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For heat stroke and hydrate. >> a heat that medical experts say can be deadly. >> people can actually die of heat, and people we know to be at risk are people who are homeless who are living outdoors, people who are working outdoors. >> reporter: in portland, with thousands living on the streets, volunteers are doing what they can to help. >> we have also water bottles. we have sweat rags. we have liquid i.v. for electrolytes. >> reporter: cooling centers will serve a final role where a significant part of the population doesn't have air conditioning. >> everything to get out of heat. these ca...

Ought many, we may begin to see problems with urban water supplies in some of the sbhaet you are watershedding in coastal california or more rural remote areas of the west. in addition to this, we're starting to see a resurgence of pretty severe wildfire activity in some places. recently it started out in arizona and new mexico, but later this summer it's likely to expand northward and westward. >> one in three people in the continental u.s. are in drought conditions right now. if you look at that, that reps one in three people living in drought conditions. do you have any sensing there hope t...

In australia, rising temperatures have fire officials bracing for increased wildfire activity. they reached 108 degrees and firefighters expend some relief on christmas when the cooler temperatures come up with today's extreme heat is expected to continue until monday. in israel, where prime minister scored a landslide went in the country's primary election when and he won 72% of the boat but will need more help in the election if he hopes to stay in office. if he's able to form a 61 seat majority in parliament, he could be granted immunity from prosecution on pending corruption charges. some ...

More than 6,500 homes, leaving entire homes and neighborhoods in desperate ruins. >> as soon as i turned in this area, i saw a tidal wave of fire, like right over there. a tidal wave. just like you see somebody surf and you see tidal wave but it was fire. >> in southern california, the situation could get worse before it gets better. the entire area from san diego to los angeles is under a red flag warning. meaning dry weather could lead to a dramatic increase in wildfire activity. already, the woolsey fire has burned more than 93,000 acres. 57,000 homes are in the path of the wildfire now, an...

Firefighters from all over the country have been in this fight and derek is here to tell us more about it. >> donald trump signed a federal state of emergency for california just on friday and what that did is freed up a lot of resources and money and red tape. there are ten u.s. states in the western part of the country that are contributing to the relief efforts in southern california, helping battle these blazes at the moment. over 200 fire fighting engines and over 700 total personnel being contributed as well. check out some of the visuals and you can see just how large these fires are. t...