Welcome to kqed news room. California is facing a damagesly high fire risk this year. Wildfires providing a warning sign of what may be ahead. Record temperatures and the statewide drought have heightened concerns. It could be the worst fire season in decades. Joining me to discuss the dangers is paul rogers. Hi, paul. What is the latest on the southern kra california fires. Theres been fires across san diego county. There are ten fires. We had three days of really extremely hot weather. The winds that blow from the land out to the ocean and are connected with high fire risks. 22,000 acres burned, about ten homes have burned down so far. The firefighters today, friday, got the upper hand on a lot of them because the weather cooled down. Humidity levels went up. San diego, at least, for now got off relatively okay. Quite scary but not a lot of houses. There was one fatality. A homeless person who died. This was a warning for the rest of the state of what we could be in for this summer.
Good evening. Welcome to kqed news room. California is facing a damagesly high fire risk this year. Wildfires providing a warning sign of what may be ahead. Record temperatures and the statewide drought have heightened concerns. It could be the worst fire season in decades. Joining me to discuss the dangers is paul rogers. Hi, paul. What is the latest on the southern kra california fires. Theres been fires across san diego county. There are ten fires. We had three days of really extremely hot weather. The winds that blow from the land out to the ocean and are connected with high fire risks. 22,000 acres burned, about ten homes have burned down so far. The firefighters today, friday, got the upper hand on a lot of them because the weather cooled down. Humidity levels went up. San diego, at least, for now got off relatively okay. Quite scary but not a lot of houses. There was one fatality. A homeless person who died. This was a warning for the rest of the state of what we could be in for
Good evening. Welcome to kqed news room. California is facing a damagesly high fire risk this year. Wildfires providing a warning sign of what may be ahead. Record temperatures and the statewide drought have heightened concerns. It could be the worst fire season in decades. Joining me to discuss the dangers is paul rogers. Hi, paul. What is the latest on the southern kra california fires. Theres been fires across san diego county. There are ten fires. We had three days of really extremely hot weather. The winds that blow from the land out to the ocean and are connected with high fire risks. 22,000 acres burned, about ten homes have burned down so far. The firefighters today, friday, got the upper hand on a lot of them because the weather cooled down. Humidity levels went up. San diego, at least, for now got off relatively okay. Quite scary but not a lot of houses. There was one fatality. A homeless person who died. This was a warning for the rest of the state of what we could be in for
Good evening. Welcome to kqed news room. California is facing a damagesly high fire risk this year. Wildfires providing a warning sign of what may be ahead. Record temperatures and the statewide drought have heightened concerns. It could be the worst fire season in decades. Joining me to discuss the dangers is paul rogers. Hi, paul. What is the latest on the southern kra california fires. Theres been fires across san diego county. There are ten fires. We had three days of really extremely hot weather. The winds that blow from the land out to the ocean and are connected with high fire risks. 22,000 acres burned, about ten homes have burned down so far. The firefighters today, friday, got the upper hand on a lot of them because the weather cooled down. Humidity levels went up. San diego, at least, for now got off relatively okay. Quite scary but not a lot of houses. There was one fatality. A homeless person who died. This was a warning for the rest of the state of what we could be in for
Welcome to kqed news room. California is facing a damagesly high fire risk this year. Wildfires providing a warning sign of what may be ahead. Record temperatures and the statewide drought have heightened concerns. It could be the worst fire season in decades. Joining me to discuss the dangers is paul rogers. Hi, paul. What is the latest on the southern kra california fires. Theres been fires across san diego county. There are ten fires. We had three days of really extremely hot weather. The winds that blow from the land out to the ocean and are connected with high fire risks. 22,000 acres burned, about ten homes have burned down so far. The firefighters today, friday, got the upper hand on a lot of them because the weather cooled down. Humidity levels went up. San diego, at least, for now got off relatively okay. Quite scary but not a lot of houses. There was one fatality. A homeless person who died. This was a warning for the rest of the state of what we could be in for this summer.