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American west is facing a devastating fire season. its only september and over 4.9 million acres have burned, surpassing the acreage burned in all of 2019. our coming our communities gonna wait for action. this was the second most destructive fire season history. three of the highest -- the state also experienced some of the worst air quality in the world this summer. as well as fatal flash flooding. the impacts of the climate crisis are at our doorstep, threatening lives, health, and property. ...

>> our plan was to go in and save her belongings, but unfortunately probably around 2:30, 3:00 thursday the house was on fire. >> thank god you didnt come back. >> yeah. >> reporter: the president pledging federal support will continue for the long haul as the region recovers from flash flooding and tornados. >> oh, my god! >> reporter: damaged homes and killed at least 50 people. >> we will make sure the relief is equitable so those hardest hit get what they need, and we know there is a lot mor...

Day bump. >> we are having to prepare ourselves for having yet again another surge. >> reporter: this labor day weekend scenes like this. football fans packed in the stands in alabama, which has the lowest vaccination rate in the land. in south carolina, which has the highest infection rate in the land. and in georgia where near record numbers are already in the hospital. >> our thanks to nick watt there. we are watching president biden. he is touring this storm-damaged neighborhood in manville,...

Season. its only september and over 4.9 million acres have burned, surpassing the total acreage burned in all of 2019. our communities cannot wait for action. the 2020 wildfire season was the second most destructive in u.s. history and the worst in colorado history. three of the largest wildfires colorado has ever witnessed happened last year. the state also experienced some of the worst air quality in the world this summer. as well as fatal flash flooding within the cameron peak fire burn scar....

Electricity and they could be the more difficult and long term process because many of them are in the more distant and more rural parishes where the population centers arent as large and where getting at the power lines and damaged equipment is much more difficult. meanwhile there is also concern about bad weather that could be moving in and that will be a problem because many of the storm drains and the drainage areas are clogged with debris from the hurricane. city officials do worry about th...

Hot day in fact once again, temperatures to hit around 13 degrees or so and central parts of england. thats wednesday, what about wednesday evening? so, the heavy showers and downpours drift further north towards the east and theyre creeping across the country and the met office is warning that into thursday, gets a lot office is warning that into thursday, we could see a lot of rainfall in the possibility of flash flooding across parts of wales, england as well as the slow heavy thundery downpo...

And indeed the world are experiencing every day. i really think were at an inflection point. you see that with the hurricane in louisiana, the flash flooding in new york and new jersey and the historic unprecedented wildfires my community has experienced. two of the three largest wildfires in the history of colorado happening in my congressional district a mere 11 months ago. so i think ultimately what the scientists are telling us in the form of the ipcc report that was released a few weeks ago...

Find new flexibility. find new roads. chevrolet. right now more than 4 -- 400,000 people in louisiana have no power. theres a new threat in this moment, flash flooding.

At that point now, are you worried you might get there? >> this is why people come to work at fema to have the opportunity to help people before, during and after disasters and certainly is a lot going on. were still supporting response operations in louisiana and the fema administrator was on the ground yesterday and will be with the president in new york and new jersey to make sure aid is flowing to folks who are eligible. we have the resources we need to continue to respond. its really import...

Rainfall and flash flooding. more than 50 in the northeast alone, including people trapped in their basement apartments filling with water. and where theyre still searching, including two young college students who still have not been found. the president tonight saying it is clear climate change is here and whit johnson from new york. overseas tonight, four americans rescued from afghanistan. how they got out. the state department now saying about 100 americans still stranded. the taliban rep...