Few days. As temperatures go up, so too does the risk of wildfire with hot, dry conditions earlier on the floor we talked with Cal Fire Division chief and he says that the shift in weather and fire danger in california this week was swift. What we are seeing right now is a rapid dry out of what we call our light flashing fuel. The grass is out there, it is a catch22. We had a great year of rain which is awesome for our reservoirs and Water Supplies but on the flipside its also more dangerous for fires to the small starts we are getting are starting to get larger quicker. As you can see over the last week we see about 150 new fires per week across the state which is an rapid increase than where we were a month ago. He says it is key for People Living in fire prone areas to be prepared by creating Defensible Space around the house. And also having a go bag ready with everything you need in case you have to evacuate. It really is remarkable how fast things dry out. We were talking a momen
Picked up. An elderly woman lives in a home that bird burned but she did not seem to be home at the time. Reporter one firefighter had a heat related illness but no one else was hurt. Has been a hot, dry fire season so far. Weve had several large fires around the city but we havent had the really big ones happen in san joses jurisdiction yet. They are coming. Reporter among the things firefighter safes, these two park seeds that sits overlooking the santa clara valley. This is one of the homes that were saved. You can see the fire came right down to the driveway. Firefighters are now investigating reports of the downed power lines to see if that indeed was the cause of the fire. In san jose, maureen naylor, ktvu fox 2 news. We saw temperatures above 100 degrees and many inland locations today. This obviously a picture of San Francisco where it hits 91 degrees today. We will check in with bill martin a few minutes to find out when we can finally expect some relief. The heat has triggere
Again. Reporter unfazed by the high drama on capitol hill. The fbi as part of our Counterintelligence Mission is investigating the russian governments efforts to interfere in the 2016 president ial election. Reporter the testimony from fbi director james comey offering two black eyes to the Trump Administration, first revealing an Ongoing Investigation now in itself seventh month. That includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the Trump Campaign and the russian government and whether there was any coordination between the the campaign and russias efforts. Reporter and then publicly undercutting the president , refuting trumps tweet. Director comey, was the president s statement that obama had his wires topped in trump tower a true statement . The department has no information that supports those tweets. Reporter the white house still refusing to back down fired back at comeys testimony and then quickly distanced itself from former Trump Campaign
Avenue and Warren Street two homes are flooded. Crews are using pumps to remove water from the basements of those two homes, fire officials tell us the water came from an eight Inch Diameter main most of the water flowed back in the storm drains no word of Water Service outages to the area. The bay area could see travel delays and cancellations because of a powerful storm that pounded the Pacific Northwest now marching toward us. Katie marzullo is live at sfo with the latest. Reporter that adds insult to injury when you are trying to get out of town for the holidays. If you are, you will be joining a crowd, aaa says more than 43 million americans will travel more than 50 miles for the holiday almost 5 1 2 million californians, 1. 2 million will pass through sfo. Take a look at this video, this could cause headaches the weather. This wet and windy storm passing through oregon and washington now. As you heard mike, the rain should be in the bay area tonight into tomorrow, quick look at t
World. There are full power and boundless ambition of the middle east into a crisis and. The rising concerns of the cold starts nov 27th on t. W. This is the. Top stories israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been indicted on corruption charges netanyahu will face trial on charges of bribery fraud and breach of trust he rejected the indictment as an attempted coup against. U. S. Lawmakers have wrapped up public in pitchman hearings against President Donald Trump Political Council of david hungs described ahead Telephone Calls about a probe into trumps democratic rival former trump advise
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