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H pedram javaheri has more. >> we know the drought situation has been dire, about 42% are under extreme drought situation. and certainly doesn't help when you look at the incoming heatwave in place where over 7 million californians are under a heat advisory where temperatures across the central valley will get up to 103 here. and we're talking about 20 degrees above average. so again, sacramento, 101 on tuesday that would best the all-time record. same story wednesday before we see cooler temperatures come in. records across sacramento have been standing since the 1950s. of course it has been ...

Seen in a 360-degree direction and a smoldering husk. the thing that's so bizarre about this fire and how quickly and ven nously it moved through this neighborhood. last night at 5:00 it was three acres. then firefighters watched it, it jumped to five acres, then 40 acres and then exploded to hundreds of acres, racing up the side of the canyon next to us, cresting over the canyon, leaping onto homes, the roofs of homes, raining down embers and hopping home to home to home until more than 20 homes have been completely destroyed here. it's bizarre to think this is happening in may. i'm wearing a...

The rehabilitation center. more than 100 inmates are now back in their cells. gang violence is a consistent threat in ecuaecuador's prisons authorities have found human remains in the largest reservoir in the u.s. as water levels plunge. the remains were found in lake mead in nevada, less than a week after a body was discovered in a barrel at the same reservoir. police say the first victim was likely a murder victim from the 1 1970s or '80s. water levels have fallen dramatically during a mega-drought. high winds threatening to make wildfires even worse this week in the u.s., and that inclu...

50 years. you can actually see one of its original water intake valves exposed for the first time as the climate-fueled mega drought is gripping the western portion of the united states. cnn's stephanie ulelam joins us again. this is crippling -- i remember you standing over lake meade as you were reporting on this earlier. this crippling drought is now leading to some very new and real restrictions. >> reporter: yeah, and you know what i keep thinking about, kate, is april showers bring may flowers. not so much out here in the west since we barely got any rain. when you see something like thi...

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