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James clayton reports from california. when fires get this hot, this intense, they're very hard to stop and this fire is headed straight for a beauty spot. over the past few days, residents of south lake tahoe have looked on in horror as the caldor fire got closer and closer to their homes. this is the worst i've seen it for 30 years. the town's crazy. just trying to get out. everyone in this town was ordered to evacuate on monday, leaving their homes at the mercy of the flames. nearly 4,000 firefighters are trying to stop it, or at least divert it. 0ften fighting it by hand, this is dangerous...

Buildings. is the infrastructure strong enough to withhold a category-5 storm here? the building code as we understand it through the reporting is cat 3 is sort of the minimum. widely, bradley speaking in terms of building code. >> caller: again, being in the kendall area of florida during hurricane andrew -- i spent two years down there. and building codes are, again, superior to what they once were. a magnitude 5 is -- category 5 is significant. harvey was a more localized storm with flooding and, again, the 40, 50 inches of rain that fell. with this rain-driven rain and winds of up to 170, ...

With her umbrella useless against the rain-driven rain, the skateboarder powers her wheels down the street, kind of like a sail. >> clearly no tony hawk. kudos taking lemons and yeah, making some lemonade. good for her. coming up next, too, we are turning to politics and who is winning -- winning? wining and dining the republicans. >> we need to be wining right now. did last night's big speakers, ann romney, and chris christie get through to voters? we'll take you live to tampa next on "world news now." ♪ >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by peachtree settlement funding...