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Transcripts for KGO ABC World News Tonight With David Muir 20210826 00:47:00

But those thousands of firefighters are unable to stop the thick slabs of smoke from more than 90 active wildfires fouling air quality for millions in the west. the air over reno and lake tahoe so hazardous, officials closed schools. more than 60,000 students staying home monday and tuesday. phil wente cutting short his lake tahoe vacation. it just looked like armageddon. it was terrible. reporter: california s governor telling me the extremes of climate change are coming faster than even scientists thought possible. the realities are we re experiencing here in california are realities we thought we d experience 20, 30 years from now and we re experiencing them here today. reporter: and david, all of this smoke is triggering air quality alerts across seven states in the west. more bad news for firefighters. temperatures set to hit the triple digits again here this weekend. david? all right, matt gutman in california. matt, thank you. we re also following the heat matt spoke ....

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