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Wednesday, bringing thunderstorm activity to south texas. reena and tahman, back to you. >> thanks, jim. fire crews in northern california are having a tough time gaining control of a stubborn wildfire that's forcing evacuations and threatening nearly 700 homes. the fire has burned 100 square miles, doubling in size in the last few days. it was sparked by lightning a month ago. this morning it's only 15% contained. well, concern is easing this morning over a volcano that erupted and released a monster cloud over iceland. officials concerned about pilot visibility raised the aviation alert ...

Can you show me? >> sure. this is part of the problem. and i think this is part of the mistaken identity problem, as well. this plane, and there are a number of interstates in the sky. you don't see them, it just looks like planes are going haphazardly. they are not. they are following airways, from one way point to the next. yesterday there was a cluster of thunderstorms in the way of one of those airways. that's the "a" airway. this is the typical flight plan here. the day before that, it took the "b" airway through here and then the "c" airway where we were yesterday. much farther north. th...

It had to take a different path because of a thunderstorm? >> there was an area of thunderstorm activity down here. that's the normal area that the flight takes. i've gone back a month and the flight is always farther south than where it was. the lines on this map of europe are like the interstate system on the ground for us in the u.s. a plane will fly from one way point to the next, not even going straight all the time but the corridors that the planes fly in. it's not chaos up there. it's actually in the line. you're going right behind a plane that just went in front of you, maybe a half ho...

Summer is already here. it arrives tomorrow morning. temperatures already in the 90s from dallas to atlanta. 102 in phoenix. beautiful weather here in the northeast. we're watching for the potential of severe thunderstorm activity this afternoon in the ohio valley, keeping a close eye on this line of showers and thunderstorms. the severe potential is there. not widespread, and we're not expecting any major tornado outbreaks today, but still keeping a close eye on that. tomorrow summer begins in the morning around 6:51. and it will live up to that hype in the northeast. temperatures near 80 deg...

Torrential rains could trigger more landslides in central america this week. >> let's get more from the weather center. ivan? >> a couple of those that are responsible for this have been pouring over central america. we had the landslide on friday. in fact, if you haven't seen the pictures, let's show what's been happening there. unfortunately, five fatalities as a result of earth just giving way, 400 millimeters. that will do. it incredible rains over the last few days. unfortunateli, it continues. yes, it is the rainy season. yes, we get heavy rains. the problem is we're enhancing the rains ...