A woman was killed in Sacramento Saturday evening after being hit by a falling tree, officials said. A wind advisory is in effect for through Sunday afternoon as a new storm system rolls into the region.
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The Lava Fire outside Weed, Calif. Thursday, July 1, 2021.
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The order to leave came in the early afternoon.
April Williams was asleep when she heard a bang, bang, bang on her door. The 27-year-old, part-time childcare worker lifted her head and peaked out the window of her home, nestled among single-story ranch-style houses and ponderosa pine trees in Lake Shastina, a small town in the shadow of Mount Shasta near the Oregon border.
The sky was red and full of smoke.