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migrants pouring out of the middle east and africa. germany is considering overhauling the asylum codes to stem the influx and croatia is closing roads to serbia until further notice. that could force a crush of asylum seekers to take fields littered with land mines from the balkans from the 1990s. we have ben wedeman with more. reporter: there are buses coming to take these refugees and migrants away. five buses have taken away 250 to 300 people. they are lined up over 1,000. there are thousands more in other parts of town waiting to get out. it does seem that the flows continue. we understand they will be moved
godi schwartz is there for us right now. this is just getting worse. reporter: yes, alex, incredible destruction out here. people s homes destroyed, people s livelihoods destroyed. this supply company has been completely gutted. the town of shelan is completely surrounded by fire right now. overnight, hundreds of firefighters working to beat back the flames that threatened to consume this popular tourist destination in central washington. the fire stretches 15 miles in some places, closing roads, and knocking out power. fire officials say it all started friday, sparked by bursts of dry lightning. this fire started in an area where there s fine flashing fuels. when the wind gets going and heats up, it just rages through. reporter: smoke rising over lake shelan where water sports have been replaced by water drops. at least 25 structures destroyed, including this fruit warehouse, while residents could only stand by and watch them burn.
thank you, mr. byer, for being with us. we are looking at the cars being burned. can you give us an assessment of where the fire stands right now? our latest estimate, we are still at a little over 3,500 acres and still 5% contained. i m sorry. can you repeat? is it contained at all? it s at 3,500 acres and 5% contained. 5% contained, good to know. you know, we know this is not necessarily new to california. authorities there are so adroit at giving warnings, at closing roads. do you have any idea for us as to how this could have happened? no. the fire is still under investigation, so we still haven t determined the cause. the cause of the fire. but how is it that it was able to jump on to this freeway?
salmonella headlines, two ships trapped in the ice in antarctic breaking free. a chinese ice breaker stuck trying to rescue has been stuck for days. a shift in the news allowed a crack and both good news. a massive wave in portugal catching folks totally by surprise. watching big waves after a storm but were not ready for this. several cars damaged but nobody hurt. life threatening cold gripping the nation again today, even extending all the way to the south paralyzing air travel, closing roads, shutting down so many schools. deep freeze also being blamed for 15 deaths, mostly traffic accidents. how much longer will we have to suffer our meteorologist is outside suffering where the windchill, janice, it s warming up. what are you complaining about? it s 12 degrees right now? you and i are hardy gals. i m from canada and you re from minnesota so we know what it s