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two villages were evacuated when flames erupted saturday and ten water carrying aircraft were deployed. the peninsula has been experiencing near record high temperatures. an extreme heat wave is stifling much of europe bringing drought and fires. and western europe remains in the grip of the heat wave with more records being set. we re going to talk about hawaii as well. something interesting going on there with hurricane hector but it was only a matter of time before portugal took fire here as a result of very dry conditions. basically what s occurring in california on a much, much smaller scale and we re hoping to avoid the calamity that was 2017 when we lost upwards of 100 people here as a result of the fires. so the government issued 700 plus now fire personnel as natalie mentioned. 10 aircraft are dropping fire retardant on these fires here.
hurricane hector has weakened slightly, still a category 3. the thing it s taking aim at hawaii. emergency management officials are telling people there to, of course, prepare and get their survival kits ready now. meteorologist allison chinchar has more on hector s path. good morning. hurricane hector winds 125 miles an hour and gusting to a 155. its movement is west about at 12 miles per hour. it s still basically in the middle of the ocean. still well away from hawaii but it s making its way in that direction. it is a category 3 storm right now, but it was just a category 4 just a few hours ago. but we are starting to see where that storm is moving. it is expected to remain a major hurricane until tuesday mid-day. then we expect some more weakening as it continues its
the big island of hawaii. this looks to be a mover here to the west for the next few days. it s not going to have much movement latitude wise north or south so it s got to go in a westerly direction. two things to watch with this forecast here. one the system will be weakening as it moves toward the west. so we re going down categories as opposed to the other way around and also the cone is just to the south of the big island. the problem with that is forecast areas are huge natalie by the time we get into wednesday here. so it shifts a little bit to the north. we could be seeing direct impacts from hector. and by the way, the rainfall associated with it will also mix in with the volcano. because that s where it is. that is also not going to be good. we ll watch that closely and we have plenty of time to do so. they don deserve to have a double whammy. thank you. coming up here, sharp divisions
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