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Stephanie, this fire continues to burn out of control. a very worrying situation there. >> very much so, as you can see behind me, winds are really picking up, making this fight so much more difficult. weve been out here watching as these winds have picked up. firefighters fighting this fight from the sky, dropping fire retardant and water. as you can see, theres still a lot of smoke there, theres still a lot of fire. this is what theyre seeing across the country. tonight, the raging wildfires i...

While some make a last-ditch effort to save their homes. >> come on. lets go. >> anybody else in the house? >> no. nobodys here! >> long beach police officer josh castro filmed the images of the holy fire burning just beyond his yard. tricky wind patterns creating the so-called elsino front. racing uphill one moment, downhill the next. pushing flame within feet of the homes. firefighters taking a last-minute stand and winning. in this fire fight, its hard to believe none of these homes were lost...

And increases the rate of evaporation and more water vapor remains in the air rising temperatures change wind patterns and that affects the intensity and distribution of storms. in asia monsoons are getting stronger and the affected areas of growing floods increase the risk of crops failing. in other areas by contrast the ground is getting dryer. these changes are already underway. a full two degree rise scientists warn on the consequences would be catastrophic disrupting or even destroying the ...

Explosion. >> these radio isotopes decay very quickly in the air. i suspect in japan, you know, depending on the wind patterns and where things are -- how -- whether its possible that the atmospheric conditions could be moving into japan from north korea. i suspect that they would -- that they are already testing for anything in the atmosphere. i believe they have a wc-135 of their own. then they also have inherent capabilities that exist in japan that they would be able to test for this. but be...

Across the region. over 1,500 firefighters battling the blaze. 14 helicopters as well trying to take care of this fire from the sky. now we have few fires here highlighted on the particular map. one is the whittier fire. there is 52% containment. the other side of the story, fire conditions are still quite difficult across the area with changing wind patterns and low relative humidity and heat. one of the larger fires burning across the western u.s. roosters comb fire. 200,000 acres. that is 80%...

Changes, the upper atmosphere changes all around the globe. its almost like ringing a bell and the effect of ringing that bell changes in global energy are a shift in wind patterns, it moves the jet stream all over the globe. it turns places like indonesia and australia that normally get a lot of rain into areas that can have really severe droughts leading to crop failures, forest fires. its associated with droughts in india, droughts in northeast brazil. heavy rain in some other areas. its a gl...

Open. houston is back open for business. school will be in session again tomorrow. and houston maybe can get back to normal tomorrow. back to you, chris. >> all right, nbc news reporter charles hadlock, appreciate it. thank you. joining us to talk about if the severe weather in texas is indicator of el nino, its return, radley horton, scientist at columbia university earth institute. so, i saw this news then i saw a bunch of people saying this is another indicator we may be in store for an el ni...

Its almost like ringing a bell and the effect of ringing that bell changes in global energy are a shift in wind patterns it moves the jet stream all over the globe. it turns places like indonesia and australia that normally get a lot of rain into areas that can have really severe droughts leading to crop failures, forest fires. its associated with droughts in india, droughts in northeast brazil. heavy rain in some other areas. its a global phenomenon. >> okay. so how -- what role does this flood...

To your west. see the pacific ocean. and to the east, caribbean sea. 40 miles from san jose. 300,000 people call home. upper level steering currents. conducive to take the smoke. direct it toward san jose. the concern here in the next coming couple of days. wind patterns remain like that. middle portion of the week. major city. lot of ash. rosie told you. covering some airport run ways there, making it dangerous. traveling toward the region. quick glance, southern california. thank you for stayi...

They are going to focus on. thats what the calculation is telling them. again, though, not perfect knowledge. this is the analysis that theyve done. things may move around a bit. metrological wind patterns, wave patterns could move things around but this is where they are going to start. what it tells us, not the whole indian ocean. theyve got a good idea of where they want to begin to look out there in that vast body of water. >> you know just how troubling this is when not the whole indian oce...