Im frances rivera. Fire fighters are entering an eighth day of fires raging across southern california. Fire Officials Say six wind whipped fires covering more than 250,000 acres have destroyed more than 800 homes and structures. 100,000 people have been forced to evacuate. The largest blaze, the thomas fire in Santa Barbara and ventura counties, is causing power surges and temporary outages for tens of thousands of customers. And the inferno is triggering new evacuation orders. Among those in the line of danger, talk show host Ellen Degeneres who tweeted her home is under evacuation and had to take her pets. Dan has the latest from the ground. Reporter the thomas fire, the biggest in southern california, is still on the move. Over of the last 12 to 14 hours we experienced extreme fire behavior. Reporter a new flareup in Santa Barbara county, more than 100,000 residents under evacuation orders. Perfect for wildfires. Were in december. The vegetation is as dry as its ever been. You know
Im jamie colby, in laguna beach, california, about an hour south of l. A. I think my favorite strange inheritance stories are about regular folks who discover something in moms attic or grandpas basement that not only changes their lives but reveals something i never knew about american history. My name is marty dolan. For decades, a few boxes collected dust in my mothers attic. When i opened them, i discovered my familys link to some of the most sensational crime stories of the 20th century. I meet marty, a 70yearold retired anesthesiologist. Hi, marty. Im jamie colby. Welcome to my home. He tells me this true detective story begins in 1960, when martys greatuncle, mike malone, a longtime irs employee, passes away. Martys grandmother, molly, heads to st. Paul, minnesota, to collect her brothers personal effects. Its there she makes a bizarre find under the pillow a gun. No serial numbers on the gun. They were etched out. Why would he, as a government employee, have a gun with no seria
Destroyed. This woman says a wall fell next to her but luckily didnt hit her. This is a remote mountainous region. They will come on vacation. One of the main issues is just getting the heavy equipment in to sift through some of this rubble and, of course, the ambulances in to try to get those wounded out. In the village just frustrated survivors loved ones bury under the rubble. No one has gone there yet. They sealed off the area and ed us the e Vatican Pope Francis skipped his traditional lesson and prayed for the victim of the earthquake instead. Also at noon, members of Elon University Womens Basketball team on the way back home to North Carolina after feeling the the athletes who were in roam for an international and cultural learning experience say they have shaken up by the incident. Charlotte smith the teams coach told cnn the entire hotel shook for 30 seconds but there was no damage. Split says everybody is o. K. The team is expected to arrive sometime today. Meanwhile another
Authorities in Chickasaw County were not able to save a driver pleading for help as he was being swept away by floodin. Flooding. It all happened just after 4 30 wednesday morning. Authorities say a driver called 911 near protivin saying floodwaters pushed his car off the road. Later, rescuers found the mans car near lawler. But no sign of the victim. After floodwaters was found. Authorities have not released his identity. Flooding in Winneshiek County from wednesday is still affecting parts of eastern iowa. School officials in decorah and riceville have cancelled classes again today. Decorah schools were forced to close on their first day back yesterday. Flood waters damaged several homes and businesses. Some were forced out of their homes before it was too late. We can hear water right away when when we got to our bedroom door we ran through the kitchen and opened the tidal wave of water the basement was filling up and the walls had collapsed in the basement and he said we need to ge
In a row. The humidity is going to stay low. Plenty of sunshine as well. 65 degrees right now. The official sunrise 40 minutes away from right now and were starting to see some skies turn a little brighter this morning as we do we can clearly see that we are cloud free in the raleigh area. If you dont believe that picture. Look at this. Yeah a few clouds. Those are drifted out of our area right now. So lets get temperatures. 60 right now in henderson. 64 in durham. Low 60s around roxboro, siler city. Also towards clinton as well this morning. So heres a look at your forecast throughout the day. Its going be very comfortable as you head out early. 70 at 8 a. M. We make it to 88 for an should be. Mid80s for that evening drive home. Right around the corner. Ill let you know when they arrive in your neighborhood coming up. Right now though, lets send to it allie. Good morning. Its a nice one to be out there on the roads through raleigh, cary, apex, nightdale. Delayfree as well. All of the