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David? >> all right, martha raddatz on the ground in afghanistan. martha, thank you. back here at home tonight, the storms in the east. flash flooding in providence, rhode island, late today. this car caught in those floods. while in the west, at least 47 wildfires are now burning. this one in arizona here. chief meteorologist ginger zee tracking it all for us again tonight. hi, ginger. >> reporter: hey there, david. this is a cold front. it is stormy, its blustery, its downright nasty. and we...

So bitterly dry in the past few years. governor, jerry brown, called it a, quote, tinder box. so far, it is only 5% contained and already burned more than 18,000 acres. lets go to trinity county. the barker fire has burned more than 5,000 acres. some towns are under a man da tore evacuation order there. dry lightning, high winds. thats whats expected this weekend. that means there is not going to be a lot of a break for these men and women that are fighting the flames. ivan cabrera has the det...

Rare august storms making a mess of mountain areas. at least three huge mudslides have stranded residents and campers. many roads are closed and some vehicles have been washed away by the walls of mud, some reported as high as 12 to 15 feet, 75 feet wide. at least one building has been destroyed and several others have been damaged. elsewhere in san bernardino county, the heavy rain has triggered flash floods. at least one person died when a vehicle was swept away. another resident climbed a t...

Work. dangerous. especially with erratic winds. the good news is -- im glad to give good news. cans are becoming more favorable for containment. looking at the satellite radar imagery. you can see the onshore flow. the winds shifted from an offshore dry flow to on shore, moist, cooler flow. that will help the firefighte firefighters. ventura county. 61 winds. light winds from the south. humidity is up. you can see the clouds moving in. chance of rain in area. more good news. but because its so d...

sandusky founded for troubled kids. susan candiotti is live at courthouse in pennsylvania. as i understand it, there has been a last-minute filing of some information that is a bit of a bombshell with regards to whats happening in the courtroom. somewhat related but somewhat not related, right? >> thats right. it has to do with two other people who are charged in connection with the case against jerry sandusky. you remember the two former penn state officials are currently charged with...

Showers are popping up right now across parts of tennessee and georgia and alabama. showers along that i-75 corridor. this is nice. this is why it doesnt get as hot typically in the south as it does some places even in the midwest. it can get to be 114 in nebraska sometimes and theres no relief from that. but at least the showers pop up in the south. when the clouds pop up, at least some of the heat goes away. there it is. that was the forecast for charleston. they got it right on the money. may...