Been more than 2200 buildings have been destroyed and others have been been destroyed and others have been damaged at a cost of 6 billion been damaged at a cost of 6 billion. But far more devastating than any material loss is devastating than any material loss is the loss of precious lives, loss is the loss of precious lives, of loss is the loss of precious lives, of mothers, fathers, grandparents, sons and daughters, wives that can never be replaced. Now, we are engaged in the difficult work of searching for survivors, reuniting of searching for survivors, reuniting separated families and identifying the remains of those and identifying the remains of those we and identifying the remains of those we have lost. There are now those we have lost. There are now 470 those we have lost. There are now 470 Search And Rescue workers now 470 Search And Rescue workers and 40 search dogs combing workers and 40 search dogs combing through the hundreds of burned combing through the hundreds of burn
So many people dont think that Climate Change is real. No, no, no, no it just was extremely hot and everyone was starting to get worried, day by day, until it happened. Temperatures will climb well into the 405, making conditions even worse on our fire grounds. The footage that i took of the fire was shot on the gopro that i had actually got for christmas, five days before the event. It was on a very hot day to begin with, and so that made the fire, i think, a lot more aggressive. In the afternoon, i got the first glimpse of the fire coming over one of the mountains in front of us. Its so much smokier over there. It then started behind our house. I and i was ust standing up there, i thinkingh this is happening. Need to get off the roof now and start fighting. Whoa, kangaroos ok, its coming this way shall i get the other pump going . What . What can i do . The fire was just too intense and out of my control. Dad and if india had been in earshot at the time, i was wanting her to get into
Emergency Management Agency says the agency has already deployed an assistance team. 0ur Correspondent Peter Bowes is in la with the latest. We expect it to make landfall in the next few hours in a very remotely populated part of barger california in mexico. Tijuana, the border city in mexico. Baja california. Concerns it could cause some serious damage there. Before moving north into california as a Tropical Storm, and that is the unusual part of this, a hurricane come Tropical Storm would get to california. And its expected to continue moving north as opposed to west, which is what a hurricane would generally do and then dissipate over the ocean. So the likely consequences are going to be extremely heavy rain in california, some of the neighbouring states as well. To put that in perspective, palm springs, the desert resort, searing temperatures, a0 degrees plus, this time of year very dry, is expected to get maybe ten or 12 centimetres of rain over the next 12 hours. We are just not
In front of us. Its so much smokier over there. It then started behind our house and i was just standing up there, thinking, bleep, ,. , , i need to get off the roof now and start fighting. Whoa, kangaroo ok, its coming this way should i get the other pump going . What . What can i do . The fire was just too intense and out of my control. Dad and if india had been in earshot at the time, i was wanting her to get into that fire shelter and just give up. Its over. Weve done the best we can. Oh, no no, no, no it did get really intense and i thought we were going to lose the house. Um. But itjust calmed down for a second and the fire kept going up the mountain. Oh, yeah. It has completely and utterly changed the landscape here for the rest of my life, if not forever. As far as any of the tall trees, mostly all of them have been wiped out. We are right still in the middle of this heatwave, so as we head into the christmas period. That is what happens when you wake at 5 30am so theres very