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Transcripts For KRON KRON 4 News At 10 20240712

Contained. The scu lightning complex fires in the east bay and parts of Santa Clara County or 10 contained. And the czu august lightning complex fires on the peninsula and into Santa Cruz County or 8 contained. Thanks for joining us tonight, im ken wayne and i pale more fire crews and residents are anxious about the high winds, the thunderstorms and the lightning expected tonight and into the start of the workweek in fact all of us across the bay area are concerned more than 14,000 firefighters are battling more than 2 dozen major fires across the state. Tonight, another death to report the body of a 70 yearold man has been discovered in Santa Cruz County. We have Team Coverage on all 3 major complex fires tonight kron fours noelle bellow gayle ong and dan ....

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Transcripts For KPIX KPIX 5 News At 7pm 20240713

Geyserville still at 0 containment. At least half a dozen structures have burned possibly more. There is still no official word on the cause of the fire. We have learned pgn efiled an incident report with state regulators stating it found a broken jumper wire on one of its transmission towers in the area where the fire started. Filing the eir does not tell us where the fire started. The fact we filed it does not actually tell us what caused the fire aware is started. Cal fire the experts in this withdrawal that ultimate conclusion. But we reported our findings to the regulator and are sharing it with you out of a sense of transparency. As for why the transmission line was still energized in the first place they say the forecast wind speeds for that particular area didnt warn a shutdown for larger. Just for those smaller distribution lines. This could you live to Wilson Walker in the hills near the geysers. Reporter we went up towar ....

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In weather emergencies, a lack of Spanish-language information endangers the public


In weather emergencies, a lack of Spanish-language information endangers the public
Kay Nolan
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A man stands on a flooded Miami street in Hurricane Irma s wake on Sept. 10, 2017. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post)
During extreme weather, the ability to receive storm warnings can save your life. But many non-English speakers in the United States have limited access to information about hazards as dangerous as tornadoes, hurricanes, wildfires and floods.
Emergency personnel, media broadcasters and weather forecasters have ramped up efforts to serve the Spanish-speaking population, but it’s a work in progress.
An incident in 2013 exposed the danger of the lack of non-English severe weather information. As a tornado moved through El Reno, Okla., a family of seven took refuge in a drainage ditch They were originally from Guatemala and warnings of the risk for severe flash flooding never reached the S ....

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