Collisions . Good evening. Thanks for joining us on this sunday. Im tom llamas. We begin with the growing danger from californias raging wildfires. The worst of them, west of sacramento. The fastmoving rocky fire. Take a look right there. Nearly doubling in size overnight. More than 12,000 people evacuated. The fire, only 5 contained. California. Major fires burning in nine states tonight. Clayton sandell starting us off tonight. Clayton . Reporter good evening, tom. You can see the flames flaring up here. Firefighters actually set that fire. Theyre trying to burn through all of this dry, unburned fuel. The goal is to try and hold the line at this highway here, trying to stop a monster fire that has doubled in size in the last 24 hours. Firefighters are working day and night in close handtohand combat against the rocky fire raging north of sacramento. 2,000 firefighters are trying to stop it. Its already chewed through nearly 50,000 acres. Destroying at least 24 homes. Threatening thou
71 islip to bridgeport. 63 poughkeepsie. 75 around central park. We will get to 79 by 9 00. 90 this afternoon with the humidity it will feel like the mid90s. Hot and humid august dog days. Those are coming to an end thursday. We will talk about that in the accuweather sevenday forecast coming up in a moment. How are you doing. Im doing all right. We have an issue with the two trains. We have mechanical problems. Thats downtown near grand concourse you will find the 2 by the 5 line as a result. Long island railroad, new Jersey Transit doing fine. Metro north waterbury branch, ongoing work in bridgeport. No major problems at the hudson river crossings. Minor delays across the board. 78 to the westbound side near exit 3, tractor trailer fire extinguished. Crews are out there now trying to clean up the debris from the tractor trailer fire. One lane is open. Then we have 51st, 52nd. Street cleaning rules are in effect. We begin with the developing story out of new jersey. A new Jersey Polic
Too far for tv . Big game lack lash. A second american doctor accused of illegally killing a lion using a bow and arrow in a restricted as calls to ban it grow. The american hunters coming to the defense this morning of a sport they love. And good morning, america. Boy, what a rough weekend for millions of americans. Well take a live look. Just outside chicago this morning, the aftermath interest those powerful storms overnight. You see that building right there. Also take a look at this. A large tree right in the middle of a city street completely uprooted right there. Wow. So many wildfires burning right now out west. More than 20 in california, more than 12,000 people forced from their homes and they dont know when theyll be able to go back. More on that just ahead. But we do begin in chicago, site of that deadly tent collapse. Gio benitez is on the scene right now. Good morning, gio. Reporter yeah, good morning to you. Look at this mess behind me. Crews are trying to clean this up
Act stress after a major scare. Good evening. Its great to start another week with you. And we begin tonight with the evacuations right now and warnings to get off the with the powerful storms on the move at this hour. Tens of millions from kentucky up to maine in the path. And a deluge today in tampa, florida. And a storm moving in montrose beach, illinois. Its the same system that caused a deadly tent collapse. We have it tonight. Gio benitez has the story. Reporter tonight, tampa florida, inundated. A town by the water, now underwater cars left behind water rushing over the wheel wells, happening so fast, hundreds caught off guard. Reporter Sarah Rosario from our tampa affiliate wfts right in the middle of it. This is exactly what they dont want you to do. Reporter more than 40 residents evacuated from flood waters up to four feet high children, their pets, the elderly, all carried out in boats. Ive never seen it in the years i have lived here. Reporter and now the sheriff there war
Good evening. Thanks for joining us on this sunday. Im tom llamas. We begin with the growing danger from californias raging wildfires. The worst of them, west of sacramento. The fastmoving rocky fire. Take a look right there. Nearly doubling in size overnight. More than 12,000 people evacuated. Two dozen homes gone. The fire, only 5 contained. But the threat not just in california. Major fires burning in nine states tonight. Clayton sandell starting us off tonight. Clayton . Reporter good evening, tom. You can see the flames flaring up here. Firefighters actually set that fire. Theyre trying to burn through all of this dry, unburned fuel. The goal is to try and hold the line at this highway here, trying to stop a monster fire that has doubled in size in the last 24 hours. Firefighters are working day and night in close handtohand combat against the rocky fire raging north of sacramento. 2,000 firefighters are trying to stop it. Its already chewed through nearly 50,000 acres. Destroying