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Has a flood or a fire we get nothing. >> reporter: nearly 400 homes have burned in new south wales hone. >> i understand the very strong feelings people have. hhey have lost everything and there are still some very ysngerous days ahead. >> reporter: with higher temperatures and strong winds opected to return over the weekend, unfortunately, the firefight is only expected to worsen. tre at this evacuation center in bega people are teeming in and people have already lost everything. margaret. >> brennan: thank you. there is much more ahead on ninight's "cbs evening news." citificial intelligence...

Next for lindsey vonn in life? >> i want to start my own business. you know, i've got a couple of investments and things lined up. beyond that, i don't know. maybe acting. i'm not sure. >> what kind of acting? >> i don't know. i'm friends with dwayne johnson and he thinks that i could be good as like action films. >> the fast and the furious lindsey vonn. >> i like to drive fast. that's a guarantee. >> we know you like going fast. >> whether it's a future that plays out on the big screen or in big business, we will always remember her for the speed demon she was on the big hill. >> her last ru...

They're pumped. i'm sure my brothers will be pumped. we have grown up watching the olympics. we are always like who is carrying the flag. to be that person is insane. >> reporter: we want to give you one athlete to watch in pyeongchang. skiing speed demon on the slopes and one at the 2014 sochi games became the youngest slalom champion at 18 years old. mikaela shiffrin. >> i'm going into the games with the similar mind set from sochi. i have the ability of winning a medal if not multiple medals. i feel more like a veteran going into the olympic games. at the same time, i still feel like sort o...

5:00 monday morning. >> even one of the most electrifying crashes ever caught on camera can't dampen george poteet's addiction to bonneville's salt. he is already planning on building a new speed demon from scratch, to get that rush back, just one more time. >> it's a lightning jolt going through your body when you see the five mile marker and pull the parachute. you feel like screaming with joy. coming up, a sky dive stunt stutters and stalls. >> i was 20 seconds from being laying dead in a field. and later, an amped up car hits the slopes in the alps. when "caught on camera: high velocit...

>> it's the biggest satisfaction that a human being could have, to know that i'm number one at anything -- checkers, or dominoes or racing. >> september, 12th, 2014, high noon. poteet is about to make a high stakes run to test a new engine. and the crew's expectations are soaring. >> in my mind, i was thinking about a 370, actually, to be honest. >> i have a very calm and confident feeling every time they close the canopy. it's like you are in a different world. i mean, it's serenity. >> one camera mounted on speed demon is recording its view looking back. >> we were in the push truck, and wat...