long term drought, which means all of the undergrowth and the foliage thatis of the undergrowth and the foliage that is burning isjust tinder dry. these are nightmare conditions for the firefighters and an example of how severe these fires are. they are in some cases creating their own weather systems. in some cases creating their own weathersystems. by in some cases creating their own weather systems. by that, in some cases creating their own weathersystems. by that, i in some cases creating their own weather systems. by that, i mean the air is so hot above the fire is a sequence of events which prison this massive cloud that is capable of lightning strikes produce. that can start more fires of. emergency workers in western india have been frantically trying to rescue around 50 people, feared trapped in a landslide, triggered by monsoon rains, in the state of maharashtra. officials said the downpours over the past few days, have triggered severe flooding in many parts of the state,
we have been having over the past few weeks combined with the long term drought which means all of the undergrowth and foliage that is burning is just tinder dry. these are really nightmare conditions for the firefighters and an example of how severe these are, they are in some cases creating their own weather systems, and that means there is a sequence of events that creates a cloud capable of lightning strikes and this one is generating lightning across northern california and that can start more fires. rains have briefly subsided in western india allowing the authorities to deploy more emergency teams to look for survivors following deadly landslides and floods. the states of maharashtra and goa have been badly affected with more than a 135 dead. witnesses say dozens of homes were flattened within minutes after a hill side caved in following torrential downpour at a village in maharashtra state. to rescue several people feared trapped in the debris. you re watching bbc news.
the undergrowth and foliage that is burning isjust the undergrowth and foliage that is burning is just tender dry. the undergrowth and foliage that is burning isjust tender dry. these are really nightmare conditions for the firefighters and an example of how severe these are the rns some cases creating their own weather systems and that means there is a sequence of events that creates a cloud capable of lightning strikes and this one is generating lightning across northern california and that can start more fires. i across northern california and that can start more fires. can start more fires. i think the fire they have can start more fires. i think the fire they have called can start more fires. i think the fire they have called dixie. - fire they have called dixie. tells about the other one, quite a lot of people will have heard about the bootleg fire in oregon. that seems to be quite terrifying. this bootleg fire in oregon. that seems to be quite terrifying. to be quite terri
our correspondent, peter bowes, is in los angeles and has more. already this season, certainly in california, we have seen many more fires than in recent years, and many more of these what they are describing as megafires and they determine a fire as a megafire when it has burned more than 100,000 acres, and the one you referred to in northern california is in that position, just spreading out of control. the weather conditions have helped a little bit in the past 2a hours or so. but it is just marginal because of the really searing heat we have been having over the past few weeks combined of course with the long term drought which means all of the undergrowth and foliage that is burning is just tinder dry. these are really nightmare conditions for the firefighters and an example of how severe these fires are, they are in some cases, and this is a good example, creating their own weather systems. by that i mean the air is so hot above the fire that it rises, there is a sequence of even
there are several americans. the state department has not yet disclosed their names or their conditions. and we are waiting for that information. the siege lasted just under one hour. an hour of nightmare conditions. we know that eight of the known terrorist attackers are dead. and at least one of them has been identified as a french national known to have radical ties. he was on a watch list. we ve got some new details about the other individuals as well that we will be bringing to you. senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot joins me live from paris. greg, good afternoon to you. obviously, a harrowing time in the city that you are in. what do we though? what s the latest on this investigation, greg? reporter: martha, harrowing time and a busy time. we ve been watching police behind us going over the bataclan music hall. that was the scene of most of the carnage or a good deal of it, anyway, more than 80 people slaughtered there. they are investigating there.