resources to shuttle more water in some cases if we have to go further. the dry conditions is the critical factor in making the fires grow. the general lack of water over the last four years leaving just parched vegetation. we have a photo of you with one of injured firefighters. this is really dangerous work, isn t it? i know you have been at this job and working with fires for more than 30 years. what are firefighters facing? and how are they holding up? they are facing conditions like the first year rookie or the season veteran hasn t seen this conditions. i talked to these folks, many on the fire line and all saying this is dangerous. we have to be careful as we approach and attack these fires and understand the kinds of conditions we are facing. these firefighters like richard there in the picture were doing the initial attack. they were the first resource.
south. i am familiar with the geysers area. there is a lot of folks that lib up there, chief. absolutely. populated wine country and tourist and other destinations. what is the strategy? obviously we are looking forward to a little better weather for the next several days. we are bringing in resources from all over the state and outside of california. utilizing the california national guard and other aspects. and we will continue to make this fire a top priority. we know drought is a major issue for the fire and in california. do you have enough water to fight the fires or are you using other tools like controlled burns? how are you approaching this? we are using all of the tools available to us. water hasn t been a problem on this fire. we have a number of lakes close in hand for us to use. we have to order additional
worries saw the waters try to recede. the water rescue team waded into the past moving water, punched out the windows and quickly discovered that people were able to make it out in time. how many of this rescues because people are making incredibly dumb decision or caught off guard? you know what we ve been telling people, don t drown, turn around. we ve got to get in our heads right now, the ground is saturated. any small amount of rain is going to cause this flooding. we ve got to pay attention. reporter: this video shows just how much rain has fallen in the last few weeks. this is the trinity river which employees past downtown dallas. this is what it be althoughed like before the rains and this is what it looks like now. expected to crest at about 43 feet. the water hasn t been this high since 1989. ed lavandera, cnn, garland, texas. you see the trinity river
just caught off guard? probably a combination. what we re telling people we ve been telling them don t drown, turn around. we ve got to get it in our heads. right now the ground is saturated. any small amount of rain is going to cause this flooding. we ve got to pay attention. reporter: this video shows how much rain has fallen in the last few weeks. this is trinity river which flows past downtown dallas. this is what it looked like before the rains. and this is what it looks like now. expected to crest bat 43 feet. the water hasn t been this high since 1989. and aaron, this is a common sight in many parts of north texas. this is a lake in east dallas of the overflow spillway. a roaring ram i had. very uncommon to see in many of these lakes. considering for the last several years, many lake levels have been extremely low. the concern is even more rain in the forecast. the threat of more flash
here it s agony of waiting. a father who is trying to find out whether his two sons are still alive in the rubble. before we talked to him he found out that they had found one of his sons dead and trying to bring him out now. you get a real sense from all the people standing here waiting to find out news about loved ones in these numerous buildings that have collapsed as they see pieces of their lives, furniture, bits and pieces and all they want to know is that their loved ones are safe. they re using sound checks, dogs, hundreds of rescue workers mobilized to van where i am and 200 more than 200 people killed in both. that is the death toll as we know it now. it could well rise, of course, as the search goes on. monita? all right, diana, thank you very much for that. we ll continue to check in with diana for the very latest out of turkey. that is the top story from cnn, the world s news leader. i m monita rajpal. world business today starts right now. good morning f