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The fire grew to 4,261 acres and was 23% contained, authorities said.

Down it narrowly missed hitting two aircraft involved in fighting the fire. how much smoke? there is an air quality advisory in the san francisco bay area which is more than 200 miles away. this is when the fire activity is about at the lowest between now and this afternoon. the temperature will pick up by 30 degrees and the fire becomes much more intense. the humidity here is very, very low. so that means that the intense burning continues after dark and into the night. now, the numbers right n...

Unusual set up to see fire activity across the state of california. its the only large active fire in the state and one of only 12 fires in the united states to be in place there when it comes to, again, large active fires. 700 acres consumed, 35% containment. good news with this is the winds are dying down. the bad news is the incredible drought scenario that has been in place, of course, for years across the state of california, even with the abundant rainfall we saw in november and december, ...

Fire to move very violently and very aggressively. and that is our own doing. that is because of climate change. arwa damon, cnn, turkey. good morning rosemary, this is seven days in the works as far as the southern and southeastern corner of europe with the excessive heat. this is taken there about 20,000 miles up looking across the mediterranean ocean. and you can clearly see the smoke and haze from all the fire activity into portions of eastern and southeastern europe and a broader perspect...

After that. >> its up to her to choose whether help be firm and respected or force full or fear by the taliban. he says for now no plans to cut thieves hands off like before. which way hell tip? a bell weather for the country. nic roberston, cnn, kabul in afghanistan. >> re cnn has more in the situation and more in dealing with the massive fire. >> good morning, rosemary, we see september and october where fire activity really picks up intensity and unfortunately

Out there, pair that with a low humidity and we could see an increase in the fire activity. limit outdoor activity if you can. >> thanks a lot. september is here. that means a lot of things. one thing it means is college football. anthony florence has the day in sports. >> san jose state had a magical ride last season. today the spartans hit a roadblock in southern california to help the trojans march on to victory. sports is next.

This fire. and wild fires are also raging through parts of southern europe. greece is seeing the worst of it. we will have a live report later in the show on that. more dangerous weather is on the way for the west coast of the u.s. the national weather service says states in the northwest could see record-breaking temperatures this week and they wont be the only ones sweating it out. for more, were joined by our meteorologist. pedro, what are you seeing? >> we talked about the excessive heat...

Temperatures should be in the upper 70s but this takes us to the middle 90s. some suggest if the smoke and haze wasnt there, we would touch to 100 degrees. it speaks how to things played out in the summer here with the fires and their record heat that has been building back in. looking at portland, you see 106 degree forecast on thursday in portland, june 2020 did not happen, this would be the entire territory of all-time record heat. its going to push close to it again competing with the number...

Conditions and wildfire challenges the likes of which weve never seen in our history and as a consequence we need to acknowledge just straight up we need to acknowledge just straight up these are climate —induced wildfires. our correspondent barbara plett usher is in los angeles and joins me now. the devastation absolutely huge there. ., , ., the devastation absolutely huge there. . , ., , ., ., there. that is right and is not over et b there. that is right and is not over yet by any — there...

That in the forecast a pool of warm air in the middle of the country and we have seen that heat off to the west drifting to the middle of the country but it remains very dry for those western states that desperately need the rain. where we have severe thunderstorms around the great lakes but the western states with the bulk of the fire activity are completely dry. what you are looking at is widespread areas with extreme drought or even wider areas with some droughts that would be a concern the c...