters. but rosy cordero refused to wait it out... evacuating by bus... a long, scary ride. "there was like banging on the windows, the windows started to get foggy, and it's just one of those moments where you're like, okay, okay it's coming, we gotta go, we gotta go." this is what hurricane patricia looked like from space... and here's the view from a timelapse camera in ixtapa... where we observed dramatic weather... from the edge of the system. "hurricane patricia is not just strong... the storm is huge... spanning a 170-mile stretch of mexico's popular coast...line more than 7 million people in the storm's path." the storm's strongest punches landed to the south of puerto vallarta... toppling trees... and flooding neighborhoods. this man says part of his house was destroyed... but he's grateful his family survived. in a fishing village near the hurricane's eye.... a school was torn to pieces... still... mexico's president says the destruction is not nearly as catastrophic as many had fea

. >>> a live look at puerto vallarta, the beaches are empty. they packed out of town to wait out the storm. >> welcome to the four on 2 i'm keba arnold. >> i'm mike mibach. and towards the mexican coastline, this is the category four storm. >> let's go to the beach in puerto vallarta as you can see there are no people out there, likely honkerred down as they have fled town. maximum sustained winds. including the major special seaport and the popular tourist destination there. all to provide this based on their location and their flooding taking place. >> this is one from the hotel room, taking a picture from what they see outside their hotel room from the windows. >> you can see the palm trees blowing pretty strongly there and the shelters. this is the particular shelter in the hotel room. the lobbies in case they would have that from the water that would come pouring down. >> you can see the crowded lobbies, gathering what they could and to show you their items in the house. trying to brace themselveshunkered down. >> we don't have one more. >

cnn's martin savidge is live inside puerto vallarta. martin, i mean really an incredible storm as we listen to these warnings. what are the conditions there right now? >> reporter: well, you know what's fascinating, jim, is the fact you look out here and this is looking on the old part of puerto vallarta, this is that calm that is before the storm. the air is incredibly still. light rain is falling and it is intensifying. not a breath of wind. and if you look out on the ocean that's in the bay there, it is almost flat as glass. the town itself though this is usually bustling with tourists, deserted. it has that kind of spooky feel as you drive in. police are monitoring and driving through the streets. you see them just moments before air you could hear an emergency announcement being broadcast on a speaker system here. the tourist hotels have been evacuated. they're gone either sent to guadalajara pushing out in major buses or being moved to schools that are up in the hills, the same is true of the people who live here. stores closed, r

one round-trip flight to puerto puetro vallarta was canceled today. although, the flight boards showed. arrivals and departures to mexico city and guadalajara. all on-time. >> reporter: as of tonight. flights to puerta vallarta are scheduled to go out ontime. but with the airport closed. it is advised to check before traveling. and do that for any flight going to texas as well. >> pam: parts of northern texas. already now officials are concerned the current system. will be followed by the wet remnants of hurricane patricia. more than a foot of rain fell in parts of northern texas. floodwaters there have backed up traffic on interstate -45 for 12 miles. prompting emergency responders to begin relief efforts. emergency crews are preparing for the heavy rains to continue through the weekend. and the widespread flooding that could follow. >> pam: our coverage of this monster dot com. there you can get the latest on the storm's track and a lot more. and a reminder. for push alerts on breaking news. download the kron 4 app. your number one source for news a

some have ties to jalisco, and the area around puerto vallarta. he's hoping people will find comfort with others. >> this reality is so immediate. the people are cut off from communication from the families for another reason. but this is worse. >> the sister of a church member sent pictures from their village near puerto vallarta as people waited for the hurricane to arrive. some evacuated and are safe but others were riding out the storm in a village. >> stay with us for finishing coverage of hurricane patricia. >>> a vigil tonight for a student who drowned at the campus aquatic center ten days ago. he was an athlete who played water polo. but he was also so much more than that. [ music ] >> reporter: a parody rapper who titled his videos legendary, rare, and inspiration so they would get more views. >> reporter: millions of fans followed his music, and humor. >> reporter: as his work was played at this vigil, friends laughed. levity mixed with sadness after losing him a week ago. >> the most ambiguous man i've ever met. he was relentless and po

to puerto vallarta. only sfo offers a direct flight which was cancelled and five other connecting flights chlth they're working with passengers to reschedule their flights. we spoke to a bay area man flying to mexico and he tells us he will monitor the storm. >> i'm glad i'm not going to the coast and i hope that we'll be okay. i hope everyone is okay. and that they, people get out in time. and i'm just probably going to experience rain and wind and glad i won't be actually in the path. >> right now' according to the schedule, flights from sfo are scheduled to deport to puerto vallarta saturday morning but that is scheduled to change. let's bring in rosemary orozco. she has been monitoring hurricane patricia all morning. >> it is so intense. frightening to think what they're going through. ironically. 77 degrees. and still a light breeze. if i move in closer, we'll take a look. 85 miles off of the coast where patricia is a sustained wind still at 200 miles an hour, moving north at 12 miles an hour and is

one in puerto vallarta. hundreds of pieces fill both studios. he has instructed staff to secure, and protect the works. >> we have some anchoring and wood. you know, and steel to brace the pieces there. >> he offers classes and accommodations for people coming from around the world to work with him. november through may is the busy season. his daughter is a sculptor and travels to puerto vallarta to help. >> we're hoping we don't lose our business, you know? next year. i have a couple retreats already planned out. so we're like, you know, we hope that we still have a home, and studio. >> both say they can only hope, and pray, for the best. in san francisco, abc7 news. >>> andrew tuma has been following images on social media. >> what are you sing now? >> the first images just over an hour ago this, first video coming in on twitter from enrique. he was closer to the center of the storm. you can see the rain moving insidew insidew inside ways. there is another video farther from the center of the storm. you can see wind and rain in mexico. police

one in puerto vallarta. hundreds of pieces fill both studios. he has instructed staff to secure, and protect the works. >> we have some anchoring and wood. you know, and steel to brace the pieces there. >> he offers classes and accommodations for people coming from around the world to work with him. november through may is the busy season. his daughter is a sculptor and travels to puerto vallarta to help. >> we're hoping we don't lose our business, you know? next year. i have a couple retreats already planned out. so we're like, you know, we hope that we still have a home, and studio. >> both say they can only hope, and pray, for the best. in san francisco, abc7 news. >>> andrew tuma has been following images on social media. >> what are you seeing now? >> the first images just over an hour ago this, first video coming in on twitter from enrique. he was closer to the center of the storm. you can see the rain moving insidew insidew inside ways. there is another video farther from the center of the storm. you can see wind and rain in mexico. polic

here's puerto vallarta. see the storm is looking like it's going to make more of a direct line up towards puerto vallarta. winds still around 200 miles per hour. sustained the strongest hurricane ever seen and the strongest storm ever recorded. moving to the north around 12 miles per hour. it is picking up speed a little bit and expecting landfall over the next couple of hours. again, this ranks among or it will be probably the strongest storm ever recorded. typhoon nancy and violet back in the '60s and some indiscrepancies and bracing for catastrophe in mexico. this is phase one. even some potential for flooding across the south as we head throughout the week, kate. >> talking about texas earlier in the hour. thanks so much. >>> turning to a major story that was overshadowed yesterday by hillary clinton's benz testimony on capitol hill, we're learning now details today about the u.s.-backed commando raid in iraq that rescued roughly 70 hostages from isis. momentsing a defense secretary ash carter admitted u

. >> the sirens were warning people in puerto vallarta where it will make landfall today near the coastal city and move northeast to south texas. we have a posting on video the white house is urging people in the path of the storm to make preparations immediately to protect life and property. >> meteorologist mike nicco has been tracking the eye of the storm six hours from making landfall. mike? >> at 5:00 news this afternoon, that is when it will start coming ashore. let me show you what is going on. it is setting several records. it developed faster than any other hurricane. it is also reaching the theoretical limit of how fast hurricane winds can reach which is 200 miles per hour. there is thought with el nino stronger and deeper 220 is not out of the ordinary. i will stay over here and press the button you can see the map because my remote is not working. the eye is moving to the north at 12 miles per hour. they have a hurricane hunter that just took off from brownsville flying through the storm and we will have the latest on that. right now, 200 miles with gusts and that will reach 2

regents hotel north of puerto vallarta. and he told me why he took the decision to evacuate every single guest from his hotel. >> upon receiving the communication from the local government authorities, we took immediate steps to secure the safety of our guests, and we got that message on thursday night and by friday morning at 8:30 we had them all evacuated to guadalajara which is about a four-hour drive from here. since then we've had inclement weather, lots of rain. thankfully in this part of the region, john, not much damage. we're hoping within the next 24 to 48 hours to return to the property, but that's about an update down here. >> you say the guests made the trip to safety but i guess the staff stayed behind along with yourself. can you explain what it was like? i imagine you're expecting the worst and when that didn't happen, clearly there must have been a huge amount of relief. >> yeah. it was hearing all the forecasts and what was potentially coming up front was indeed a little scary, but, you know, the comfort o

>> the largest earthquake recorded in the northern hemisphere is heading to puerto video arta -- vallarta. >>> we want to check with our meteorologist. >> strongest in the eastern pacific. there's typhoons in the western. same thing. stronger. >> eastern, late in the season. >> this isn't going to make it's way up here. >> it will head on the parts of texas and the deep south. >> there's another one. in between us and hawaii which may bring us rain. >> the gulf of mexico could get rain. >> the gulf, just the gulf, once it moves over the weekend into next week. we'll say texas and the deep south. texas over louisiana could get a lot of rain. 205 miles an hour, my gosh, 25 inches of rain could fall out of this. catastrophic. >>> hurricane patricia, 205 miles an hour, it will turn to the right tonight, once it moves, it's feeding off warm ocean temps, that helps. once it hits land it will weaken, not before the damage is done, this will be a huge mess, it moves across mexico toward texas, they may end up with rain, not until sunday and monday. a little bit of fog, we're waiting for a it is t

this photograph showing a water spout off the coast of porto vallarta. from space, the picture shows a story. a massive storm, sweeping across mexico. the national weather receives says purk patricia i hurricane e of the strongest storms ever recorded. reaching 200 miles an hour. >> the national emergency committee has already installed, taking charge as of this moment. preventive measures, for what is estimated to be the biggest hurricane for at least the last 50 years in the pacific ocean. >> ahead of the storm beaches were empty in popular vacation spots, sand bags line streets, businesses boarded up. as residents braced for a catastrophic hit. convention center supposed to be secure only to find out it wasn't considered strong enough for impact of a category 5 storm. >> so we were evacuated from our hotel this morning for the hurricane. we came to this convention center and then they said that it's not a safe place. >> at the city's airport travelers scrambled for last minute flights. >> we have to make our flight late tonight so we have to fly out n

>> puerto vallarta, we're getting more news and the latest advisory is now in. the win winds are down to 190 m an hour and look at the eye. an extremely small eye and the eye contracting and the center of circulation extremely small and again, the winds with this storm are very strong. 1 190-mile-per-hour winds and down from 200 earlier and moving to the north-northeast at 14 miles per hour and as it does so, i mentioned manzanillo and that is because they are now on the east side of that storm and the northeast quadrant is going to be the worst part. that's manzanillo. to the western portion around port vallarta and they're making their way in toward the north and west. i want to show you the winds here and what i'm showing you is hurricane-force winds of 75 miles an hour or greater. so, yes, we are seeing over 1 195-mile-per-hour winds. manzanillo will see winds over 60 miles per hour and not quite hurricane force and their biggest threat will be flooding and storm threat. for puerto vallarta the winds here may only get to 40 to 50 miles per hour sustained and

there's buses taking people from puerto vallarta. they could still see winds of 150 to 150 miles per hour. you're talking all of not concrete structures will have extreme damage. hopefully people can shelter in the hotel there is that have the concrete basements that are high enough above the storm surge. it's a small form. the 200 mile-an-hour winds are only focused in about a 15 or 20 mile range. they'll have the equivalent of a joplin, category 5, ef-5 tornado going through and a storm surge of like 20 feet. s almost like getting a tsunami and strongest tornado possible at the same exact time. whatever location it occurs, that's where will be wiped out. >> give me a comparison on 92 hurricane andrew that was a category 5 and it just destroyed parts of south florida. this is even stronger than that but also -- is it fast moving? >> it's going to be moving at about 10 to 15 miles per hour. not much saving greae ing grace. that's kind of an average speed. where andrew came in was very high lie populated. i was going on google maps an

this will go in arch puerto vallarta. you talk that 30, 40-mile wide radius there will be deaftation. this is off the scale chart. it is moving rapidry northwest. taking the turn as it moves between maps neo-and puerto vallarta. >> manzanillo. isolated amounts of 2 feet or more. fog is here. especially santa clara valley. 40s, 50s on the temps. temperature that will rebound. fog for some. partly soupy, 60s, 70s and low 80s. >> you were talking about sports on the nine. joe fonzie will talk about the 49ers a little bit. it sounds dire, he may be up. >> a chico state grad. >> joe and i are living examples that you can make it at chico state. >> both of you are still broadcasters. >> week ask him the questions a lot of you have about the 49ers. >> some are not pretty. >> traffic will be okay if you're driving on 80 west mound. jowl see no problems on 80. 24 looks good. the bay bridge is standing out with slow traffic. drives west to mill pedestrian as and san jose. if you're on i-80 pipe successing it to get crede and low. >

-- puerto vallarta. continuing the situation as that powerful hurricane, the major hurricane patricia moves on shore with the biggest picture of the satellites. of course we've been talking about patricia over the past days with the track of winds at 160 miles an hour. the current position. here is hurricane olaf on the other side just outside of hawaii. what's interesting about olaf is that the moisture will be caught up in the flow for us, eventually enhancing the rainfall for next week. scattered high clouds moving through with a closer look at the satellite. if you look outside right now, we have some of that overcast paying us a visit. over the weekend we will hold on to that. but especially in to sunday. take a look at it right now from the current numbers. san jose in the lower 70s. to more 70s at walnut creek and concord. livermore at 81. san francisco 67 and santa rosa is at 71 degrees. outside right now looking towards the area as you can see some of the calm winds out there and scattered high

now causing total chaos late tonight in places like puerto vallarta. winds and rains really picking up as the storm charged closer today that's just the beginning of what could be hours of catastrophic damage ahead. >> so here's what we know about hurricane patricia at this hour. patricia hit land with wind speeds at 165 miles per hour. there are already several reports of flooding and landslides and thousands of people have been vacated from the coast. andy rose picks up the story from here. >> reporter: authorities spent the day sweeping through the streets of puerto vallarta warning everyone to leave the beach, close their businesses and take shelter. a view from outer space is enough to see why. >> underneath our door this morning was a note that said that the government was evacuating the hotel. that was really the first thing we realized how huge this storm really was becoming. >> reporter: jonathan lake owns a home right in the path of patricia has decided to ride it out. >> puerto vallarta has sustained a couple of storms like this in the past.

moving it along the coastline south of puerta vallarta. the strongest winds on this side. with the highest storm surge and the track will bring it inlands, likely weaken to a category 3 by 2:00 a.m. because of the wound continuous terrain. it will rip the storm apart quickly. tropical storm by tomorrow evening, butt but the problem is all the mountains and rain will cause torrential landslides and mudslides and again, catastrophic. >> mark: what about here at home, are we looking at much cooler weather and rain here this weekend? >> kevin: certainly cooler today and cooler tomorrow. terms were near 60 degrees today. satellite-radar will show clear skies tonight. what i'm tracking for you is this line of showers coming at us, that will push in here this weekends. a timeline on when to expect those and impact the patriots games but other than that, the only other problem with our forecast is going to be how cold it will be tomorrow morning, most of you have had a frost or freeze already, so it's not going be to affecting your growing season. your growing season is over for m

the storm currently 50 miles southeast of puerto vallarta. it is working north northeast at 20 miles an hour. winds died down significantly at 130 miles an hour. this is a dangerous storm. it is still, again, tracking to the north, northeast. at this point, it will lose more strength over the mountains of mexico and then begin its journey across the plain states, absolutely right in to the northeast. what that means for us is an inch to ann an inch and a quarter of rain. the question is timing for us. whether that is wednesday or thursday. badly needed rain for us. devastating results for mexico. we will talk more about the storm in a while in the full forecast. >>> thank you. tonight a group from stanford is getting ready to head to mexico to offer emergency relief from hurricane patricia. americares is working to distribute supply and medicine in the area. over the next two days a team of people will travel to mexico to theed need. the group also provides assistance to health facilities in those damaged areas. >> we have a long track record

good luck and be safe. >>> alaska airlines canceled flights from sfo to puerto vallarta this morning as well as the returns from that popular mexican destination. the airline notified passengers in advance and expects they'll be doing the same tomorrow. there were also cancellations today because of heavy rains in dallas. >> they're not going to want to run a large number of flights into a region that could potentially see stranded flights, diverted flights. they don't want to get into that gamble anymore. >> forecasters are expecting hurricane patricia to bring heavy storms to the southwest next week, especially in texas. flights between sfo and the lonestar state could be affected. >>> let's turn now to abc 7 news meteorologist drew tuma to show us how this hurricane developed so quickly into the worst on record. drew? >> cheryl, very quickly. just in the past 24 hours, it went from a tropical storm to a major category 5 hurricane. you really need two basic ingredients for this. very warm ocean water and very calm wind where the storm develops. the first thing, our ocean temperatur

pedro rojas estÁ en puerto vallarta, detalles.deroso huracÁn patricia, obligando a miles de personas a pasar la noche en centenares de albergues en el estado nayarit, colima y michoacÁn. más de una decena fueron abiertos en puerto vallarta, en uno de los conocimos a marÍa estrada. marÍa: ahora me siento tranquila, con tantas personas aquÍ yo me siento ya bien. reportero: no hay que bajar la guardia, se generarÁ lluvia prolongada, entre tanto voluntarios y policÍa destruyeron medicamentos asientos evacuados que me obedecieron el llamado del gobierno a ocupar refugios. >> esperemos que pase lo mejor posible. reportero: encontramos estadounidenses dentro de los afectados. >> estoy muy contenta, exactly, no es muy grave. reportero: para muchos esto serÁ su cuarto habitaciÓn por la noche. para algunos otros ya se ha hecho la manera de dormir en lo posible. usted preferir quedarse aquÍ? >> por la seguridad de ellos, mÁs que nada. reportero: parece haber evadido uno de los huracanes mÁs fuertes de la historia. en porto vallarta, jalisco,

se alerta desde puerto vallarta a otros destinos turÍsticos.dos. estamos viendo estas imÁgenes de las fuerzas del huracÁn patricia, que desde muy temprano, hizo sentir su efecto. ahÍ estÁn las fotos. las colas de personas que estÁn tratando de ubicar los albergues y en los hoteles, los salones de conferencias. mÁs adelante, tendremos una cobertura completa y especial. estarÁ con nosotros en vivo la vocera del consulado de mÉxico para hablarnos. vamos a pasar a otros temas, el nÚmero de personas infectadas, aumentÓ,la mayorÍa de ellas estÁn en san josÉ. las autoridades esperan los resultados para tratar de identificar la fuente primaria del contagio. agentes del fbi junto a la policÍa de oakland detuvieron a 15 personas, en un operativo contra las bandas que operan en la zona. los detenidos tenÍan en su poder pistolas de asalto, marihuana, cocaÍna y heroína. tambiÉn, decomisaron 10 kilos de plantas de marihuana. un hombre resultÓ herido a manos de un policÍa en un tiroteo. el hombre se encontraba dentro de su automÓvil en actitud sospechosa. los

it's weakened, but puerta vallarta is in the clear. the winds have diminished quite a bit, down to 50 miles per hour. that's right at the center of the storm, so puerta vallarta, they're done with the brunt, but now we move to texas. the rain over the next couple of days in texas, that will be very detrimental. they had eight to ten inches of rain in san antonio overnight. even near dallas. you notice across the coast line of the gulf coast that's where they're expecting the heaviest rains over the next couple of days. here at home, don't you wish we could get that kind of rain. dry conditions once again for today. we're starting off in the 40s and 50s. and the forecast brings san jose up to 79. 80 for saratoga. it will be cooler at the beaches. 71 for sauce leto to santa rosa. 74 in hayward. we'll have a few 80s across parts of the tri valley. 84 for san ramon. we do have a storm system that will make its ray through. it's making its way to the pacific northwest. for us here, we'll see a good amount of high and midlevel cloud cover to

(nats waves ) the beaches in puerto vallarta are empty...(nats sirens telling people to evacuate)..and police issued evacuation orders. lorenia arriola's brother is there. ((sot lorenia arriola/traveler)) "i am worried and i hope he is smart and gets out of the area." (nats guests lining up off buses) ((narr-2)) some hotel guests are being relocated to shelters. others want out altogether. ((sot jan dirk van der klis/dutch tourist )) "we had to fetch our connecting flight from mexico to the netherlands tonight, late tonight, so we have to fly out now." ((narr-3)) but not everyone is equally alarmed: ((sot marvin lee/american tourist)) "it's exciting. nothing is gonna happen!" ((standup bridge: chris martinez/cbs news, los angeles)) at airports across the u.s. - including here in los angeles - all flights to puerto vallarta are canceled. passengers heading to the popular tourist destination now have to make other plans. ((narr-4)) this couple's son is getting married in mexico on thursday. they're hoping it still happens. ((sot warren robinso

>> well, i'm in puerto vallarta. i'm at the university campus which is a makeshift shelter.supposed to be a shelter, but because of problems with nearby shelters, particularly a big convention center and risks of flooding, this was opened up and there is about 500 people here, a mix of tourists and also many locals as well. >> woodruff: what about the state of preparations in the area, puerto vallarta? >> well, the local government, the state governor, the municipal government opened up more than a dozen shelters. there have been problems with some like i mentioned a second ago that have been opened and closed because of corpsries they're too close to rivers. the authorities are everywhere here. they're trucking in people. a little while ago, there were a handful of trucks that arrived. this shelter is at its capacity. there are thousands of folks who need shelter and not entirely clear all of them will get that, but steams like the authorities, if you listen to radio or tv, there are all kinds of announcements that people find shelter and find someplace safe and get off the

it's aiming for puerto vallarta. this view from space shows hurricane patricia a giant category 5 storm. cbs 2's dick brennan live in our newsroom with the latest details. dick. >> reporter: maurice, vacation hot spots like puerto vallarta and acapulco are bracing for a monster storm as you just saw described as the strongest hurricane ever recorded! the storm packing winds of 200 miles per hour. [ sirens ] >> reporter: warning sirens wailed in puerto vallarta as hurricane patricia barreled coastline. cause massive death and destruction over a large swath of the coast including the tourist hot spots. weather forecasters are the storm's force. >> some international experts consider this hurricane to be the most powerful hurricane ever on planet in all of history. >> reporter: forecasters say patricia is expected to remain an extremely dangerous category 5 hurricane through landfall. the beaches in puerto vallarta are empty and police issued evacuation orders. this person's brother is there. >> i am worried. i hope he

just to the east of puerto vallarta in mexico. i want to show radar here that's starting to show up. heavy rain in eastern mexico it's not a radar site there to pick it up. 130 miles-per-hour winds making it a category four after coming ashore having haven't seen that in quite just to put this in perspective as bad as you remember katia being 8:00 in the morning 70 miles per hour winds still blowing strong. the rain will be the big issue for mudslides with 35 miles per hour binds. there's rainfall activity on this cold front. story of night a few clouds to that will be blowing in those north 4 east winds. out toward the back bay but downtown at logan airport. getting up to about 50 degrees at lunchtime tomorrow afternoon. look at the morning lows 20s back here. rebounding in the afternoon to the 50s. 53 in hyannis on the south shore in quincy it will be 50, 54 plenty of sunshine to mix with those clouds. more fun away back here in bradle bol or 54 degrees tomorrow afternoon. increasing tomorrow night ahead of that front. then here

lugares >>no muy cruciales >>según el vocero de protección civil >>las poblaciones pequeñas de puerto vallartalos residentes horas de terror >>♪ >>ya no sirve >>mientras buscan sus pertenencias cuentan como fue su experiencia >>vi el aire como volaban las tejas >>que la lluvia provocaría entre la frontera y jalisco >>cuando me desperté ya el agua me llegaba en la rodilla >>comenzó a entrar y pasaron unos minutos con la inundacion >>a pesar de estar triste por lo que ocurrió están agradecidos de no tener tragedias >>porque patricia dejo daños materiales >>inundaciones en las carretereas heridas que sanaran pronto y se le devolvera el ánimo de este país que se le dio el nombre de costa alegre ♪ >>gracias y nos vamos con la licenciada gonzález >>que tal buenas tardes sabemos que miles de ectareas que son de la comunidad se han visto afectadas >>alguien en la mañana >>con el personal de recursos huimanos >>60% de sus pertentenicas y las que valoramos los daños y hacemos todos los tramites< >>es lo que estamos haciendo, un albergue >>encima la madrugada se fueron a sus casas pero ya inundadas >>con

hunkering down in the tourist town of puerto vallarta. it looks like based on the strength of the storm, they are bracing for catastrophic damage. harvey: there is no question, this is anywhere from dangerous to catastrophic. you see the well-defined eye . you can see them getting a little bit of secured. when you are that immense and intense, a little weakening is not a big deal. category five looks like when it will make landfall and ultimately, it will move over land and we can after that. we are talking about sustained winds of 190, got up to 35. anything close to that, hurricane winds extending out -- there is puerto vallarta, and you can see the storm promotion will take it to the east. that is close enough. when we look at the track, it will weaken as it nears the mountains of mexico. dangerous and frightening mudslides are possible there. then it will be enhancing reign over texas and the gulf coast where they have already had an enormous amount of rain. at that will play out this weekend and early next week. phil: thanks. right n

puerto vallarta and another major port city did avoid a direct hit. joe fryer reports now from mexico's pacific coast. >> reporter: hurricane patricia strengthened very quickly, and today the storm is weakening quickly. now a tropical depression. a sigh of relief for people up and down mexico's pacific coast. officials are now assessing the damage. washed-out roads and landslides. >> translator: i live on the southern end, and the truth is, it really destroyed a good portion of our home. and took a lot of trees. but thankfully we are all okay. >> reporter: but officials say no major catastrophic damage in well-populated areas like puerto vallarta and manz nil la. winds were blowing at 165 miles an hour. a strong category 5 storm. but not as strong as it was before hitting land when winds were at 200 miles an hour. still, it was a wild ride for thousands of coastal tourists unable to evacuate before patricia hit. the strongest part of the storm appears to have hit more sparsely populated areas. already today airports in puerto vallarta and guadalajara

certainly between manzanillo and puerto vallarta, a lot of damage. it will be gone. by tomorrow evening, it's a remnant low. for our weather, it is cold out there. 29 in orange. norwood down to the 40s. mid-30s in downtown boston. chilly start to our weekend. tomorrow staying cool, the low 50s, but much less wind than today. we are tracking a system off to our west. cold front heading through chicago heading to detroit. that's going to bring us a little bit of rainfall. the clouds will be persistent in eastern massachusetts through tomorrow. clouds continue to thicken up tomorrow night and we'll track the rain showers for sunday morning. right when you wake up, looking at less than a quarter inch of total rainfall. by the time we head tomorrow afternoon -- not too much wind, just a lighter on shore flow. we'll stay in the 40s on saturday night. then the showers around for sunday morning. a brighter afternoon all told by october standards. mid-60s for the afternoon. low 50s and the chance for those showers, a sprinkle by 1:00 and then just breezy, mild with increasing

san francisco resident brad powell is vacationing in puerto vallarta. the hoy tell where he is staying -- the hotel where he is staying put a note under his door. >> in two hours pack your things and put your wags in the -- bags in the bathtub or bathroom and close the door. bring a backpack and go downstairs to the ballroom which we have turned into a shelter. >> suddenly the vacation plans changed. >> effective this time you are no longer considered a guest. you are a refugee. that eke sphrood us out. >> he tweeted pictures writing sounds like we are under a water fall, but the thatch roof in the lobby is holding up. brad took shelter, so cal resident cindy cow -- cowan was determined to get home. >> we are getting on the last private plane. >> she made it back home to so cal. despite a slight weakening damage could be devastating. >> what happens tomorrow? will we be here? what is the rest of the area going to look like even if we are safe? we can't answer that question right now. >> abc7 news. >> you can hear the strength of the storm. the video was

national hurricane center says patricia's eye made landfall south of puerto vallarta with of 165 miles an hour. the state department says that right now, thousands of americans tourists are trapped in the storm's path. >> i have never been through something like this. they didn't give us a lot of information about how to prepare and they told everyone to meet in the lobby at a certain time and they evacuated everybody out of the building. >> we are posting this video of the storm earlier tonight on instagram. the eye focuses on mexico's pacific coast. >> the storm was named on tuesday. it held on to tropical storm status into the day on wednesday. and then it was just 24 hours from late wednesday night to thursday night it went from a tropical storm to a category 5 hurricane. peaked with 200-mile-per-hour winds strongest storm ever in the western hemisphere and then made landfall 165 per hour winds and now a cat. 4 as the weakening begins over mexico. it loses some structure over the mountains. a cat. 4 hurricane 50 miles southeast of puerto vallarta 130-mile- per-hour winds moving nor

people in puerto vallarta are preparing at this time. windows being boarded up, evacuations continue, tourists are trying to get out while they can. >> yesterday they were talking about a hurricane coming in and we have to fetch our connecting flights from mexico to the netherlands tonight. so we have to fly out. >> remember, this hurricane mushroomed out of nowhere. there wasn't a lot of advance notice. some hotels have evacuated their guests by busing them inland. and flights to mexico are being canceled at airports across the country. >> our lisa chan has been checking the boards at sfo. lisa. >> reporter: good afternoon. alaska airlines flight was supposed to leave here to puerto vallarta at 10:44 a.m. but it was canceled. in fact, the lines at the alaska airlines desk were very short because no one on that flight even showed up. the airline contacted passengers with the cancellation. this was one of a dozen canceled flights between california and mexico because of hurricane patricia. >> my son was getting married down there. we were

warning was put into effect for a stretch of coastline that includes the tourist resort of puerto vallarta.