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News for tuesday, august 20th, this is the cbs morning news for tuesday, august 20th, 2013. Captioning funded y cbs good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Well, this wildfire season could shape up to be one of the most destructive on record. The National Interagency fire center said 3. 3 million acres have been destroyed so far, fuelled by hot weather and strong winds, there are currently 49 large fires burning in 11 western states. At least nine are burning in idaho. The worst is the nearly twoweekold beaver creek fire. Its destroyed more than 100,000 acres. The fire appears to be calming, hundreds of fires were evacuated in the resort communities of ketchum and sun valley, but some residents are being allowed to return. Now, its more worrying about the land and animals and the firefighters and how long is the smoke going to be here. You know, so the worry level is down. More than 1,000 firefighters are fighting the beaver creek fire with the help of 14 helicopters. An
AlabamaUnited-statesPortugalCaliforniaGulfportMississippiSan-diegoPrince-georgeBritish-columbiaCanadaBeaver-creekOregonSchieffer good evening. Scotts off tonight. Im bob schieffer. We are beginning tonight with the fires running wild in the west, because there are so many of them now and they are threatening hundreds of homes. Right now, 19,000 firefighters are fighting 50 major fires in ten western states. In idaho alone, they burned more than 450 square miles, and with lightning in the forecast tonight, it could get worse. In california, a wildfire outside Yosemite National park tripled in size overnight. It now covers more than 84 square miles. So far, firefighters have contained only 2 of it. Teresa garcia is there. Reporter stands of cedar and pine exploded as the flames jumped from treetop to treetop, moving faster than the crew fighting them. U. S. Forest Service Officer lee bentley. Weve got a monster on our hands. This fire is making its own weather. Its going every which direction. This is one of the worst ive ever been on, and ive been doing it quite a few years. Reporter the fire threatens
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