Burning buildings and we are working to confirm whether the buildings are outbuildings or sheds or homes. Weve obtained coverage of this fire with meteorologist Steve Paulson talking about the powerful wind driving the fire. First, we bring in Cristina Rendon. Talk to us about the conditions. I can see its windy. Reporter very windy and the winds have not let up whatsoever. Its gotten worse since weve been in geyserville at the corner of Alexander Valley road and pine flat road. This area has been closed off to the public but cal fire crews are deep in the trenches trying to get a handle on this fire burning outofcontrol. You can see the flames along the ridge line and this area is where red winery road is and to the left is an area where 128 is in the casino wed mentioned earlier, red rock casino is in the area in danger, as we speak. In terms of the structures, along the hillside we saw at least one of those structures burning but we cant tell you if it is a house or winery or some t
Or 75 miles an hour. Those gusts have been strong this morning james and its been astonishing to just trying ntemplate how big this fire has grown in such a short amount of time. Broke out at 9 30 last night and already 10,000 plus acres. And more likely burned because were going to update this perimeter. This is where the fires burning currently everything inside this blue area, man we have guys are built right here right on the edge of the fire line thats why that community was evacuated this morning. Story said a fivemile radius and thats the new information in the last half hour we heard directly from the Sonoma County Sheriffs Department that theyve institute a 5 mile radius around guys are ville where they have an evacuation warning right now alert for people to be ready. Theyre not mandatory yet, but they need to be ready. So that takes us all the way north to the town of asti and as daryn mentioned all the way south right to the edge of northern healdsburg so that is the area o
Effort to keep these flames from crossing the road. Thats the Alexander Valley below us. This is affecting everybody who lives in sonoma. When they tell you the fire is bearing down and you have to leave your home, its too close. They were handing out protection masks like halloween candy, and were still in the north gnat zone. A few miles east, no questions about what might have been. New hot spots lit up in the distance. These are backfires near the River Rock Casino where flames burned. Heres chief matt epstein who knows too much about fires around here to dismiss more trouble. While the weathers in our favor and the winds are blowing the right way we want to, were preparing for the wind to shift again. Reporter that wind shift hes talking about seems to have begun. If you look at that smoke, its now blowing in our direction. Earlier when we did that interview, it was heading in the opposite direction. This skirmish here has been going on for about an hour. We saw multiple helicopte
the bbc finds evidence of major success in clamping down on opium growing in afghanistan. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. thank you for being with us. we start in ukraine, and the attack on a crucial dam in the south of the country. thousands of people have been forced to evacuate, because of rising flood waters. the dam sits between russian held territory to the south and ukrainian territory to the north. kyiv says that moscow is to blame, and so do nato and the eu, which has called the destruction a war crime . at a un meeting, russia has accused ukraine of sabotage. the uk prime minister, rishi sunak has said to kherson now, and this report from our ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse. i think it is still if you go by what us officials are saying just today it is still in its early phases. it has started nevertheless where ukrainian forces, small new units are probing different parts of this vast front line. they re trying to fin
of plastic pollution. just one of the issues under discussion on world environment day. it s seven in the morning here in singapore, and 3:30am in odisha in india, where the country s worst train disaster in decades happened. there s a growing sense of shock as the scale of the crash becomes more apparent. the rescue operation has now been called off with more than 275 people known to have been killed. a major investigation is under way. officials have confirmed that signal failure may have been a factor, but there are broader concerns, too. our correspondent archana shukla has been at the scene, we ll hear from there shortly, but first, let s show you this report. a painful search. sifting through photos. from hospital to hospital, and now morgue to morgue. inconsolable and traumatised. 22 year old himanshu can barely speak. his brother was on the train that crashed. can i see my brother, just once? he keeps repeating. at this makeshift morgue, he is just one of the many