Now. They include the scu lightning complex, and also the czu august lightning complex in santa cruz. And in the north bay, crews say that they are having a really toughim getting to this wildfire in the Point Reyes National seashore. It grew from 15 to 700 acres yesterday. Smoke from the fire now drifting in to west marin and it is not threatening any homes at this point, but some trails are closed. In the east bay, the deer zone fire complex burning on the east side of mt. Diablo is still out of control. There are Evacuation Orders for march and territory roads all the way to the alameda douncoun line. Governor newsom has declared an emergency because of all the wildfires across the tn 30 wild burning throughout california at this point. The governor is planning to give an update at noon on the states response to the wildfires, the heat wave and of course covid19. Well bring to you live on abc 7 and abc7news. Com. The fires are causing some road closures as you can imagine. Jobina fo
Just a few moments. And, of course, air quality still a huge concern. Here is a live look at the air quality tracker on our website abc7news. Com. You can see the air is unhealthy and in the south and east bays. Good morning, everybody. It is tuesday, august 25th. A lot to get to. But, first, we want to check in with you, mike, to see what our forecast has in store today. We know that will have a big impact on how theyre able to fight these fires. Exactly. We have a mixture of fog and smoke this morning. And the fog the closer you are to the coast, that is where the marine layer is the deepest around 1,100 to 1,200 feet and visibility down to less than a quarter of a mile on the peninsula coast and with the winds blowing ashore lightly some of that fog is making it all the way into napa. Now, i want to wrap it up right here and send it back to you guys because we have a press conference on the fires. Okay. The czu lightning complex fire burning were hoping to get some updated numbers.
Valley. When they begin speaking we will bring it to you live. A pg e worker died in the wildfire in solano county. He was clearing power poles. This would allow access to emergency responders. He was unresponsive. Cpr was performed on the individual. The employee was transported by ambulance and pronounced deceased at a local hospital. Gates canyon is in the hills above vacaville. They have not said how the worker has died. This is the first data reported in the fires. There is the hennessy fire. The lnu lightning complex this is named after the lake napa unit. Doubtfire destroyed dozens of homes on tuesday night. Officials lifted some of the Evacuation Orders. People into areas of fairfield were given the green light to return home. Travis air force base is under an Evacuation Order, only Mission Essential personnel will work today. The walbridge fire is part of the lnu lightning complex fire. The fire is 14,500 acres. There is zero containment. There are mandatory evacuation. Much o
Have been downgraded to warnings and while calm conditions helped firefighters make some progress overnight a red flag warning is in effect, bay area wide through tomorrow afternoon. We want to get to darren peck. The thunderstorm complex sitting off the coast right now, take a look at the High Definition doppler, its a complicated picture. You see a big mass of a thunderstorm of the coast of san mateo county, that is not actually there. The Weather Service has set this radar to its most sensitive so we can pick up the leading edge of the storms. That is clutter, not rain. But here is a Lightning Strike and it is moving, all of this stuff is stationary. The stuff that is moving is the wave of scattered thunderstorms that will get here later tonight. Over the next few hours, look down here. We have a few more coming up the coast so unfortunately we are still on schedule, the forecast is not changed a whole lot. Tonight through tomorrow morning is our highest concern, a 40 chance for iso
And were standing by for an and weve probably been in 50 or update on the czu fire keeping so of these hurricanes. Thousands of people out of their so, you know, this is quite a homes. The third hour of today in the storm. It is the strongest storm that bay starts right now. Made landfall in this part of and a good thursday morning to you, thanks so much for the region right at the starting your morning right here with us. Louisiana texas border. Im marcus washington. Im laura garcia. A check on your commute with category 4. 150 mimileanhour winds and, mike in just moments. Cut across this area and left a but, first, some incredible lot of damage here. We know that buildings and homes images coming out showing the have been damaged extensively. Powerful hurricane that slammed flooding continues to be an into the louisiana texas border issue here. Overnight. Hundreds of thousands of people hurricane laura made landfall as a category 4 storm. Without power at this point. And the danger p