incredibly strong winds, farther inland up towards alexandria and jackson, 60-mile-per-hour winds, chr christi, are possible and that s plenty in order to bring treesnd power lines down. yeah. it s sounding scarier by the hour. allison chinchar we really appreciate it. thank you so much. coming up in the next hour, by the way, we re talking live to a councilmember in the parish where mandatory eevacuations are taking place. and now to the story in afghanistan, the u.s. carried out an air strike against a suspected terrorist. the military said the strike targeted an isis-k fighter in afghanistan. a spokesman for a command post said, quote, the initial indications are we killed the target. we know of no civilian casualties. strike came a day after president biden vowed to hunt down those responsible for the
lingering and the possible of some flooding as well. speaking of flooding, we ve also got heavy rain now in parts of california on into the pacific northwest. we ve got flash flooding watches from the see air, you san luis obispo down to the riverside. the rain will come in tonight through tomorrow. a few feet of snow in the sierra but also looking at upwards of five to ten inches of rain in the foothills of the sierra and down around santa barbara where they have mandatory eevacuations. so we re worried about flooding, debris flow and mudslides. this is just getting started and we ll continue through tomorrow. our thoughts with those people who have endured so much already. thank you so much. you bet. and this just in, we have statements from the president of the united states and from paul ryan, the house speaker. paul ryan writing in a statement, quote, the president had a discussion with speaker ryan and leader mcconnell where they talked about the shared
challenge. eevacuations. reporter: before it was over, 5,000 pled for their lives and above them dark and choked skies. it was a mushroom cloud, what i would imagine for a bomb. reporter: the heat was so fierce, the walls of flames so massive, exhausted firefighters could not surround this monster. there was just no way to fight it. there was just it wasn t doing anything, the water and fire retar dent was e van rating. reporter: 133 homes burned in an area ten times the size of m machine hatten. suspicions, as it turned out what really happened here at the hayman fire was a history and like any good mystery had clues, false leads, lies and
biggest and worst of the storm surge here to that upside-down l-shape. the water has nowhere to go and it causes potentially catastrophic flooding in new york city and the but roughs area, that s why the eevacuations have been ordered. the wind, it will be a wind event for eastern third of the country, expect power outages to millions of people and will likely take ever a week to get back online and that means election day. eric: we have robo calls that power could be out seven 7 to 10 days. jamie: speaking of very serious, you don t want to wait until a day or two before a storm to get yourself ready. you should always have a kit prepared. but here to it ll help us out for people who maybe haven t taken all the steps we need, we have a spokesperson for the american red cross. she is not just here. she has brought great examples.