And children. American evanston its good to have you with us the Australian Government has called of the army to help fight wildfires burning out of control near the countrys largest city sydney authorities are bracing for an extreme heat wave this weekend following a few days of cooler weather fire has destroyed vegetation on millions of hectares of land across the country over the last 6 weeks at least 9 people have been killed. Not just thought you might expect at one of australias most popular tourist sites visitors to the Blue Mountains west of sydney forced to wear face masks because the smoke from nearby bush 5 schools he asked. The iconic rock formations are barely visible in the haze. Its really disappointing looking forward to seeing if you always want to see the Blue Mountains such a shame when we. All know its like this. But that problem is small compared to the challenge firefighters in New South Wales are set to face at the weekend after a brief spite securing a few days
The iraqi army says its launching an offensive to retake the city of haditha and its nearby dam. Iraqi and u. S. Helicopters are targetting spots around the city. Kurdish forces have retaken the gaza mountain. It fell to to the Islamic State group in june. Iraqs government says it can beat the Islamic State group, but with hope. If we want a remedy for this council, there must be help from the global system, and if there is help from the american time, well target in a shorter time. Jane arraf is in baghdad. How significant now that u. S. Strikes are targetting some of the western provinces like alan bar . Hugely significant. Its the first time the u. S. Launched air strikes in the area, which is an important area, since troops left in 2011, it signifies a widening of that campaign. Its not far from the syrian border, and it is the site of a dam which is the second biggest hyd hydroelectric generate and can flood large areas, all the way to baghdad, if the gates are open. Haditha has b
Those teenagers are accused of sparking two fires in escondido park. It is most dangerous of those erupting this week. They are scrambling to protect homes and businesses. And look on the map of where we are talking about. Our next guest was evacuated on wednesday, he joins us now on the phone. So what are you doing today, where are you living . Good morning. I actually own a kennel in san marcos. So i have been camping out at the kennel for the past two days. Temporary living arrangements, that is where i am at. Jenna i mention this is in the way you thought you are week would go. You were told you would have to evacuate from your apartment. How much a heads up did you get . Absolutely none. We were preparing the kennel for potential evacuation orders and we were checking the news and i realized the fire was close to my apartment and i tried to retrieve my pets at which time i realized my apartment had been evacuated. It is still currently under evacuation orders, we are just trying t
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