august. but the more significant date that as we approach the first primary dates. at the end of the day, what is more american than campaigning for president on the fourth of july. omar jimenez, cnn, new hampshire. a wildfire in the state of washington is forcing hundreds to flee from their homes. the tunnel fire has burned through more than 500 acres only three days that it broke out. authorities have ordered evacuations for a four mile area around the fire. they say it is unpredictable and hot and dry and wendindy condits are making it worse. it is just 5% contained. about 80 million people across the u.s. are under threat of severe storms today. central and southern states could see large hail and damaging winds. and more heavy rain to already drenched areas in the northwest. new jersey saw flooding on tuesday and then also the sweltering heat. and a number of u.s. cities
especially washington, state we are seeing extremely hot weather, and we have had significant periods of time with the moisture. so our landscapes are extremely dry. you mention and, the reality is, all it takes is one spark, and we will have 50 fires quickly, and that leads to reduced resources. so, if you are looking at a number of fires, you have five on the landscape, it is taking on this particular 8 to 10 air resources. thousands of , and all of those resources, they get very stretched, and have so many fires happening state by state, and it is incredible, hillary, how much the washington state has known for, rain known for being wet, so many months for, year it is really changed now. this tunnel fire, so, talk about, that it is scorched more
and the reality is all it takes is one spark. and we will have 50 fires quickly. that leads to reduced resources. so if you are looking at a number of fire. have you five on the landscape. it s taken on this particular fire, we ll have eight to ten air resources, thousands of firefighters. we will have engines. all of those fires take enormous amount of resources and get very stretched when we have so many fires happen on the landscape, state by state. community by community. it s incredible. hilary how much the weather pattern in washington state changed the past decades. used to be known for rain. used to be known for being wet. so many months per year. it s really changed now. this tunnel fire. talk about that. it s scorched as we reported more than 500 acres of land. is it still 0% contained at this hour it is and it is not to any factor than of our firefighters
County and federal officials say they’ve prepared regions of Coconino County that were hammered by flooding last year. And they’re relying on millions of dollars from the U.S. government to help.Against a backdrop of homes being repaired, a massive channel being scraped out of rock and soil and silty sediment from last year’s flood as far as the eye can see, Coconino County