The white house after two weeks vacationing on marthas vineyard. He travels later today to nevada where he will deliver a speech on green energy. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, august 24. From abc news, this is world news now. Good morning to you. Weather. Still extremely dangerous wildfire situation in Washington State. Across that state, 16 large wildfires are still burning. They cover more than 2920 square miles, more than a third of that area has been consumed by a massive complex of fires. Abcs Kendis Gibson is there. Reporter tonight, the wildfires in washington growing to a staggering 374 square miles. Authorities fearing the return of extremely dry conditions and no rain in sight could make fighting these fires more difficult. The atmosphere instability has the potential to affect all fires in the comrix. Reporter thousands of residents under evacuation orders. Mark desdier rushing to save his lake house at the height of the fires, caught in a firestorm. Inst
Vacationing on marthas vineyard. He travels later today to nevada where he will deliver a speech on green energy. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, august 24. From abc news, this is world news now. Good morning to you. We begin this half hour with weather. Still extremely dangerous wildfire situation in Washington State. Across that state, 16 large wildfires are still burning. They cover more than 2920 square miles, more than a third of that area has been consumed by a massive complex of fires. Abcs Kendis Gibson is there. Reporter tonight, the wildfires in washington growing to a staggering 374 square miles. Authorities fearing the return of extremely dry conditions and no rain in sight could make fighting these fires more difficult. The atmosphere instability has the potential to affect all fires in the comrix. Reporter thousands of residents under evacuation orders. Mark desdier rushing to save his lake house at the height of the fires, caught in a firestorm. Instant
Now to baseballs big night. Crowning a new world series champion. The Kansas City Royals defeated the new york mets in game five. The royals werent even on the scoreboard till the ninth inning. Thats when eric hosmer crossed the plate right there to tie the game up in the 12th, kansas city scoring five more times. Final score 172. And the jubilant victory ensued in the plaza there in kansas city, missouri and beyond. The hinge that this groups going to be forever remembered, no the just for an American League championship but for a world series and a World Champion is unbelievable feeling. Theyre partying. The royals winning it in away game of course, but theyll celebrate with fans at home on tuesday with a parade through the streets of kansas city, missouri. But you know what . It could be a good testament for the mets because they lost last year, came back, took the championships and the mets have a good year. This mets team looked pretty good. So they might have learned something fr
Bit of a wintry mix. This is going to be our first significant snowfall of the season for the sierra nevadas and also across the cascades. Kendis and reena, back to you into thank you. Back on the east coast, two homes evacuated in the tampa area where a sinkhole has been growing since first opening on friday. The whole is more than 27 feet deep and 22 feet wide. Its moving closer to the foundation of a nearby building. Its about a mile from a sinkhole that swallowed a man back in 2013. Encouraging news in the search for the black box from the ship el faro. Sonar indicates the wreckage believed to be the ship landed upright on the ocean floor. The wreckage found over the 15,000 feet deep. The recovery of the black box could take up to two weeks. 33 crew members died when the el faro went down in stormy seas during Hurricane Joaquin early last month. Were learning this morning the russian jetliner that crashed after taking off from Sharm El Sheikh broke apart midair killing all 224 peop
Stephanie, good morning. Reporter good morning, kendis and reena. The state department is they say theyre not telling americans not to travel around the world but to be vigilant. If you plan on traveling this holiday season, a new warning for you in the wake of recent deadly attacks in paris, mali and egypt. The state departmentssuing an uncommon worldwide alert d to increased terrorist threats. We are and we continue to be and we have been concerned about copycatlike attacks. Reporter the state Department Says current information suggeses isil and other teteorist groups continue totolan terrorist attacks in multiple regions. These attacks may employ a variety of tactics using conventional and nonconventional weapons, proof that isis is not giving up, promising attacks in this propaganda video showing images of new york citys times square. The city in turn stepping up its police presence. As this heightened alert remains global today, president obama is set to meet with french presiden