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Terms of a cold front passing through. unfortunately, it changed the wind direction battling the front line. back to you. >> thank you for that. lets talk more about this bush fire in victoria. it has already destroyed at least 116 homes. its burned some 2,200 hectares or nearly 6,000 acres. cnn producer joins us with more on the situation there. this is a popular part of the country when it comes to tourists? >> that right. were talking about the great ocean road. which is one of the prime tour...

Interesting the wind direction was kind of key here. it was right out of the due south sending it up straight to the north. if it had been out of the southwest sending up to the northeast, think of the population center wed be talking about. it would have headed toward philadelphia ultimately on its way to the new york metro region. good that it went straight north toward the wilkes bury area. >> they have to figure out a way to make sure it doesnt get unat the time -- untethered. >> i would say...

Hurricane joaquin will hit the mainland u.s. after slamming through the bahamas. however, residents up and down the eastern coastline still have to brace for potentially unprecedented rainfall and life-threatening floods. nbcs gabe gutierrez is live in kill devil hills, north carolina, for us this morning. first, meteorologist bill karins is live with the very latest. bill? >> thanks, jose. we are watching, we are approaching high tide now on the east coast, especially the jersey shore, down tow...

Destroyed and damage assessment teams are trying to figure out why some burned down and others didnt. building materials and wind direction. they dont want to lose an opportunity of how to prevent widespread damage. with four years of drought, fire behavior is unpredictable. firefighters are starting to get the upper hand near sacramento. and the massive rufk fire is 40 percent contained and promise is made on these and other wildfires burning all around california, jenna. it is possible this th...

Air traffic control tells the crew theyll have to land on a different runway. because of a change in wind direction, the active runway is now runway 5. >> when there are last-minute changes such as runway changes or route changes, pilots dont like that, because theyve already programmed the computer to fly a particular route to get to the airport. >> complicating things even more, air traffic control recommends a nonprecision approach, a type of manual landing the pilot has had very little exper...

Crew theyll have to land on a different runway. because of a change in wind direction, the active runway is now runway 5. >> when there are last-minute changes such as runway changes or route changes, pilots dont like that, because theyve already programmed the computer to fly a particular route to get to the airport. >> complicating things even more, air traffic control recommends a nonprecision approach, a type of manual landing the pilot has had very little experience flying in this brand-new...

Martha: the death toll rising in china a week after explosions rocked a port city. 70 people are still missing. >> reporter: residents in tianjin have bin venting their anger as what they see as negligence from people in the port city. 700 remain missing most of hoop are firemen. many residents refuse to return to their homes claiming ground water could be contaminated. as the wind direction began changing the authorities began evacuating for locals.

Crew theyll have to land on a different runway. because of a change in wind direction, the active runway is now runway 5. >> when there are last-minute changes such as runway changes or route changes, pilots dont like that, because theyve already programmed the computer to fly a particular route to get to the airport. >> complicating things even more, air traffic control recommends a nonprecision approach, a type of manual landing the pilot has had very little experience flying in this brand-new...

2,647 miles away. that has been over a year now. this thing has been floating out there and has been influenced by the ocean currents at this point here. the ocean currents there are five gyres across here because of the circular nature. the gyres do so as well. the piece found on the beach on the coast was large enough buoyant enough to be carried by these gyres which control essentially the first 300 meters or so above the ocean current here. one we are particularly interested in is the indian...

>> actually the national council really focuses on consumer fireworks, but i dont think this is very common. i know the public displays very specific requirements or distance from the shoot site to the audience wind speed, wind direction. i dont think this is very common. >> there is a recent report from the consumer product safety commission saying that eye injuries caused by fireworks have doubled from just three years ago. 1300 last year compared to 600 in 2011. what do you think, do you thin...