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inches. looking at radar, showers overnight, one or two left over showers across east of the bay, down towards easton and cambridge, and out to the west, but most of the area nice and dry. a few showers redevelop this afternoon in the daytime heating. nothing to worry about here. don't cancel outdoor plans based on rain chances. temperatures cool, highs mid- 70s warmer than yesterday. 74 washington 72 warren on the. more details on the forecast including a look at the weekend. nice warm up on the way. if you like warmer temperatures, you will love it. then traffic and julie has your ...

>> a brush fire overran several homes and this church in oklahoma city. crews say the fire, it is contained, but they're working hard today to make sure it doesn't flare up again. irene, long gone, but folks are still feeling miserable in parts of the northeast. forecasters say the pasaeic river in new jersey has peaked but it probably won't fall below flood stage well friday. 43 people have died from this terrible storm. more than 2.5 million customers up and down the east coast still don't have power and some people are cut off by irene, have some more pressing problems. >> we're...

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...

south korean military exercises are underway right now in the yellow sea near the disputed border with north korea. and seoul has gone ahead with the drill bess might a threat from pyongyang that it would strike back. world leaders are worried it could result in an incident like last month's shelling of yeonpyeong island which left four people dead. the u.n. security council spent sunday debating the crisis. after eight hours of negotiations, delegates failed to come up with a unified statement. progress is being made on the diplomatic front. u.s. governor bill richardson, who's on a...

the u.n. security council today seemed powerless to stop it. nearly 30,000 american forces are permanently based there and could become involved in a conflict between the two countries. and just a short time ago, south korean residents of islands near north korea were told to take cover. the live-fire drills are not the danger. it's the promise of military retaliation from north korea that has the entire region on pins and needles. north korea says the drills are, quote, designed to ignite war at any cost. tensions on the korean peninsula had been growing since march when a south kor...