Were coming and plucked from louisiana submerged under flood waters from heavy rains that began late last week. Roadways littered with cars abandoned after passengers had to evacuate. Thousands of people rescuev the rising waters the neighbors started knocking i started hearing all kinds of noise so i walked outside i saw water coming up the street they were trapped in cars. Oh my god im drowning were coming. Were coming and plucked from rooftops of homes it may be some time before the floodwater levels will dissipate. I want to stress the fact that this is still a significant flood event so nothing has changed from that. And youre in a safe location, that is the best place you should be right now. Stay in that location. Louisiana governor edwards issuing a state of emergency and receiving federal assistance promises from president obama. This an ongoing event, we still have hundreds of road closures around south louisiana. Roads that had been open are now impassable. Butt to im asking
This morning, tensofthousands path have been forced from their homes. 13 action nes in the town of hesperia who are anxious about their homes and friends. Some choosing to wait things out things out at a red cross shelter. The smoke. It was red. And it looked like it was coming closer to our home. So, we decided to come to the shelter. I dont know if its burned down. I dont know anything. I cant a hold of anybody because theres nobody. Hopefully theyre all gone. Our crews ran into a few dozen that took advantage of this hisperia is located only 15 miles from where that wildfire is taking out homes and other buildings. More than 80thousand people are under evacuation orders right now. This huge wildfire could also affect air quality here in the valley. Greg bennet is tracking the latest with 13 first alert weather. People across the valley are of just how dangerous fighting the state will pay their respects to the firefighter who lost his life while fighting the strawberry fire. 13 acti
High temperatures though will begin their slow fall back to normal values. Trough to the north will bring in a south flow allowing for 30 into thursday evening. Level low that will travel sown high temperatures will fall wide. This morning the iconic riviera matter of seconds. And this morning. Our team is covering every angle for you. Marissa kynaston has the impact from all the dust. But lets start with Parker Collins who was there as the hotel came crashing down. How was it parker . Loud wild rowdy even though there werent fireworks there was a party. Chopper thirteen fast and first can show you how huge the implosion was it was the final tower plus i saw huge crowds of People Police were herding us off the streets 0 00 0 03 nats of explosion didnt give us a countdown or anything for this implosion reporting live Parker Collins 13 action news. Take a lok these cars have been here take a look at this video from earlier this morning that dust almost looks like rain coming down. Accord
Daytime high sunday and it looks like we could do it again to start the week. We remain under the influence of a ridge but a trough pushing toward the coast will set up some southwest winds today. It will remain dry and will trigger some winds for monday. Another trough moves across northern nevada on tuesday allowing for a little more cloud to develop over our area. Temperatures will start to cool off as we head into the middle and second half of the week. The uv index for monday is 9 or very high. Over the sudden loss of a las vegas woman. Now theyre doing what they can to help raise money for her funeral. Fox5s Abby Theodros tells us how the community is coming together for the victim. Lizeth cuevas, best friend it hasnt sunken in into many of our heads. We cant believe it. She didnt deserve what happened to her. She is wendy rodriguez. A twenty five year old whose body clothed in a pool of blood. Her suspected killer still on the loose. Lizeth cuevas, best friend i dont know why he
Moving into the end of the week, smoke looks to subside but that is dependent on the firefighters controlling the fire. Temperatures will fall back to normal values for this time of year between 102 and 106 degrees along with lighter winds and mainly sunny skies through sunday. By monday and tuesday clouds build to partly sunny with humidity slightly rising but no chance for rain is expected. There are now 26 wildfires burning in the west. The largest burning so intensely. The governor declared a state of emergency for parts of Southern California north of los angeles. The blue cut fire is affecting a number of communties and leaving some residents suddenly looking for a place to stay. Abcs Adrienne Bankert has the latest. Royce bordes evacuee 2730 eric sherwin Public Information officer San Bernardino county fire 5053 don gordon cal fire lead arson investigator burned. Homes reduced to rubble. Some narrowly escaping with their lives. Watching everything they own burn. Burn. Mos we had