Thanks to drought, fuels in california are ripe for fire well before normal time. What is beneath is still ready to burn. It worries us a great deal. This is something wed see if late july early august. This is going to be common were going see more fires like this. According to cal fire the state had 730 wildfires last year there were 293 by this time. After rinl 250. Judy parker lives in pittsburgh. Just blocks from this fire station on east leland. The drought with no rain. Dry mes of the hills. And grasses, yes. Really concerned me. According to contra costa fire rangers from this station would have opinion the first to arrive were back to a state of extreme drought in california officials reported sierra snow pack is only a 25 average. Youre looking at a live picture from heavenly Mountain Resort courtesy lake tahoe pd. You can see there is some blue skies and some snow. Spencer christian has been monitoring the dry conditions. Here is a look at rainfall here around the bay area.
May be just a harbringer of things still to come. Officials say due to the drought, theyre bracing for a fire season like no other. Good evening, Officials Say conditions look like mid summer rather than the start of spring the state is in a drought. Areas in red on the map are an extreme drought. Maroon areas in an exceptional drought, as bad as it gets. Were live in pittsburgh with more. Laura . Hi, carolyn. One fire official told me that people should start working on Defensible Space around their houses. Investigators believe the fire may have been a bird that hit a hightension wire here they dont think the was human caused. However its something were expecting to see a lot of in the coming months. Flames were big, hot and spread quickly. Officials say theyre a good indicator of what is still to come were going to see pone shally more showers, larger showers weve bee gun to see increase in the size of the wildfires that we respond tochlt thanks to drought, fuels in california are r
Back in. Out to the west additional showers may pop through later this afternoon. But those are few and far between. Temperatures are a little on the cool side, but not bad. 66 in philadelphia. 64 in allentown. Low 60s in wilmington and dover. 63 in Sea Isle City and Atlantic City. As we head out the door to catch the school bus, expect temperatures to hold in the mid 60s with areas wet to the east and northeast. Kids if youre on your way to school. 66 degrees on your smart phone right now if you have the Storm Tracker 6 live app. As we come through the day, 65 by 8 00. 70 by noon, 72 by 3 00 p. M. You can use the app to track the spotty showers when you get out of school this afternoon most of you will stay dry, though. That 72 will feel pretty nice. Reporter tests today on the black board, its daunting. Kind of like the morning drive that will test drivers patience. What a mess we have. On the schuylkill expressway between montgomery and girard we have a bad accident involving a vehi
Warheads on icbms. The language eclipses president kennedys during the cuban missile crisis. The last time word like this were used was during world war ii by president roosevelt. You can see why it truly matters what the words mean because north korea has issued a threat of its own. Cnn National Security correspondent jim sciutto joins us on that and other developments on this busy night. Jim, its a threat against guam. Reporter a specific threat, anderson. There are two major u. S. Military bases, air force bases. North korea threatening via the state news agency that it was considering specific weapons to target those facilities on guam, intermediate ballistic missiles. Why guam . They mention in there is the fact that guam is where u. S. Strategic bombers are based. We reported on monday that the u. S. Flew bombers based in guam over the Korean Peninsula along with japanese and korean fighter jets alongside. These are standard operations, the u. S. Has done it before. But it appear