From the sheriffs telling us we needed to leave, and live now. The tick fire in Los Angeles County has already caused a huge amount of damage, but its dwarfed in size by the kincaid fire, which has spread across the Sonoma County wine region in Northern California and now threatens homes in the San Francisco bay area. 50,000 people there have been ordered to leave. Were evacuating because this fire is very dangerous. And it is expected to move towards healdsburg and windsor this evening. The winds that we are going to experience will be much like what we experienced in october of 2017. We already have a fire burning and we have advance notice now, and that is why we are taking these precautions. We want you to start evacuating now. Water is continually being dropped by planes as firefighters try to contain the blaze on the ground. But days of forecast strong, hot, dry winds are going to make theirjob much more difficult. We are potentially going to see a historical wind event, and it h
Hello and welcome to bbc news. The white house says President Trump will make a major statement at the white house on sunday, following a tweet from the president saying something very big had just happened. No details have been given of what mr trump was referring to, but theres speculation that it could concern the leader of the Islamic State militant group, Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi. Us media reports suggest he was the target of a Us Special Forces operation in the syrian province of idlib on saturday. With me is our News Reporter gareth barlow. What more do we know . With regard to the Us Government and donald trump, very little. Late on saturday night he tweeted, very simply, something very because happen. No further detail and explanation. Over an hour later the white house put out a little bit more expansive comment saying the president of the United States would be making a major statement tomorrow. That is sunday morning from the white house but again no further detail or explanati
At this. We still have rain in the bay area. We have a cell thats washing over the napa, soda springs areas that already have a whole lot of water ponding on the roads. This right here some moderate rainfall from walnut creek through alamo heading towards the danville and san ramon area and look how it stretches across san leandro back in through the san mateo bridge and all the way into redwood city. That is some prett moderate to heavy rainfall at this time that will interfere with the morning commute. Flood warning in effect for the highlighted area encompasses Mark West Creek. Santa rosa, sebastopol, graton and cotati which means as you head out for your morning commute you can anticipate some water on the roads some ponding some flooding and also the Russian River, this is a dire concern this morning it already crested last tuesday. Its already past its flood stage at 33 feet. It will crest36 at 11 a. M. Which means we anticipate moderate flooding around johnson beach. Mostly clou
So, not all ticks are trouble. Certain ticks can carry diseases that they can transmit to people, and those are the ticks that are trouble. What sort of diseases can they carry . So, that depends on where you live. Certain ticks can cause diseases such as lyme disease. Another one is Rocky Mountain spotted fever. And theres lots of other diseases that you see throughout the country. Just depends on where you live. So, how can we avoid being bitten by ticks . So, ticks like to live in wooded areas, long, high grassy areas. When youre going into those areas, you should wear long sleeves, long pants. You should tuck your pants into your shoes and socks, and wear bug spray, spray bug spray, preferably one that has deet in it. And lightcolored clothing is also something good, so if the tick is on your clothing or starting to crawl, then you can easily identify it and pick it off. Okay, so we do all that. Are we done . No. The most important thing is to check yourself to see if any ticks hav
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