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Unfolding emergency, several states in the west watching that urgent search under way for the missing in the wildfires. more than 70 fires burning in ten states tonight. at least 27 people have now died. many are still missing. some are family members who called for help but relatives could not get to them. a fire in the angeles national forest flaring up, prompting new evacuations in just the past 24 hours. thousands of homes have now been destroyed. much of talent, oregon, wiped off the map. from los angeles to portland to seattle, some of the unhealthiest air in the world now. in fact, fami...

Brush decades. it's more than 100 degrees out right now and we're expecting excessive heat warnings at least through thursday for this area. david? >> all right, we'll be tracking it for several days ahead. will, thank you. and we continue to follow the devastation in iowa. tonight, one week now after that derecho, a major disaster declaration now. thousands of homes are damaged or destroyed. and the terrible impact on iowa's farmers. more than a third of the state's crops are now gone. abc's alex perez tonight from iowa. >> reporter: tonight, iowa declared a disaster zone. residents reeling...

They want the most effective vaccine possible, but they will take at minimum a vaccine that is 50% effective? david? >> yeah, that's what they told our dr. ashton and amy coe back earlier today. tom, thank you. and now, to the stunning images coming in tonight, the fires, the rolling blackouts and the historic heat in this country. readings of 130 degrees in one place. and tonight, 56 million americans under excessive heat alerts, from montana to california. and take a look. the heat fueling wildfires. this new one north of san francisco tonight. near lake tahoe, the loyalton fire making its...

Good evening. thanks for joining us on a busy thursday night. i'm tom llamas, in for david. several major stories we're following tonight and we begin with that wildfire raging out of control north of los angeles. threatening homes, forcing evacuations, all of it playing out in the middle of this pandemic. the lake fire, take a look, roaring to life yesterday afternoon, within hours, scorching thousands of acres, spawning this firenado. some structures already lost. firefighters battling to save the rest. the fire still 0% contained. at this hour, crews are battling the flames, a looming heat ...

Are now required to carry three days worth of ppe into the field. >> when they get to a camp, they're being handed food. there's no more chow line. traileng it's a whole list of behaviors that have to change if we're going to keep our firefighters healthy. >> reporter: so far this year, more than 40 of his firefighters have contracted covid-19. >> the virus taking a toll on those first responders. will carr joins us now from an absolute hellscape there in lake hughes, california. now, will, we know the fire officials are really concerned about the conditions in the days ahead? >> reporter: tha...