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Bill karins. >> over the weekend, california was the headlines for, you know, just how bad a fire situation can be, it was one of the strongest wind events we've ever recorded, during a fire season, and 100 mile-an-hour gusts yesterday in some of the mountain peaks and even air reports like sacramento, gusting to 50 miles an hour range, and numerous valley locations, had the smoke blowing down from the kincade fire with horrific air quality. the fire is burning near santa rosa. that's where they had the 200,000 people, who were told to evacuate yesterday. the fire is only 5% contained and as l...

All the vegetation dries up. we go through the fall season where we get these strong offshore wind events. sometimes we call them the santa ana winds. those winds are gusty and typically they're warm and the low humidity, if there's any fires out there they can spread rapidly. that's what we've been seeing happen. today another dangerous day, northern california will not be like yesterday. yesterday was historic. one wind gust on a mountain top was 100 miles per hour. firefighters were fighting this blaze, the kincade fire with winds of 50 to 70 miles per hour. imagine trying to stand in front...

Largest evacuation ever in sonoma county. and with the 2017 fire that killed 22 people in santa rosa still fresh in people's minds, most appear to be pack up and getting out. one gust was clocked at 3:00 this morning at 90 miles an hour. the other big angle is the massive blackout taken as a precaution. pg&e has cut power to 2.3 million californians in 36 counties. the utility was blamed for last year's fire in paradise, california, that killed 866 people and destroyed 15,000 -- 86 people, and so now it's being more proactive in strong wind events, and yet pg&e is still being attacked for not ...

Midday. our cnn correspondent lucy kafanov is joining us now from northern california. we see the destruction behind you. the haze from, you know, really the plumes of smoke and the burning embers still. what are the conditions there? what are people thinking and feeling? >> reporter: hey, fred. this is the heart of california's wine country and people are terrified here. they're bracing for more impact and also bracing for potentially historic wind events. let me show you. you can see a burnt out stove behind me. this is the remains of somebody's home. there is a satellite dish over there. a ...

Volume. just north of indonesia a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the southern philippine coast. it happened sugt of the capitol city. they say there's no long artsunami threat and no reported injuries. staying in the philippines where a tropical cyclone has caused deadly flooding, our meteorologist is here totle us about it. >> so earthquake, tsunami. it's been a lot for our friends in the it philippines. we're talking about significant rain from tropical depression. if you're watching from the u.s. you're thinking it's december. here it's the entire year. although this time of year they ...