the second largest to scorch california. i didn t know where i was. whose house was what. it was a waste land. grateful to be alive. we got each other. the 2021 hurricane season, not as prolific as the record shattering 2020, was overachieving. seven hurricane, four of which, category 3 or higher. catagory 4, hurricane ida. recovering from last year. we are looking at imminent landfall of this storm. flattening entire communities, leaving many without power. some outages, for months. a path of destruction in the northeast. dumping 10 minutes of rain. several new york city, taking a
exposing one of the most fragile, crumbling, ill-fitted infrastructure. a once in a millennium heat wave, resulting in the highest recorded in the region. parts of canada, swelling up over 100. 228 people dying in washington state and oregon alone. electricity went off. it is getting warmer and warmer. kicking off heat ace the hottest summer on record for the united states. the boot leg fire, burning 413,000 acres, the dixie fire,
land charred by far. the boot leg fire is spreading at an average rate of 1,000 acres per hour and it is only 25% contained. joining me now, karen mcginnis, what s the latest on these fires? the firefighters have really had their hands fulfill this fire season, in 11 western states. now, every season is very traumatic. a lot of firefighters involved with this. also, a lot of personnel. in most areas, just about every state is seeing extreme drought conditions like we haven t seen in many years. but also we re look at low relative humidity. there is very little chance of rain. there is this heat dome across the west, and that is suppressing any kind of moisture. when you look at these loops of the satellite imagery of the plumes of smoke, you can see just how dramatic these are.
recorded it. you don t know that was actually said. none of this happened. the question to the virginia naacp chapter s that okay with you. lawrence: that s not right. rachel: that s not right. pete: we provided an update. we have additional headlines starting with a fox news alert. evacuations underway as raging wildfire rips through northern california. the tamarac fire sent through 6600 areas sending smoke over lake tahoe area in negative viewed. groups have made little ground on the largest fire, boot leg fire in southern oregon. it destroyed 67 homes and thousands more are in the its path. for guests in a houston area water park 60 area had to be treated a chemical spill near a kiddie spill. not that chemical spill a real one. 29 people were taken to local hospitals including a 3-year-old child. s ha mat officials say the
congresswoman and doctor, thank you so much. always good to see you, my friend. and we go from washington to california. the developing weather situation in the bay area. a red flag warning issued over exploding wildfires tomorrow afternoon. it comes as the tamarack fire not too far from the nevada state line. also the boot leg fire in southern oregon is the biggest wildfire in the u.s. it is even larger in circumference than new york city. scott is standing by in boulder creek, california. this western heat wave is not letting up. how worried are officials about how much worse it can get? reporter: they re very worried. that explains the red flag warning for much of northern california, including the bay area where i am. the santa cruz mountains, that s where boulder creek is. you can see what a lightning indeuced fire can do. this was a neighborhood that was