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The latest on power outages and service restorations across Texas

The latest on power outages and service restorations across Texas

Three regional cowboys count themselves as first-timers at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo (WNFR) next month. Jamie Howlett, Rapid City, S.D. and Cole Reiner, Buffalo, Wyo., will compete in the bareback riding while Shorty Garrett, Eagle Butte, S.D., will compete in the saddle bronc riding. For all three men, this is their first qualification to the “big show,” the PRCA’s world championship, held December 3-12 in Arlington, Texas at Globe Life Field, the home of MLB’s Texas Rangers. Of the three, Howlett is a transplant, having grown up in Australia. He came to the U.S. in 2009 and...

acres and is 30% contained. this time yesterday it was zero percent contained. and then another fire torched 75 homes and threatens many more. my colleague is watching the battle, and many don't know whether their homes burned or not and may now be getting some answers? >> reporter: yeah, authorities now here within the last hour taped information up of homes they know have burned. 233 so far. that number will be more than doubled. excuse me, the smoke has been heavier today. in one sense it's good because people are starting to absorb it, but the shock of facing the reality of what ...

we're making calls and if we get someone on the line, we'll have it live on cnn. i want to move to texas where firefighters are struggling to control dozens of wildfires burning all across that state. two people have been killed, 700 homes destroyed and thousands of acres scorched since last week. this is the worst fire season in all of texas history. although wind speeds, they are down today, that should help somewhat. the firefighters battle gain the upper hand over all these different planes. i wanted to take a look at this picture. this is a picture, obviously the fires from sp...