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Zero tolerance for the abuse of children by clergy, also announcing an investigation into three bishops for abuse related issues. bill: fire crews trying to contain a monster fire called the funny river fire. force evacuation of 1000 homes. the red cross has set up shelter and hotel owners offering rooms to evacuees free of charge. the going gets tough, we all stick together and we are there for each other. that is what a small community is about. give us a call, i would comp them rooms as long as i could possibly do it. bill: only 30% contained but forecasters are hoping rain today and tomorrow might help slow the growth of the fire. martha: from the great north to the desert southwest and another ....
There are reports of as many as 18 tornadoes touching down in three states, iowa, south dakota, nebraska. in wayne, nebraska, a tornado destroyed as many as a dozen homes. fortunately, no one was killed. also knocked out power to residents of rapid city, south dakota. nebraska isn t the only state hit by severe weather, from california to the midwest and down to the gulf of mexico, rough weather is sweeping across the country. alexandra steele is busy in the cnn severe weather center. we have a hodge podge of everything. i see snow flurries, windy conditions, everything. it is a weather trifecta. snow, tornadoes, and fire risk. we will start with the snow, where wave seen it and how much we have seen. it is an incredible amount. look at the pictures, wyoming more today, heavy, wet snow. saw it in eastern wyoming. western south dakota, the bull s ....
We saw it yesterday. today it s certainly not quite as robust but the threat has moved east ward. again, 18 preliminary reports. six thus far have been confirmed in three states. uncommon but certainly not unheard of. we had 11 in october in 2001. the national weather service is out doing a post-storm survey to assess the damage. and now further west to southern cal. the fire threat is there of course, october is fire season. santa ana winds howling. the winds could really push any small fire out of control already. 77-mile-per-hour winds in laguna park and ventura county. 52-mile-per-hour winds in los angeles county, fred. so that has just begun to exacerbate the troubles with the fires that are already present there, fred. nasty stuff. and then we re not done with the ....
Weekend, red flag warnings are up. winds to push any small fire and become a monster fire. again, out of control potentially because winds are a factor. we have seen gusts between 50 and 77 miles per hour from venture a county to los angeles county. this again from santa barbara through l.a. and san diego. you can see where the red fires are and where the fire threat is today and will continue to be through the weekend. bad stuff. appreciate that. let s talk about more weather out there, the biggest weather maker this weekend could turn out to be a tropical storm by the name of karen. no longer a danger that it will become a hurricane. but residents on the gulf coast are still being warned. karen could hit southeast louisiana tonight. cnn s indra peterson is in pensacola with more on that and the kind of rain and storm surge that is expected. indra? reporter: yeah, i mean, what a difference from yesterday. ....
We re talking about this monster fire, let me show you the pictures that ravaged through dozens of stores on the jersey shore. yeah, the same places that just recovered from superstorm sandy last october. flames traveled four blocks up the boardwalk. one man is picking subpoena the piece. reporter: reporter: optimism that the boardwalk was stronger than the storm. less than a year later, livelihoods have been destroyed again. residents are in shock after they watch their businesses burn to ash. there was nothing i could do. reporter: chris dennis, owner of a store that opened on the boardwalk in 1992, lost about $40 million from super storm sandy. estimates damages from the fire are at least another $30,000. seeing the damage up close from the fire, he said this time the damage will take longer to ....