The morning very welcome calm winds in these areas. Welcome relief from poor air quality late yesterday you notice skies really clearing out you could think that deep in marine layer for that the help to push in clean things up a bit. This isnt necessarily going to stay this way through the day so do enjoy are Clear Conditions this morning, a haze is expected again this afternoon, especially for inland areas. 60s 70s, 80s and just a few 90s in the forecast today. One of our warm spots at 91 degrees lot cooler than you have been well conquered in livermore settling down into the upper 80s for areas like san jose its mid 80s 70s for oakland state time high. Back to you james all right, thank you very much john. We are seeing a significant jump in containment numbers with regard to the wildfires burning across the bay area in fact fire crews have been battling the flames for over a week now. And they have made progress cal fire says the lnu lightning complex fire in the north bay is now 2
Wires from the czu lightning complex and relieve left townsend Santa Cruz County unrecognizable in some cases kron fours Maureen Kelly shows us. This drone video shows some of the destruction in the town of bonny doon where homes have been flattened to piles of ash. And debris charred remains of metal frames appliances and cars somewhat recognizable in the aftermath. Cal fire says that the 330 structures burned so far in the czu lightning complex fires at least 200 were peoples homes and its a total thats expected to rise as they continue to take stock of the damage smoke could be seen rising in several spots off the mountain. But now the weather is less of an obstacle for firefighters, there is a. Losing battle that we had a fight with that the beginning but now that the weather has more on our side cooler but the higher humidity, the visibility has also improved allowing for more air support but also the winds have turned in their favor where the winds are helping actually pushed the
With the National Guard about providing reinforcements as an already devastating wildfire season. Threatens to get even worse. The scu fire complex is the second largest fire in state history. Scorching now more than 365,000 acres containment is up to 20 . Its followed closely in size historically and currently by the lnu complex fire which has burned more than 356,000 acres in the north bay that complex is 27 contained and then theres the czu complex in the Santa Cruz Mountains thats burned. But 80,000 acres and containment has grown to 19 altogether these local fires have burned about 800,000 acres in just over a week all right, lets get a closer look at each of those major we start off with the scu lightning complex and. Contra costa Alameda Santa clara, san joaquin and stanislaus counties more than 365,000 acres have been scorched in the fires are 20 contained tonight, 5 people have been injured 3 1st responders and 2 others more than 20,000 structures are threatened. Now that lnu
In decades. Cal fire says that more than 400 structures have been. Burned to the ground 32 are looking at damage. Converse Taylor Bisacky is live for us in Scotts Valley to bring us up to date. Whats the latest taylor. The key here in Scotts Valley were seeing a lot of Emergency Personnel a lot of First Responders coming and going but some of that action starts about 11 miles west of here. I travel towards that area today and eventually landed in bonny doon and this is what youll see a shot some video from earlier and making my way over that way youll see a lot of dark plumes of smoke coming from the mountains and as i headed towards that direction. I eventually had felt an empire road where flames are still active. Theres many hot spots on both sides of the road so it makes it a little unnerving driving through that area you also would see a lot of fallen trees thankfully. I did see plenty of firefighters nearby the watching over that area now through the flames and smoke erode youll
Women while they waited in line i asked them what they thought about trumps comments towards women ill have their response later in the newscast. Mk 13an. The other big story we are tracking for you is Hurricane Matthew. President barack obama is being update on the situation as it get closer to the united states. This is a live look at nag head north carolina. The president was at fema headquarters in washington dc and he wanted to reassure people in the storms path. Matthew could soon effect areas all across the southeast. Fema has been on the ground in fl ga and sc. Working with state and local officials to prepare for the storm right now, Hurricane Matthew is heading right for the southeastern part of the us. Currently its a category 3 part of the us. But its expected to strengthen to a category 4 as it gets closer to florida. And. We will continue to track this powerful storm. In the box at the bottom of your screen. It was another cool morning for us here in the valley. ad lib ab