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The lighter wind certainly helps with that. the very dry place, a place that averages around 3 1/2 inches of rain a year. when have you that kind of desert and that kind of dry conditions fires anywhere would be a problem. obviously not the case with a building. that's a different story. the weather at this point not a problem for them. temps 73 degrees, clear skies. not a lot of humidity. not a lot of it's pretty much d most of the smoke rising straight up ahead. >> yeah, you mentioned though, burning embers which we can clearly see in the video taken earlier. when you're talking about embers...

We're hearing some of the worst damage is in your county. tell us about some of the devastation this flooding has caused. >> good afternoon. yes, we've had a lot of rain up in the mountains that has eliminated access to several of our communities, has undermined roads and structures have fallen into the water. >> what is so unusual about these torrential downpours? are they worse than normal or is there something else that's causing the problem? >> well, colorado typically gets about 11 inches of rain a year, and we have had over that in the last two days. >> amazing. unbelievable. are there a...

Perspective. we appreciate it. let's go to texas now where wildfires have been burning for two weeks. scorching over 1 million acres of land. the latest fires outside of ft. worth have destroyed about 150 homes and forced hundreds of residents to flee the area. nbc's janet schanlian is in next next. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it's really turned windy today. we use this phrase a lot, the perfect storm, that it really is the perfect storm for these wildfires that come to texas every spring. but never like we're seeing this year. more than 1.5 million acres scorched like the build...