and then just swirled around houston for days. and then walloped port arthur with a tremendous rainfall there. well, for hurricane irma, it is a major hurricane. major being category 3 and above. it may reach category 5 by the time it apreached the leeward islands. we want to show you what's happening outside of los angeles where a fire has been raging. temperatures have soared here over the last five days. they've been between 38 and 42 degrees celsius, between 100 and 108 degrees. this is just to the north of los angeles. this is an area in the vicinity of burbank. bryce canyon park, key stone, castleman. those are some of the areas that have mandatory evacuations. it's consumed about 2,000 acres or about 800 hectares. it's only 10% contained. firefighters may not get a break possibly not until monday. cyril?