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00:00 Brandon, thank you so much. And now we're taking a look at the California
00:03 Highway Patrol's traffic page with all the updates from the impacts that we're
00:07 seeing of the storm on our roadways. In fact, just about 10 p.m. They reported
00:11 that just at southbound I five on Fort Tahon Road, it was a partial rock slide
00:16 within the roadways. Meanwhile, at the mouth of the canyon on Highway 1 78, we
00:21 are seeing we are seeing rocks blocking the mouth of the canyon in eastbound
00:26 and westbound lanes. In fact, just on the I five south of Highway 1 19, a
00:31 vehicle spin out. We've seen several reports of these spin outs already this
00:35 evening. There's also a closure of the road on I five at Fraser Mountain Park
00:40 Road. Another traffic collision on Huffton Road on southbound Highway 99
00:45 and along Highway 99 as well at the Philip S. Rain rest area. In fact, CHP
00:51 is reporting a wrong way driver. So many traffic issues that we've been
00:56 seeing tonight as the storm continues to flood several areas throughout Kern