region. even fires because of the downed fire lines and downed trees as a result of the wind. so you can imagine heavy rainfall, fires on some of these properties and homes, all happening into the overnight areas is a disaster scenario with a system still maintaining category 1 hurricane strength. an incredible system here that made landfall among the strongest we have seen in the u.s. but a classic brown ocean effect taking place with this storm. it s a meteorological phenomenon that impacts about 20% of tropical systems, where, even once they makel landfall, the land interaction doesn t make for much weakening. so you have kind a bit of moist landscape, that is just like the gulf of mexico. warm waters that allow these storms to fuel and work northward. that is what the storm system was doing between 1:00 p.m. eastern and 6:00 p.m. eastern,
several people are missing. heartbreaking images out of the gold rush-era town of greenville. dozens of homes and businesses now gone. abc s zohreen shah reporting tonight from the fire lines. reporter: tonight, the largest wildfire in the nation continues to torch communities across california. the dixie fire rapidly exploding across four counties, burning nearly 450,000 acres, overwhelming firefighters. the containment level dropping overnight to just 21%. authorities say four firefighters injured fighting the blaze. one recovering in the hospital. five people are now missing as the devastation of the fire is starting to emerge. more than 260 homes and businesses destroyed. in the town of greenville, nothing but charred foundations and piles of ash. it looks like this for blocks. homes and buildings that have withstood the test of time for over a hundred years, decimated, and car after car like this. metal from this car turned into
removing climate warning carbon from the atmosphere. this is the third largest fire in oregon since 1900. firefighters have had to wait to reengage with the fire. lucy kafanov joins some of those firefighters on the front lines. reporter: we spent the day out with crews that have been battling the bootleg fire, they have been clearing treeing and digs up lines to block the path. they have made significant progress in containing the fire, in part that is because of more favorable weather conditions. we have seen reduced winds as well as higher humidity which really helped teams improve those fire lines. and we saw firsthand just how dangerous the winds can be. conditions are so dry that embers from the bootleg can foe flying and start smaller spot fires.go
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you never know what you ll be faced with. please, vote yes on 19. tonight, several developing stories as we come on the air. there is major news coming in right now involving the race for a vaccine. and the daring rescues under way at this hour. at least 25 major fires across california tonight. nine states with fires burning now. more than a dozen people still trapped. a wife waiting for her husband and boys to be rescued. national guard and navy pilots airlifting more than 160 people to safety. choppers tonight flying through blinding smoke and flames. families driving to escape. fire lines on both sides of the road. thousands of homes at risk as we go into the night. an entire town nearly burned to the ground. also tonight, that breaking news involving the race for a vaccine. one of the front-runners