In and around South Lake Tahoe are spending yet another anxious night, hoping and praying firefighters can hold the lights. Crews have been doing a remarkable job so far protecting communities. This week near where the destructive Counter Fire is burning. It is burning as we speak tonight and the fire is only about 3 miles south of the recently evacuated South Lake Tahoe area which has been a Ghost Town now since late monday. Good evening, everybody. Thank you for being with us tonight on kron 4 news at 9. Im grant lotus. Im Justine Waldman in for Vicki Tonight and the Caldor Fire is moving northeast towards the California Nevada State line. And here is a look now at the latest numbers from calfire. This fire has burned more than 207,000 acres it is 23 contained and nearly 600 homes have been destroyed. Weve also learned that Cal Fire is down a Strike Team because of a covid outbreak and we have Team Coverage Tonight on this Caldor Fire Kron Fours Ken Wayne is live in the newsroom with
Will still likely be weeks before power is fully restored. And the White House announced a short time ago that president biden will visit louisiana on friday to tour the damage. And about 2,000 Miles Away in california, a desperate battle Sunday Way right now to try to save south Lake Tahoe as thousands of firefighters are struggling to deal with a series of wildfires burning across that state and the caldor Fires Growth now heading to the Nevada State Line forcing people to flee the region just before the Labor Day weekend. Were going to begin this hour with the aftermath of Hurricane Ida. Joining us to start off our Coverage Nbc News correspondent Sam Brock in La Place, louisiana, roughly 30 miles northwest of New Orleans and Nbc News Correspondent Shaquille Brewster in the bigs. Shaq, youre one of the places seeing long lines and lots of people waiting to get supplies they need just for basic survival. Tell us about the situation as youve been observing it today. Reporter yeah. Its
About 22,000 people are scrambling to leave town. That includes the casinos on the south shore. And Hurricane Ida trapping people in floodwaters in coastal louisiana shattering the Power Grid there. Lets start with the destruction in the wake of that hurricane. Search and rescue efforts continue after this powerful category 4 storm roared across the coast. Right now more than a million people are without power. So far, one person is confirmed dead. Sadly, that Death Toll is expected to rise. Lets bring in Liz Mclaughlin who joins us in New Orleans. Whats happening around you this evening . Reporter raj, officials are only beginning to assess the impact of Hurricane Ida. Here in New Orleans weve got debris lining the strees. A massive tree behind us in jackson square, a famous part of New Orleans, just snapped in half like a twig. And thats just a fraction of the damage that could be seen across the state from this deadly storm. A massive Search And Rescue operation is under way, a day
When fun time from the Bay Areas local news station. Youre watching kron. 4 news at noon. Now at 9 as the Caldor Fire continues to expand in Eldorado County. Crews are now focusing their efforts on stopping the fires progress. They dont want to cross highway 50 or highway 88 that would create a disastrous situation. Thank you so much for joining us here. During kron, 4 news at 9 oclock tonight. Im justine waltman. Im jonathan mccall. Tonight. Flames are moving east in creeping closer to south Lake Tahoe. Flames. Also moving south as well highway 88 now closed that Dew Drop because of safety concerns in the last few hours. New Evacuation Orders have been issued for folks living in parts of Al Pond and L Mode or college hears a look at what we know right now about the fire. Its about 10 miles away from south Lake Tahoe. And so far it has burned more than 156,000 acres destroying more than 650 buildings and threatening more than 18,000 more. This fire has already injured 2 people and 3 fi
Form of evacuation to the nevada state line. This is because of the Caldor Fire. The city of south Lake Tahoe is under Evacuation Warning and bart and Memorial Hospital is being evacuated as well. Evacuation orders for the first time for the people in the Tahoe Basin and amador county. They were all included in this. More people in El Dorado and alpine counties are also under new orders. Fire crews say the Caldor Fire experienced, quote, rapid spread. The Caldor Fire has burned 263 square miles or an area larger than the size of san jose and oakland combined. Containment dropped to 13 . A lot to track of right now. Lets bring in meteorologist Kari Hall monitoring some of this as well. Smoke conditions that could come into the Bay Area. Yeah. Weve seen a lot of smoke over the past couple days and it has cleared a little bit, but then take a look at the fire and what weve seen, the perimeter, the yellow dots indicate the area thats burned, the red dots indicate active fire. As we get a c