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Jillian: we are closely watching what is going on in california and so is janice dean. >> we have a system in the northwest but we are not getting any of that moisture in california. that is a problem, low humidity, temperatures go up this weekend, no moisture for the next 5 to 7 days for northern california and southern california, dozens of wildfires burn out of control. low relative humidity. the forecast we are talking about below 10% and that will be ongoing into the weekend. the fire whether it is elevated to critical. as we get through the weekend this will not change. the sonoma fire, ...

Away, the fire jumped 3 quarters of a mile with wins, crazy time, forced a lot of evacuations in this area. some were surprised, came across some folks trying to get their cows out, into a horse trailer and got out before the flames went through their property. listen to what they said about escaping these flames. >> we came to help these people evacuate their cattle and to evacuate horses, we have a big horse trailer to get their cattle. >> reporter: the call had gone out for anybody to help in this area. what is interesting is we are not far from a large community of homes, two more miles to...

Jump around here. this is the atlas fire, 25,000 acres, 0% contained, the sonoma fire, all told, 2000 different facilities, houses and businesses have burned, 17 people have died. jillian: a lot of people missing but that could be because there's not great service up there. >> reporter: cell service is spotty. we are okay but in napa sonoma very little cell service. a number of viewers contacted me and found their loved ones so a lot of people don't know where to go, no way to call out. 200 missing persons reports filed, that doesn't mean 200 people are dead or in hospital, they don't know whe...

Alter the conversation. rob: the first lady tweeting west virginia was incredibly special but let us find ways to help children grow into happy healthy adults. to the weather, we go to janice, and anticipated bad fire season out west and it has come to fruition. >> still watching the area where we have the sonoma fire. the flag warning in effect in that area, southern california as well several wildfires, fire weather watch, northern california, watching this carefully, it is 0% contained in the system to the north causing gusty winds so that red flag warning, conditions favorable for the spre...