Containment also went up to 17 the hurricane warning is out for all of the areas in this red area here. As we come in closer, when you from 13 yesterday. About 77,000 people remain evacuate from the homes in have a storm this strong, the santa cruz and san mateo storm surge will be a huge counties. This fire has destroyed more concern, possibly on the order of 9 to 13 feet, and theres a than 330 buildings, most in Santa Cruz County. That number is only going to chance this surge of water could move 30 miles inland. Thats just amazing. Increase. Obviously a large incident like so thats the latest on what is a strengthening storm, and it this encompasses numerous will be a big concern over the roadways and numerous next few days. Structures within the interior here is a live camera look at that is very difficult to get San Francisco, where you see to. Especially with the amount of some layers im watching. Trees that have fallen and the the fog hanging out ern, that amount of debris thats
Department said they were following up on several reports of missing people in the fire zones. More than 77,000 other people are still evacuated from their homes. They are spread out around the county. Jesse gary joins us from one of the Evacuation Centers at cabrio college. Jesse . Reporter frank, good afternoon to you. To a man, woman, and child, there is one fourletter word that carries with it a combination of hope, anticipation, and frustration. That word is home. For the evacuation people here with a destination, a universal destination that is cloaked in questions and uncertainty. Is it ever gonna end . You know, i want to go home. Reporter Boulder Creek evacuee Barbara Andrews echos sentiments shared many of the people chased from their homes by the czu mega fire. Santa cruz county has set up near lay dozen evacuation sites for families, their pets, and their animals. Since that first night, weve expanded considerably. Weve gotten a lot of good infrastructure going on here. Wer
The fire to drop water and retardant. Cal fire at any moment is scheduled to begin their evening briefing that the Community Center in scotts valley. As soon as they do, well bring it to you live. Right now, we want to bring in our chief meteorologist bill martin. What are the weather conditions looking like, bill . Well, just kind of like what you said. Weve had a good run of weather for firefighters. Cal fire has made exceptional progress. Most of this great weather has to do quit what im showing you here, this live shot of the fog coming in. Its cool, moist, doing its thing, and that has increased humidities in the fire zone, doubled and tripled the humidities, which is huge. Any firefighters will tell you that. We saw more smoke today on the peninsula, with more of a southerly wind bringing the smoke in from the santa cruz fire. So we have a lot of smoke. Thats why the air quality district has issued or extended their spare the air alert through friday, and thats just how its going
Naturalization ceremony on night two of the Republican National convention. The first lady delivered the keynotes each. And my husband you have a president it will not stop fighting for you and your families. I see how hard he works each day and night and despite the unprecedented attacks from the media and opposition, he will not give up. In fact, if you tell him it cannot be done he just works harder. We will have more from the convention, coming up. First, we want to bring you the latest on the wildfires. It has been another productive day for fire crews and now some evacuees in napa and sonoma counties are being allowed to return home. Heres where we stand on the three major fires. The scu lightning complex fire is the largest in the state. It is burning in seven counties from the diablo ranch in the east bay to the Central Valley and it has now burned 363,000 acres. Cal fire says that as of tonight it is only 15 contained. Me czu lightning complex fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains
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