Down. Moments ago we saw this. Widespread destruction. This is near big basin in Santa Cruz County. And this is what it looks like for many of our mountain communities. Look down below. You could see those cars and those homes charred and destroyed. So far six people have died across our region. Over the weekend that czu fire claims the live of a 70yearold man near davenport. There is good news. As of right now the red flag warning for the bay area has been lifted. That means no more dangerous fire weather is in the immediate forecast. Also Evacuation Orders are beginning to scale back in santa clara. Some neighborhoods have been downgraded from Evacuation Orders to evacuation warnings. More on that in just a minute. Now our team is on the ground, across the region, covering the flames, covering all of the widespread damage and the weather conditions. Cal fire is starting their nightly press conference, lets listen in on czu fire fire. If you could mute your telephones and keep your ma
A range of interesting examples welcome to you africa in Lagos Nigeria among todays stories. Invasive whats a high sense and how they are being put to good use in ghana. And we shed a light on a new trend around in mobility in africa and you wrote. In egypt the bed means i returning to a more sustainable life due to the pandemic stage you know. We start the show focusing on the future of mobility lots and lots of people good whites on motorbike taxes in many countries across africa like nigeria theyre the number one means of transport especially in places like legal us but they are daisy and thats why in the ugandan capital kampala the plan is to switch electric motors and not just for the motor bikes but all kinds of vehicles especially since more and more people finally realize that Transportation Needs to become more eco friendly and sustainable. Francis is one of the few people in uganda driving an electric motor bike. He sees a lot of advantages really who. Claims very well. Ok ha
Quality. Purple and red spots the the best. St air and green with some areas outside the fire zones are affected. Ken is here with what it means. It is not good, unpleasure unpleasant for most of us. Its become the new normal that we have the mega fires that are in the air. Are doctors laid out the reporter doctors laid out the risks for healthy people. People are asthma, copd, and those with Heart Disease its worse. The immune response is altered by air pollution exposure. Reporter doctors believe the particles are tiny but powerful. About 20 to 30 times smaller than the diameter of a follicle of hair so very, very small and they can get in and lodge deeply in the lungs. Reporter right now theyre not positive the smoke can make you more susceptible to covid 19 or worsen your symptoms, but some studies make an association. You have symptoms with more cough, more shortness of breath and weve given you another insult to make matters worse. Reporter so what should high risk individuals do
The day trying to determine if homes are still standing. She joins us now from davenprt. Stephanie . Its been an emotional week for people trying to see if their home is still there. We visited the Civic Auditorium just east of us that has been at full capacity for seven days in a row. Its one of the dozen shelters taking evacuees in. Its just south of here where we met many families. You notice that haze that stretches through the mountain significantly better than 48 hours ago. Their homes are in the middle of the fire zone, and all they can do now is wait. These are like tears of joy, tears of sorrow, because its very bittersweet. Its very sweet that my family is okay. Reporter Kathy Azevedo is living through the pain of simply not knowing. All you can do is take one day at a time and just be thankful for what is, you know, instead of what was. You really cant look back. Reporter mourning the thought of losing everything, she sat in her car praying for her family, her parents and he
A full switzerlands spectacular rhine falls dazzle with their 150 meter wide stream of cascading water theyve already inspired numerous artists including german poet you are involved on fungus a and have been drawn photographed or painted from all possible perspectives but the swiss artist bet has managed to create another unique way to showcase the rapids an immersive experience that leaves the viewer completely dry. Powerful water masses and foaming spray the rhine falls portrayed in a 360 degree work of art. Visitors can emerge themselves in these images of the art installation reality the rhine falls in 4 seasons the project which brings the waterfall to my life has been set up as a panoramic projection in an industrial hall right above the real waterfall close to the swiss city of shophouse on the rhine river plunges some 23 meters into the depths of a site that through 20 own low to this day the swiss artist grew up here. For 50. 00 and for 15000 years this water has been flowing