At least 15 people dead and destroyed hundreds of houses. 20,000 people have fled their homes, and a state of emergency has been declared. California is no stranger to wildfires but these are some of the worst on record. A combination of dry weather and strong winds are fuelling the ferocious pace of the flames. The bbcs dave lee is on the scene. Its the vast scale of these wildfires thats most alarming. More than 15 major blazes raging across 73,000 acres, creating an apocalyptic landscape. The conditions were perfect dry tinder, ignited with the help of 50 mph winds. When the flames came up, we came down here, and you could not see your hand in front of your face. Fire was coming up over the houses, about 100 feet, both sides of the street. Firefighters say containment has been virtually impossible, so they have been concentrating on getting people to safety. These people in this car fleeing to escape, shocked by the mass destruction. Holy moly and in towns and cities north and south
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You should call him pooh. Pretend you are just saying pooh. Pooh after the war there was so much sadness and then winnie the pooh came along and happiness came out. Goodbye christopher robin, rated pg. In select theaters friday. And now, bbc world news. Laura this is bbc world news america. Reporting from washington, im Laura Trevelyan. While players race across Northern California while players race across northern wildfires race across Northern California. A state of emergency has been declared. Everything is gone. Its a fire pit. Laura catalonias president says he has a mandate to declare independence from spain, but holds off from now. And icelands active volcano creating havoc for travelers. Now scientists are trying to predict the next major eruption. Laura welcome to our viewers on Public Television in america and around the globe. The wildfires raging across californias famous wine region have left 15 people dead. Hundreds of houses have been destroyed, and a state of emergency
The rain since it began, 175 millimetres at the moment and still very wet towards the north of wales. You get a sense of the misery of it all from these pictures sent in by oui all from these pictures sent in by our weather watchers. The sun not shining in keswick, yet anyway. Underneath that cloud that is the sort of thing you would run into. But behind that weather front no complaints i suspect from the far north of scotland. There will be some showers around through the afternoon and into the evening. A similar prospect in Northern Ireland. Brighter skies eventually getting in towards the cumbria area as this weather front begins to ease further south and east. But the wind becoming more extensive. And noticeable breeze as well and you may have had some rain in the south east and east anglia but i suspect the rain will come after dark from this weather front. And as that moves away and the sky is clear, we still keep some trees. Quite a cool night to come especially in the countrysi
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