EMMY
EMMY WINNER FOR BEST EVENING NEWSCAST STARTS RIGHT NOW AND WE START TONIGHT WITH BREAKING
NEWS.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE NOW
WITHOUT POWER TONIGHT AS A
MAJOR WINTER STORM HITS THE
AREA.
THIS IS NEW VIDEO IN NORTH
HIGHLANDS.
JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
HIGH WINDS ARE KNOCKING TREES
DOWN AND CAUSING POWER OUTAGES
ALL ACROSS THE REGION.
THIS ONE CAUSED A SMALL FIRES.
A LIGHT RAIL SERVICE HAS ALSO
BEEN SUSPENDED TONIGHT BECAUSE
THE POWER IS OUT.
AND STOCKTON POLICE ARE SHARING
THESE IMAGES TONIGHT.
MORE TREES DOWN.
POLICE WARNING PEOPLE TO BE
AWARE OF THEIR SURROUNDINGS.
IF YOU ARE GOING OUTSIDE.
WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE
TONIGHT ABC TENGE GIACOMO
LUKá IS LIVE IN THE SIERRA.
THERE IS NOW& A BLIZZARD WARNING
IN EFFECT.
METEOROLOGIST MONICA WOODS IS
TRACKING ALL ANGLES OF THIS
STORM.
BUT FIRST ABC TEN'S VENTOUX IS
LIVE IN ARDEN WITH MORE DAMAGE
THAN I UNDERSTAND.
THIS IS ON EASTERN AVENUE.
WELL, CHRIS, IT IS COLD.
IT IS A RAINY AND IT IS A WINDY
AND BY FAR THE BIG MENACE
OF THE STORM TONIGHT IN THE
VALLEY IS THE WIND.
CHECK IT OUT.
THIS IS A LARGE TREE LIMB THAT
FELL OVER ON EASTERN AVENUE.
I ESTIMATE IT'S ABOUT 30 TO 40
FEET AND WHEN IT CAME DOWN TOOK
ALONG POWER LINES ALONG WITH
IT.
HENCE ALL OF THE POWER OUTAGES
WE ARE ALSO SEEING IN THIS AREA
RIGHT NOW.
SO AS OF THIS MOMENT, YOU KNOW,
THIS IS THE TYPE OF DAMAGE WE
HAD BEEN SEEING IN A WIDE SWATH
OF OUR REGION.
I COULD TELL YOU THE DAMAGE IS
WIDESPREAD SO FAR JUST STANDING
HERE WE'RE FEELING GUSTS
OF WIND.
I'M ALSO SEEING IN THE DISTANCE
FLASHES OF GREEN LIGHT,
POSSIBLY TRANSFORMERS BLOWING
OUT.
SO WE HAVE SEEN THESE SIMILAR
IMAGES THROUGHOUT OUR NIGHT
HERE IN NORTHERN SACRAMENTO.
WE'VE SEEN DAMAGE IN FAIR OAKS,
CITRUS HEIGHTS AND OF COURSE
HERE IN ART.
AND SO CERTAINLY A VERY BUSY
NIGHT FOR EMERGENCY OFFICIALS
HERE.
I WANT TO SHOW YOU ALSO A VIDEO
OF A FIRE IN NORTHERN
SACRAMENTO IN FRANZA AVENUE.
YOU CAN SEE JUST A MASSIVE FIRE
RESPONSE HERE AS FIRE FIRST
RESPONDERS RATHER ARE DEALING
WITH FIRES DOWN TREE LINES,
DOWNED POWER LINES A JUST A
REALLY CHAOTIC NIGHT.
SO A LOT OF AGENCIES IN OUR
REGION TONIGHT CREWS ARE BABY
PEOPLE TO STAY OFF THE ROADS AS
THEY RESPOND TO MULTIPLE
EMERGENCIES THROUGHOUT THIS
EVENING.
>> WE CANNOT STRESS THAT
ENOUGH.
WE CAN JUST HEAR THAT WIND
BLOWING THERE AND YOUR MIKE,
YOU BE SAFE THERE.
VAN WE'LL CHECK BACK IN AS
THINGS MERIT.
OK, TAKE A LOOK.
THIS IS THE SMUDGE OUTAGE MAP
TONIGHT.
THE COMPANY IS NOW REPORTING
MORE THAN 70000 CUSTOMERS IN
SACRAMENO COUNTY.
NOW IN THE DARK THEY ARE
ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO REPORT
OUTAGES ONLINE AND WANT TO SHOW
YOU THE PG&E MAP TONIGHT.
THEY ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO HAVE
FLASHLIGHTS READY IF YOU WERE
USING CANDLES.
PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE THEM
UNATTENDED, MONICA.
THERE IS A LOT TO TALK ABOUT
TONIGHT.
HOW ARE THINGS RIGHT NOW?
WELL, VAN HIT IT RIGHT ON THE
NOSE.
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE WINDS RIGHT
NOW.
RAIN AND SNOW WILL COME A
LITTLE BIT LATER.
CURRENTLY WINDS AT ABOUT 35 TO
45 MILES PER HOUR.
THOSE ARE THE SUSTAINED WINDS.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE GUSTS
THOUGH BECAUSE EVERY NOW AND
THEN YOU GET THIS BIG BLAST
OF WIN THAT CAN TAKE DOWN THE
TREES, THE POWER LINES, ETC. AS
YOU WERE SEEING FROM SOME
OF THOSE PICTURES, CURRENT PEAK
WIND GUSTS UPWARDS OF 50 AND 55
MILES PER HOUR, SOME LOCALIZED
AREAS HAVE HAD WIND GUSTS AT
ABOUT 58 ALMOST 60 MILES PER
HOUR FOR TONIGHT.
WE'RE NOT QUITE DONE YET.
THIS IS JUST THE LEADING EDGE
OF THIS SYSTEM BLASTING THROUGH
CENTRAL CALIFORNIA, NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA.
SOME OF THESE IMAGES HERE AS WE
ZOOM IN YOU CAN SEE RAIN FOR
SACRAMENO OAK GROVE, STOCKTON
JACKSON WITH SOME SNOW UP TO
THE NORTH YUBA CITY WITH SOME
HEAVIER RAIN.
IT'S REALLY COMING DOWN AND
WILLIAMS FARTHER TO THE NORTH.
WE'VE GOT SNOW PILING UP IN
REDDING STARTING TO COME DOWN
IN RED BLUFF AND SOME OF THOSE
LOW SNOW LEVELS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH TONIGHT FOR US TILL
POLIT PINES PLACERVILLE ALL
WITH SNOW AS WELL AS JACKSON
MURPHY'S ARNOLD SINORA AND
GROVELAND.
NOW THE SNOW LINE WILL START TO
MOVE UP THE HILL BUT THIS IS
ALL DRIVEN BY THIS BIG LOW OFF
THE COAST.
SO AGAIN WE LOOK AT THAT HIGH
WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL
NOON TOMORROW WITH POTENTIAL
GUSTS TO 60 MILES PER HOUR.
BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT TWO
TO EIGHT FEET OF SNOW, 70 PLUS
MILE PER HOUR WINDS TRAVELED
THROUGH THIS YEAR AT NEARLY
IMPOSSIBLE AND A WINTER STORM
WARNING AGAIN.
ALSO CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY
FRIDAY.
THAT'S WHY I'M TELLING YOU THIS
IS JUST THE BEGINNING, CHRIS.
IT IS A BIG STORM.
LET'S GO NOW TO ABC TENGE
GIACOMO LUKáIN TRUCKEE.
JACOMO, AS MONICA MENTIONED, A
BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT
.
WELL, CHRIS, YOU CAN SEE THAT
STORM ALREADY HERE.
THE WIND, THE SNOW IT'S COMING
DOWN RIGHT NOW AND I'LL TELL
YOU WHAT I'LL SHOW YOU THIS IS
THAT LIGHT FLUFFY STUFF COMING
DOWN JUST A FEW MOMENTS AGO WE
SAW REALLY A CONVOY OF CALTRANS
TRUCKS MOVING
I
I 80.
I 80. THEY ARE WORKING TO GET THOSE ROADS CLEAR BUT IT IS COMING
DOWN QUICK.
TRAFFIC IS CONTINUING TO MOVE
ALONG THE HIGHWAY BUT AT THE
PASS LEVELS THOSE CHAIN EFFECTS
ARE IN PLACE RIGHT NOW.
IF YOU WANT TO GO AND CROSS THE
SIERRA NEVADA.
NOW EARLIER TONIGHT WE SPOKE
WITH FOLKS WHO ARE PREPARING
FOR WHATEVER IS TO COME AS
OFFICIALS PREPARE FOR AVALANCHE
CONTROL.
DAVID DAVID NWIS STOCKED UP ON
FUEL GROCERIES AND FIREWOOD.
HE MOVED TO TRUCKEE A WEEK AND
A HALF AGO.
IS QUITE THE BAPTISM BY WELL
SNOW I GUESS NOT FIRE SURFERS
AT MOODY'S RESTAURANT ARE
SEALING UP THEIR OUTDOOR PATIO
HOPEFULLY TO KEEP THE SNOW OUT.
>> AND WE'RE PLANNING ON
OPENING TOMORROW.
JANE CORAN HUSBAND STEVE HAVE
LIVED HERE 10 YEARS AND BEEN
THROUGH A MANY AS SNOW STORMS.
THEY SAY WHERE YOU HAD THE
BLIZZARD COULD DUMP AS MUCH AS
SEVEN FEET AT THE SIERRAS
HIGHEST LEVELS BY FRIDAY.
CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION
OFFICIALS ARE URGING PEOPLE TO
AVOID TRAVEL.
>> WE'RE EXPECTING BLIZZARD AND
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
EVERYBODY'S SAFE AND IT'S GOOD
FOR EVERYBODY.
BUT I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE
HERE WHILE THIS IS HAPPENING.
>> NEVADA'S WASHOE COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE PUT OUT AN
URGENT WARNING TO ANYONE
TRAVELING IN THE AREA,
ESPECIALLY TOURISTS.
THEY SAY THEY SHOULD NOT VEER
OFF OF ANY HIGHWAYS RIGHT NOW
AS IF YOU'RE IN AN AREA THAT
YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH.
YOU COULD BE POTENTIALLY GOING
DOWN TREACHEROUS PATHWAYS THAT
THEY SAY HAS HAPPENED TO DOZENS
OF PEOPLE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL
YEARS, INCLUDING ONE JUST LAST
SUNDAY.
MY GOODNESS, WE CANNOT STRESS
IT ENOUGH.
PLEASE BE SAFE OUT THERE.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST GETTING
SOME NEW VIDEO IN REDDING
TONIGHT.
I FIVE IS NOW CLOSED.
STARTING 10 MILES NORTH OF THE
CITY BECAUSE OF HEAVY SNOW.
YOU CAN SEE EMERGENCY CREWS ARE
HARD AT WORK TRYING TO GET
PEOPLE OFF THE ROAD.
AND THIS JUST IN TRAFFIC IS AT
A STEADY STILL ON THE YELLOW
CAUSEWAY BECAUSE OF A TRAFFIC
ACCIDENT.
WE ARE WAITING TO GET MORE
INFORMATION FROM THE CHP ABOUT
EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.
BUT AGAIN, AS YOU CAN SEE
THERE, TRAFFIC AT A STANDSTILL
ON THE YELLOW CAUSEWAY TONIGHT.
CAL FIRE IS SHARING THIS IMAGE
TONIGHT IN LAKE COUNTY.
THEY HAD TO RESCUE THIS DRIVER
FROM THE CAR.
THEY ARE CALLING ON EVERYONE TO
TAKE IT EASY ON THE ROADS.
WE SPOKE TO CHP TODAY ABOUT
WHAT NOT TO DO.
ONE OF THE WORST THINGS THAT
YOU CAN DO IS SLAMMING ON YOUR
BRAKES SODH APPLYING YOUR
BRAKES TOO HARD BECAUSE THEN
YOU LOSE THAT TRACTION BETWEEN
YOUR WHEELS AND THE ROADWAY AND
THEN YOU NEVER KNOW YOU'RE
COMPLETELY OUT OF CONTROL UNTIL
YOU ACTUALLY GAIN THAT TRACTION
AGAIN.
>> MEANWHILE, EMERGENCY CREWS
ARE HARD AT WORK TRYING TO
PREVENT MUDSLIDES.
THEY ARE A MAJOR CONCERN IN THE
RECENT BURN AREAS.
CALLAWAY YES, SHARE THIS VIDEO
WITH T.J. THEY TELL US IT DOES
NOT TAKE MUCH FOR DEBRIS