Battle against wildfires. New fires erupting over the weekend. 4 major fires burning in five states. More than 700,000 acres in flames. California getting the worst of it. Bazi kanani is tracking it all. Reporter the fire fight if full force. Planes and helicopters attack from above. And a tough battle below as firefighters try to get ahead of an unpredictable opponent. Fire is a living breathing organism. You never know what its going to do and where its going to go. Reporter hot, shifting winds and steep slopes among the challenges for the more than 1,000 firefighters in hard to reach terrain northeast of sacramento sacramento. The lowell fire season from space. Reporter the pous he built himself is now in the hands of firefighters. Crews get set to defend the home. Structures threatened. Im going to grab my four dog, put them in the car, and leave. And hope that they can save my house. Reporter this fire season is an exhausting one. 5. 6 million acres so far. Were at the peak of sum
A drone flying just under southwest of us. Where were the drones coming from and who is responsible . And from tears to elation. The baseball player who just days ago broke down on the field thinking he had been traded hits a dramatic gamewinning home run for the team he loves. And its gone he did it flores we have a feeling hes not going anywhere. Today, august 1st 2015. From nbc news this is today live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on this saturday morning. Im erica hill. Im craig melvin alongside Sheinelle Jones and dylan dreyer is here. You are right. Wilmer flores has been with the mets since he was 16. You can play at 16 . Well farm system. He was in the farm system. You are thinking you missed the boat . I could have played at 16. It c and ferocious noise. Reporter about 70 miles away same story, different terrain. Crews moving to contain the fire that has been torching forest pines. We see flames in excess of 100 feet. Reporter the rocky fire is the bigg
Southwest of us. Where were the drones coming from and who is responsible . And from tears to elation. The baseball player who just days ago broke down on the field thinking he had been traded hits a dramatic gamewinning home run for the team he loves. And its gone he did it flores we have a feeling hes not going anywhere. Today, august 1st 2015. From nbc news this is today live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on this saturday morning. Im erica hill. Im craig melvin alongside Sheinelle Jones and dylan dreyer is here. You are right. Wilmer flores has been with the mets since he was 16. You can play at 16 . Well farm system. He was in the farm system. You are thinking you missed the boat . I could have played at 16. It could happen. That aint happening. Well have more on that coming up. We begin the top story which is the out of control wildfires. Two dozen of them out west show no signs of letting up. This morning, the firefighters battling the blazes are mourning
Destroyed and on the edge of the inferno, firefighters risking their lives to save peoples property. I heard this loud explosion and ferocious noise. Reporter about 70 miles away, same story, different terrain. Crews moving to contain the fire that has been torching forest pines. We see flames in excess of 100 feet. Reporter the rocky fire is the biggest at 18,000 acres. All across california, 23 large fires are burning in the midst of a severe drought. With that drought, comes dry vegetation and wind conditions make the potential for firefighting dangerous. Reporter the governor declared a state of emergency and National Guard to help crews on the ground. This morning, firefighters start another dangerous day of trying to contain the flames. And this weekends weather is expected to make conditions more dangerous. Red flag Warnings Issued in the northern part of the state and dry thunderstorms, the worst kind for firefighters are expected to bring heavy lightning and strong wind. Erica
Act stress after a major scare. Good evening. Its great to start another week with you. And we begin tonight with the evacuations right now and warnings to get off the with the powerful storms on the move at this hour. Tens of millions from kentucky up to maine in the path. And a deluge today in tampa, florida. And a storm moving in montrose beach, illinois. Its the same system that caused a deadly tent collapse. We have it tonight. Gio benitez has the story. Reporter tonight, tampa florida, inundated. A town by the water, now underwater cars left behind water rushing over the wheel wells, happening so fast, hundreds caught off guard. Reporter Sarah Rosario from our tampa affiliate wfts right in the middle of it. This is exactly what they dont want you to do. Reporter more than 40 residents evacuated from flood waters up to four feet high children, their pets, the elderly, all carried out in boats. Ive never seen it in the years i have lived here. Reporter and now the sheriff there war