We begin this morning with dozens of raging wildfires that are wreaking havoc out west. Three firefighters in Central California were hospitalized for injuries as crews rushed to rescue people trapped by flames. Officials are urging thousands in oregon to evacuate as unprecedented wildfires rip through the state. In fact, its getting so intense, firefighters are even being urged to leave some areas. Hurricaneforce winds are making it hard to combat the outofcontrol wildfires in washington state. So far at least 330,000 acres have been scorched. That is more than what burned in each of the last 12 fire seasons. Danya bacchus is in tollhouse, california. Tell me fire crews are working to get an upper hand here. How are they dealing with the fires . Reporter good morning to you, annemarie. They are working around the clock, nonstop to try to get these fires contained. Unfortunately, it doesnt seem to be happening yet. In fact, firefighters saying that they do not expect to have this creek
Exclusive Salesforce Tower camera. As we look out east with the sparkling bay bridge there. It is wednesday, september 9th. Good morning everyone, im michelle griego. And im len kiese. Good morning. Lets get right to meteorologist mary lee for a look at your wednesday forecast. Good morning, mary. Good morning to you len and michelle. And we are looking at those smoky and hazy skies. We had all of that smoke for the bay area yesterday and thats why temperatures were even cooler than what we expected. Were going to cool it down a little bit more as we today as checking air quality conditions. And you can see unhealthy air, the red dots indicating that on our current air quality map. And as we head through the day, we still have the spare the air alert in effect. Were going a record 23 days in a row with the spare the air alert in effect for the bay area. Its not a record that we want to break by any means and we are looking at that high fire danger that does continue. So still tracking
This morning. Because of that, a spare the air alert that remains in effect. Going a record 23 days in a row with a spare the air alert for the thats never been done before. Also tracking dry and gusty offshore winds. Looking at winds gusting up to 40 to 50 Miles Per Hour this morning up in the Higher Elevations is why red flag warning is in effect until 8 00 a. M. Today for the north bay mountains and east bay hills but because of those dry northerly to winds, and low relative humidity values. Temperatures upper 60s in San Francisco and mid 70s in oakland. Upper 80s in san jose. And low to mid90s for concord down as we heads through the next few days. Now lets check in with gianna for a look at traffic and its a foggy start this morning. Yeah, it sure is mary. In fact, at the Golden Gate Bridge, that is where chp has issued a fog advisory. So limited visibility asu for the most part right now your drive times south 101, 14 minutes from the richmondsan rafael bridge into San Francisco.
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