The fire north of fresno has scorched more than 152,000 acres since friday and it is still 0 contained. The flames have forced more evacuations and even more rescues. Y i the Sierra National forest. The smoke is so intense, rescuers have had to use night vision goggles. It was such an anxious wait not knowing when they would be here. So it is just surreal having them here in the flesh. Smoke was so thick, that the pilots dont have a visual of the terrain to land safely or identify locations. I know she was glad to see them. Flames have destroyed dozens of structures and at least 60 homes. And a san jose father and son were escorted out of the fire area with flames on both sides of the road. Their story. The abrupt end of what was supposed to be a fun fishing weekend for father and son. Their car still reeking of smoke after driving hours out of the fire zone, burning in fresno, madera. You could see smoke coming off the trees, you could see flames. There were stumps that were still on
This is. And you should definitely not spend a lot of time out there. Giving us o unhealthy. Unhealthy air quality as of right now. And we also have still a high wind. But its not helping to mix out this smoke. Upper elevations especially in the north bay as we look at our wind speeds coming in from the north pushing in some of that smoke once again, we are going to see at times those winds at about 25 to 35 miles per hour. And thats the reason why we do have the red flag warning when you combine high winds along low humidity. Any current or new fires can spread rapidly. And its still hot so were going to talk about that and whats ahead in our forecast coming up in a few minutes. Thank you, kari. More dramatic rescues in Fresno County as campers and hikers were airlifted out of the creek fire. Helicopters reached them as flames were closing in. Nbc bay areas bob redell is tracking those breaking developments. Hi there, bob. Reporter the u. S. Military has now rescued over 100 people wh
Temperatures just as hot as yesterday with no relief in sight. A few spots warmer than we were 24 hours ago. A live look at the oakland estuary. We have a haze in the sky that continues. Expect hazy conditions and poor air quality over portions of the bay area. When it comes to the advisories, the start of the weekend, they continue until 9 00 tonight. The heat advisory is for the coastline with the excessive heat warning for the bayside as well as the ballot in the hills. This will expire tonight and in its place heightened fire danger to talk about. Take a look at the numbers. 97 degrees right now in novato. 101 in concord. 101 in livermore. 98 in the san jose. Especially inland cities, 510 degrees of warming expected by the end of the day. Around the bay, we will continue to warm as well. As far as the 24 hour temperature change. Half moon bay down by 9 degrees. There is hope that we are seeing a transition. East bayshore are up by 5 degrees over oakland. In his bay as well is a nor
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Timelapsed video showing conditions changing by the second and now millions waking up to the coldest air of the season. What you can expect today. Caught on camera, the teenager accused of stealing a plane going on a joyride before this crash. What her mother is saying this morning. Plus, a 4yearold hero. The call she made that saved her moms life. And the frantic moments as a yacht comes crashing right into this bridge. Good thursday morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us. We begin with President Trump becoming the third president in u. S. History to be impeached. The house voted mostly along party lines charging him with abuse of power and obstruction of congress. But this morning theres new uncertainty about the impeachment timetable going forward. Thats because in her News Conference last night, House Speaker nancy pelosi would not commit to the next step in the process. That next step is handing over the articles of impeachment to the senate for trial. Abcs ines de la cuetara