securing the scaffolding, carving a hole in the window and pulling the men back into safety. those stories are some of the top stories on this thursday, june 13th. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now with john muller and diana perez. good thursday morning, everybody. ferocious weather out there as we speak. really is. one in five people being affected by the weather system that s kind of barrelling through the country and headed to the east coast right now. that s what we will begin with this half hour. the dangerous fires burning out of control in colorado. another weather problem people are seeing out there. nearly 100 homes have been destroyed. and many others are threatened. evacuations could be ordered, forcing people to leave their homes at a moment s notice. here is abc s john schifrin. reporter: take a look at the massive wildfire black forest, a heavily wooded area near colorado springs. the possibilities for this fire to spread are extreme. report
tainted berries linked to pomegranate seeds from turkey were only sold to costco, costco says it is trying to reach out to customers who may have bought them. john schifrin, abc news, los angeles. spread the word. yeah, more to the story. so, not only the symptoms you heard john talking about. other symptoms include yellow skin, eyes, nausea, brown urine, things to watch out for. two-week window, the good news. i mean, you get in there. get this vaccine. you can knock it out. after that, you get it. yeah, some of the symptoms are mild. some do require hospitalization. want to get it early. want to get it quick. yeah. at least they know exactly where it came from. not far-flung. it seems like the berries. just right there the berries. which is good to know. yep. the fact that this next story allows someone to realize a long-held dream is really the reason why this is our favorite story of the day. this one from australia s west coast. yeah. that s where a 23-year-o
was difficult to map the actual size. rangers at yosemite national park will search in the morning for a teenager who was swept over a waterfall. eyewitnesses reported seeing the 19-year-old man getting pulled to the edge of a nearly 600-foot fall saturday afternoon. the water was 50 degrees and moving very quickly when the victim went over. topping medical headlines. advance in the treatment of breast cancer. researchers recommend giving breast cancer survivors tamoxifen for ten years to save lives. previous guidelines called for patients staying on the drug for five years, especially for younger women who want to avoid recurrence. british doctors point out that the drug is available in lower cost generic form and benefits far outweigh the risks of fighting breast cancer over the long term. 30 cases of hepatitis a have been reported in southern california linked to frozen berries sold at costco. public health experts are taking steps to meet the crisis head on in los angeles. he
and find ourselves at that house, with the sloths for sale in the crate. have you ever seen anything like it? samuel says the best decision for our safety and the sloths safety is to buy them. the whole family. for $125. we load them into our van, and leave the area quickly. we head to a nearby farm that is a perfect location for the sloths to be released. we watch as this little family slowly makes its way back into the wild, right where it belongs. for nightline, john schifrin, in colombia. that s fascinating. it really is. talk about one of those things you just never think about. my family has had its share of crazy pets. nothing like this, though. we have had goats, squirrels, all kind of things we are not suppose to have in our home. not a sloth.
perfect creation. i knew that. we will begin this half hour with another unplanned adventure on the high seas. this time, a terrifying ordeal for thousand of cruise ship passengers. again. a fire erupts through the stern of a royal caribbean cruise ship in the middle of the night. passengers forced out of their beds. abc s john schifrin has the latest. good morning, john. reporter: john, diana. good morning. yet another black eye for the cruise ship industry. good news here no one was injured. but this is not exactly how cruise passengers pect theiren in our life jackets reporter: woken up in the middle of the night, told to put on life jackets because of this, a fire that broke out on board royal caribbean s grandeur of the seas not a drill. not a joke. everyone is freaking out. reporter: the ship with 2,200