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Is contaminating the city of reno, officials call it the worst air quality they have recorded in the area. that wildfire and others have forced more than 42,000 people from their homes in northern california. the caldor fire has destroyed more than 400 homes and it is only 9% contained. pedram javaheri has the latest. >> good morning. this has been an incredible run here for fire weather activity across the state of california. you look at the state in particular year to date comparison, 1.5 mil...

There were over 100,000 people without power at one stage. and in rhode island alone over 75,000 customers without power. now, the concern going forward as the temperatures start to rebound in the coming days, those still without electricity will have to deal with the oppressive heat and humidity that is going to build in across the eastern seaboard which will make life very difficult for anyone living across this region. but as this storm starts to peter itself out, rain itself out across the n...

All said and done, especially on the far eastern coast line there of, say, massachusetts into parts of vermont and new hampshire. thats why the weather service does give an elevated risk here. level 3 on a scale of 1 to 4 for excessive rainfall in portions of new england. we also saw whats happening in the state of tennessee. incredible amount of the rainfall. cannot overstate the incredible amount of rainfall that occurred here. dont see this very often. the all-time wettest number for tennesse...

With pedram javaheri. tell us what is happening now. >> still seeing periods of heavy rainfall, even in new york city, even in philadelphia at this hour. as the system essentially pushing on to the west, northwest, and gradually moving in that direction. we do expect it to make a sharp right turn and move off towards the east within the next 24 hours. but as you noted -- as brian noted in the previous story there, we were seeing winds close to hurricane force, strong enough after the historic ro...

As well, a tropical system. a lot of rainfall already observed. this round of it on monday could be just as problematic as the system slowly pulls away and finally we think on tuesday conditions begin to improve. but 3 of 4 on the threat scale for heavy rainfall in the metro northeast. this is central tennessee. weve seen incredible amounts of rainfall, robin, pushing 30 to 40 centimeters. 17 inches on saturday alone. that is a 1 in 1,000 year event taking place across the state of tennessee wit...

Powerful storms right now, a flash flood threat continues from the mid-atlantic through the northeast from former tropical storm fred while tropical storm grace takes aim at the yucatan. pedram javaheri has the details. >> good morning, rosemary. yes, were watching parts of three storms here. what is left of what was once tropical storm fred, fred really left a mess across the southern united states. look at portions of the panhandle into northern georgia, into the carolinas, that is widespread ...

Pedram javaheri. what is ahead for haiti with this tropical storm as search and rescue operations continue in the wake of the quake? >> one more very soggy day here through tuesday. i do expect the rainfall to begin to taper off later on this afternoon and this evening and really the heaviest rains will begin to move out of here within the next say six or so hours. but it has been an incredible night of thunderstorms, gusty winds and as much as a 250 to 300 millimeters that have come down across...

Expected to gradually improve. here is what is left of fred. notice scattered storms across the northeast and once the system eventually arrives here within the next say 36 to 48 hours or so, expect heavy rainfall to continue around some of the major metro cities in the northeast in part thanks to what is left of the system and then finally we see this exit stage right. now, on the western side of the u.s., we are back in action here with critical concerns for fire in the southwest and nine stat...

These are areas that could see as much as 8 inches of rainfall the next couple of days thanks to this tropical feature that made landfall in the last few hours. >> many thanks, pedram javaheri. and president biden is defending his decision to get the u.s. out of afghanistan. >> how many more generations of americas daughters and sons, how many more american lives is it worth. >> well look at the chaotic situation this kabul and how the white house is responding. and the race is on to get wes...

Storms that could hit the united states this week. pedram javaheri is live for us. what should very expect for the rest of the week? >> quite a bit of rainfall here especially from areas across the south all the way to the northeast before this system finally rains itself out. you will notice this is not very impressive on satellites. it has been over land about 12 or so hours and it is crossing out of alabama into georgia. and widespread flood watches in place, even tornado watches at this hour...