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David? >> all right, martha raddatz on the ground in afghanistan. martha, thank you. back here at home tonight, the storms in the east. flash flooding in providence, rhode island, late today. this car caught in those floods. while in the west, at least 47 wildfires are now burning. this one in arizona here. chief meteorologist ginger zee tracking it all for us again tonight. hi, ginger. >> reporter: hey there, david. this is a cold front. it is stormy, it's blustery, it's downright nasty. and we saw temperatures drop behind this thing some 30 degrees in 24 hours in new york state. in virgini...

So bitterly dry in the past few years. governor, jerry brown, called it a, quote, tinder box. so far, it is only 5% contained and already burned more than 18,000 acres. let's go to trinity county. the barker fire has burned more than 5,000 acres. some towns are under a man da tore evacuation order there. dry lightning, high winds. that's what's expected this weekend. that means there is not going to be a lot of a break for these men and women that are fighting the flames. ivan cabrera has the details on the weather. ivan, help us understand how bad this could get. >> the drought is setting t...

Rare august storms making a mess of mountain areas. at least three huge mudslides have stranded residents and campers. many roads are closed and some vehicles have been washed away by the walls of mud, some reported as high as 12 to 15 feet, 75 feet wide. at least one building has been destroyed and several others have been damaged. elsewhere in san bernardino county, the heavy rain has triggered flash floods. at least one person died when a vehicle was swept away. another resident climbed a tree there to escape the raging water. others took shelter in a general store, unable to leave the ar...

Work. dangerous. especially with erratic winds. the good news is -- i'm glad to give good news. cans are becoming more favorable for containment. looking at the satellite radar imagery. you can see the onshore flow. the winds shifted from an offshore dry flow to on shore, moist, cooler flow. that will help the firefighte firefighters. ventura county. 61 winds. light winds from the south. humidity is up. you can see the clouds moving in. chance of rain in area. more good news. but because it's so dry we could have lightning with the rain a thunderstorm and that could spark more wildfires. one c...

sandusky founded for troubled kids. susan candiotti is live at courthouse in pennsylvania. as i understand it, there has been a last-minute filing of some information that is a bit of a bombshell with regards to what's happening in the courtroom. somewhat related but somewhat not related, right? >> that's right. it has to do with two other people who are charged in connection with the case against jerry sandusky. you remember the two former penn state officials are currently charged with perjury in connection with allegedly lying to the grand jury about what they did or didn't know a...