Evacuated and i havent heard from them since. A california resident one of many affected by wildfires raging across the state. A new blaze igniting tuesday. Engulfing an area roughly half the size of San Francisco after less than ten hours. By evening the blue cut fire had already forced mandatory evacuations for more than 80thousand people. In the central us a different but destructive disaster seven tornadoes striking across indiana monday. And in the south more devastation not from fire, but water. gov. John bel edwards historic flooding event. Governor john bel edwards. Stressing the ongoing severity of the flooding saying tuesday that its caused at least 11 deaths. gov. John bel edwards d louisiana we are still very much in an emergency search and rescue response mode for much of the parishes. Saving life is the most important priority that we have. Edwards saying he expects that nearly half of the states parishes will be declared disaster areas. gov. John bel edwards d louisiana