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What's happening. king abdullah left a hospital in dubai. this comes less than a day after the king's younger brother and heir to the throne died of cancer. meteorologists in texas are telling people in west texas that as the epic drought continues so have the dust storms. it's bracing for another storm after 70 mile-an-hour winds whipped up a dust cloud on monday. back to our program. due to mature and graphic subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. two men break into a private home in florida, torture and murder all three people they find inside, and it is all caught by a home se...

both of you. >> thank you, kyra. we start in texas. exhausted fire crews are battling an enemy is astonishing and relentless wildfires burning somewhere in the state for nearly ten months without any break. today is the 296th consecutive day of work for those firefighters. just in the last week, 120,000 acres have burned. more than 700 homes have burned since sunday and then near austin, a blaze has killed two more people raising the overall death toll to four. jim spelman is in bsatrop near the largest fire in the state. are crews making any progress at this hour? >> good morning....

suzanne malveaux. i want to get you up to speed for wednesday, august 31st. firefighters are calling in air tankers to battle wildfires outside of dallas. more than two dozen homes have burned in palo pinto county and firefighters say the fire is 25% contained. several hundred people had to pack up and run as fires spread. texas is in the middle of an epic drought and heat wave that is dragging all summer long. >> reporter: more than 100 homes are in jeopardy and those who lost their homes are devastated. >> it happened so quickly and i was thinking not again. >> this time it happene...

worth has destroyed about 30 homes already. it threatens many more. this is so big, the fire is so big and intense that firefighters haven't been able to contain any of that. right now crews are getting people out of its way and trying to protect the homes still standing. the fire has burned nearly 8,000 acres. air tankers are expected to drop water on the fire today. it is unclear how this fire started, but the epic drought and the heat may have made this the worst fire season in texas history. oklahoma is suffering, too. a fire near oklahoma city has forced people within a two squa...

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