i better go make some phone calls. >> it is one of my favorite things. >> neighbors in several bay area counties searching for a place to stay after these already deadly and disastrous wildfires force more evacuations. this as firefighters fear another round of dangerous storm conditions could speed up the fire's spread. good morning, everybody. i'm liz kreutz. another tense day for firefighters and thousands of families in the bay area. we'll get ylast on ts largest wildfire in state history and the lnu complex the third. add in the czu complex and the fires burned nearly 732,000 acres combined. in total, there are 560 wildfires burning throughout the

state, many sparked by lightning that will become a concern again today. at least 965 structures destroyed, many of them homes. here's a quick look at just how widespread these fire zones are. the lnu complex in the north bay, primarily in napa and sonoma counties and spread out among lake county. the czu in san mateo counties. the possible threat of new thunderstorms is a main concern right now for firefighters. something we are tracking. lisa, we can we expect this morning? >> we are looking at better possibility of that tonight into monday and under a red flag warning right now and we have fog dense along the coast but the view of mt. tam shows the colors and the air quality is better for most of you this morning. that will be changing into those

winds throughout the afternoon. 60 in mountain view. 57 in san francisco. this is the east bay where you can see the gray sky here and some of the smoke and poor air quality with you. 53 santa rosa. 59 in napa. cooler temperatures, higher relative humidity and the reds indicate the poor air quality from san jose. bet sbeer the east bay but along the coast from the peninsula to san francisco we are doing okay up in the north bay and some of that smoke is being pushed into the north bay from the winds shifting yesterday and today but looking at the fires notice 60s and 70s with the cooler temperatures, the higher relative humidity and the good news is that the winds are expected to stay light. vacaville 62 d and relative humidity rather high so looking at the red warning flag today, mid and high level clouds with subtropical moisture throughout the day today remaining warm inland and cool at the coast but that unhealthy air with us throughout

the day. liz? >> thank you. pg&e said they're not playing a psps or public safety power shutoff today. in a tweet the agency said the system doesn't meet the threshold. the state's electricity agency says they aren't participating rotating blackouts either but it doesn't hurt to prepare and there's always a chance of outages caused by the weather. and because these fires are evolving so quickly, because resources are so thin, new evacuation orders updated throughout the day. you can always find our continuously updated list on abc 7 news.com. the lnu complex is new evacuations. the fire burned more than 325,000 acres, 15% contained. abc 7 news reporter lauren martinez spoke to the residents who were told to leave. >> i have spri

s off west dry creek road. some of his neighbors above him on the ridge have already lost their homes. >> it's really hard, really hard to have to talk with them and console them and wish them the best and know you are at any moment in the same situation. >> reporter: fire engines were on stand by for any movement from the fire. the main concern -- wind shift and more lightning. >> looking back the last significant storm in a fire system was 2008 and to go that long until a week ago is a potential for another one to stack on top of this one is troubling and it is a concern, especially with how stretched resources are thin right now. >> reporter: the waldridge fire is the top priority. alexis grand parents live in lake county. >> took the pictures off the wall. they're on stand by. it is scary to hear that everyone is just waiting. >> reporter: in windsor, residents like simone came out. to see what conditions look

like. she said for the first time she's thought of moving out of california. >> not being able to sell your home maybe in the future because no one wants to live here or not being able to get fire insurance for your home and possessions. those are sobering thoughts. >> reporter: her husband wanted to see the smoky sunset. >> he says it's beautiful but from my point of view it is just frightening. >> reporter: lauren martinez, abc 7 news. this morning coming to you with an update on the czu lightning fires. let's listen in to the news briefing if we have it yet. you know what? we are waiting on it right now. we'll bring that to you but abc 7 news reporter luz verihisire. here >> reporter: uncertainty and fear of what the flames have destroyed has this family holding on to their faith.

>> i hope that the whole town, i hope they can stop it. there's a lot of friends of ours living up here 50, 70 years. you know? mothers and sons right next to each other. >> reporter: gabe harris drove up to the access point with his son two days ago hoping to make it home and pick up a family heirloom. >> our grandma got it for us. it was a game. >> reporter: the car is covered in ashes. in the backseat, the most precious memories. >> this is my daughter's dress when she was little baby. this is what my son wore to our wedding. when we got married. >> pictures of my mom. just family stuff. >> sentimental stuff. like the records of my mom's. >> reporter: as the fire continues to grow overnight, chp's blocking access to residents who evacuated, many coming back hoping to get peace of mind and see if their home is still standing. >> just want to let you know we found your house. here it is right behind us and it is looking good.

a sight of relief even though they had prepared for the worst, taking the last family photo minutes before evacuating. luz pena, abc 7 news. cal fire shared a video to show what it's like driving through a wildfire at night. you can watch that and seeing the flames burning trees and brush right next to the roads in santa cruz county. terrifying video. the scu lightning complex fire exploded in size. a new evacuation order a couple hours ago for those south of welsh creek road and east of calavaros road. we have a list of evacuation shelters online and a list of the evacuated areas. this fire is burning 339,000 acres growing nearly 50,000 on saturday and it's jumped now to become the second largest fire

in california history. behind the 28 mendocino complex fire. fe is still 10% contained. governor newsom toured the scu complex fire yesterday. he met with several first responders and surveyed the damage both from the sky and on the ground. he also stopped by the world central kitchen in vacaville where the team of chef jose andres and volunteers help feed and evacuees. president trump just approved the california request for a major disaster in ten counties statewide meaning the federal government will help state, tribal and local governments fight the wildfires. residents of affected counties can qualify for housing and unemployment assistance. they can apply for low interest loans to cover uninsured property losses, crisis counseling will be offered as part of this package.

cal fire officials say they're starting to get much-needed help, as well. out of state crews have arrived and national guard troops are days away from being able to join them. >> we are working with the training process to bring on national guard hand crews. they're being mobilized right now in training, and they'll be available here in the next few days. >> if you are at home and want to help firefighters, cal fire suggests making a poster with words of encouragement saying the message goes further than you think. and this morning coming to you with an update from officials on the czu lightning fires burning. we are going to listen into that news briefing when it happens. are we waiting -- is that happening now? it is happening now so let's listen in. >> as well as to mitigate the fire spread south into the

community of santa cruz. as we moved into the highway 9 corridor in the boulder creek area, again, moderation of the fire, kept the fire well above that community although the smoke conditions are very heavy. the fire front is slowed greatly and our view kroo yous have opportunities to work there with the limited resources but certainly any line that could be constructed is an improvement for us. above the community of ben loman, there's concern and questions of resources there. we do and have had in this entire event. they're well outside outside of the community on the ridge top and constructing a line, tacking actions in point protection of structure protection. there is a question how far the fire got down alba road. it is on the top quarter of the road not progressed any further than that into the community and

where we have had a significant amount of resources throughout yesterday and last night protecting the community. so they have had protection, resources in there and they have been working tirelessly yesterday and through the night to protect that community. the community of felton is sitting very well. the fire did not make any progression. as i reported a day ago there was a spot fire in that community miles away that was mitigated and monitoring that and that's out and controlled. looking really good. we have no further incidence of the affect of fie on to the community of felton. in the community of bonnie dune, it is continued progress there but slow. fireead iuny he resources have been doing a great job of point protection, getting in, putting any control lines they can, suppressing any fire they can around the structures, no reports of any structures lost

in the overnight hours so that's a positive. we haven't had that in the past week so that' in that direction. we have people in the evacuated zones hindering the efforts and as the sheriff said before and as completed that these people please evacuate, not hinder the actions. hay continue to do so. it's unfortunate and sickening that one of our fire ground commanders in that area taking care of business and directing fire fighting crews somebody entered his vehicle, department vehicle and stole his wallet and drained his bank account and that's what they have done and why we have asked for people to evacuate, the sheriff's department did a fantastic job trying to wrangle this but this is as a result. it is saddening, sickening and trying to help the community and

unfortunately these happen so please again if you're there, leave when asked to leave. and let our folks get in there, do what they're doing so we have the progress of yesterday to control the fire, help the communities and try to put this thing out. with the upcoming weather we do everything we can to plan for that. we will have plans in place and we will do everything we possibly can to mitigate any future fires as well as be prepared for the winds that will come with this storm and will give us some challenges with our efforts and prepared to meet that challenge and take that on and protect the community. >> speaking next, one of thdnce chief >> good morning. so i'll touch on a few things we did last night. again, burglary suppression is

the name of the game. we today from our operational period from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. tonight to give you numbers to regards how many personnel are working, 94 total. 60 of our folks augmented with mutual aid assets and burglary suppression and then working and conducting welfare checks as they came in and we responded to three welfare checks last night and then three suspicious people and investigated we made no arrests and there were no additional missing people. the evacuation zone again. as you just heard, being in the evacuation zone technically it is against the law. precngus iit's technically a violation of law and we have folks that are looking for people trying to prey on people that have

evacuateder and evacuated. at the same time we want room for cal fire to work so please, please, please -- leave the evacuated area and do not be riding around or driving around in the evacuated area. and not only because we're looking for people looting and burglarizing homes and breaking into a cal fire truck, it's absolutely disgusting behavior. frankly, i can't believe that somebody would actually have the nerve to break into a firefighter's vehicle or enter their vehicle to steal something from them when they're there to protect the community and blows me away but it's something our folks are focused on going through this. and then in terms of hazards alone, we had a patrol car trying to do our work, the conditions out there are -- they're -- there's active fire area, branches falling.

last night a branch fell on a patrol car and damage the windshield. there's hazardshere ryg provide everybody with the information to protect you as much as possible. with that is scams and this part is coming next so starting to trickle in. if you get a call from like pg&e or someone who says, hey, like something is going on, whether it's your power, whether it's taxes, you have a warrant or anything like that, they may call, you may receive a call like that. it is not legitimate. absolutely not legitimate and will ask you to provide them gift cards or put -- transfer money to a certain location. don't do that at all. if you get a call from an official source, if you question the validity of it and you

should, contact the agency directly, contact them directly and ask, hey, you get the phone call, i got this call and asking for this. you know? you get the call, okay, hang the phone up. call the agency that they identified themselves as being from and confirm that it's legitimate. i can tell you they're not legitimate. folks are looking to hurt people and it is terrible. again we are running around today looking for people, evacuating people as they need to be and trying to do our best to protect yourself stuff while you're gone. thank you. >> another one unified commandanateocounsheriff's offi detective blanksweet. >> good morning. we do not have any changes but we wanted to touch on a couple

points. we are preparing for the weather change and hoping for the best. we are continuing to do the safety and security checks every night and throughout the day and no issues there. the beaches are closed in half moon bay. we're pretty disappointed that we saw so many people traveling to the coast and going to the beaches yesterday. we really need to rally together right now, bay area. you never know when this is going to be your town, your city and your homes and if we can support each other now it builds a better and stronger bay area when you need it most. don't come to the beaches. right now we need your help. do not come to the coast. thank you. >> speaking for cal fire incident management team 3 is incident commandersee. >>oo morning4 hours we have had some decent success out on

the line. we have been able to gain or increase containment efforts on the fire while still building lines around some key infrastructure places and some key communities out there. we are going to continue that process today as time allows and weather conditions allow. with the red flag warnings for 48 hours it is very concerning for the firefighters. they're on high alert out there today and tomorrower and the coming days to quickly respond to, react to and preplan for any significant events that occur outside of the perimeter while maintaining control of what we do have and then making sure that if we do get a wind event that we're able to react quickly to any aggressive spread from the fire currently out there gh to all of us. we all understand that. the general public is still in

that evacuation zone is a huge safety factor for all my personnel working out there. please, if you're in those evacuation o please leave. my firefighters need a safe work environment to work in. they will protect everything possible out there. have a good day. >> and the final speaker for the cal fire san mateo santa cruz unit, chief adam larken. >> good morning. i just want to reiterate what chief see said. the next couple days will be pivotal for us as agency and as a team here. unified with all of our partners trying to make the best out of a bad situation. our firefighters do need your help. if you're out there still in the communities, please leave the area. this is going to be a very, very dangerous situation with the

predicted weather coming in and the volatility that could come with that and the increase in fire behavior. you're not trained for this and those that are trained and you've -- your firefighters protecting the community that have come in from the days off to try to help out, we appreciate your help. use your training to save yourself and the events that this thing is a volatile situation. we're working diligently every day with the resources that we have though they're limited, they're out there doing a great job trying to put control lines, protect point protection on any of the structures, perimeter control in where they're able so i can't stress it enough that those that are running around in the community, you're putzing yourself in danger. our first responders that are out there and the law partners as you heard had a branch come down and hit their vehicle. i witnessed yesterday personally, i drove up through

bonnie dune and within five minutes turned around to come back down the hill and the branch had come out of a tree that's stressed so all that heavy fuel burning up there is very stressed and impacted very hard by the fire and is burning for somewhere around five days now so it's going to come down on the roadway and a hazard to you and the firefighters so please leave the area. i can't stress it enough. i plead with you guys. please leave the area and let us do our job. thank you. >> okay. we'll be happy to answer any questions. >> you talked about trying to herd the fire -- >> all right. you are listening to the cal fire briefing on the czu lightning complex fire and you heard there there's an urgent plea to please get out of the area, dangerous hazardous conditions and branches falling, trees falling, do not come they

say. it is also hurting the ded fleo plee rying to der sino we also heard 71,000 acres is the czu lightning complex fire now 89% contained up from 5% containment yesterday. 129 structures destroyed. they also said one crew member was robbed yesterday. someone broke into the vehicle, stole personal belongings and drained the bank account so warning about looting, they're warning about scams, people pretending to be pg&e and the next thing that's coming so that was an update there

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hi. >> good morning to you. live doppler 7 we have a layer of low clouds and fog and helped to kind of improve the air quality overnight with that sea breeze setting up and right now visibility is reduced at the coast. what we are watching is a stream of subtropical moisture to move up and clouds with high pressure keeping us hot and low pressure to the north ab west that allows for that nice marine layer of higher humidity and cooler temperatures to set up along the coast and watching the for you, the possibility comes in late tonight early monday for that y wreak havoc with the current fires. 10:00 tonight you can see some moisture moving up, mainly up into the north bay and this is through the early morning hours on monday so we'll continue to see how that plays out as it

gets closer but best chance late tonight. san rafael, high clouds. 57 downtown. 60 mountain view. a look from mt. tam and low clouds filling into the lower elevations here and with that marine layer it is compressed below 800 feet having to do with the high pressure to the east of us. 64 by the deltaer and 65 in livermore and the view from the east bay hills camera where we have the air quality that's really not so great here seeing the haze and high clouds with the visibility becoming a little bit worse throughout the afternoon hours with wind pushing that smoke around. chance of dry thunderstorms and that summer pattern continues getting into the week ahead so very little change and a look at that matter and doing better along the coast and the peninsula and okay from oakland

but down around san jose there are parts around gilroy that certainly has a poor air qualy. it is hazy day again with 86 in sunnyvale. a warm day for you on the peninsula. look for 76 in millbrae. san francisco in the 60s and later on today the air quality not too bad here. looks like a problem of aqume latting in the north bay. for a warm day upper 80s in petaluma. air quality is not bad now, 83 in castro valley but that will change throughout the afternoon and east bay cleared out yesterday. today with more warm temperatures you notice as you head out towards the delta the accuweather 7-day forecast, spare the air alert today,

tomorrow and tuesday and temperatures pretty summer-like and warm inland and tonight a chance of thunderstorms towards early monday with the potential for some gusty winds. hopefully no spreading or starting of new fires. liz? >> thank you. we have much more that we are tracking this we know these are challenging times. rest assured, you are not alone. we've all had to adapt. and with summer here, your energy bills might go up with rising temperatures. together, we can save energy and money. try closing your shades during the day... setting your ac to 78° or higher... or cooling off with a fan when you can. united we are always stronger.

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with our limited resources we are doing the absolute best that we can. we have incoming weather that is very concerning to us. >> well, it is still hot so you have to be patient. it is the worst waiting game possible. >> the bay area's wildfire emergency, so many wondering what they'll return to across the state more than 13,000 firefighters on the front lines. hundreds of fires, more than 100,000 californians forced to

flee their homes and this morning a major worry, new possible thunderstorms today. the same thing that set off these historic blazes in the first place. good morning, everyone. it's sunday, august 23rd. a red flag warning for the bay area until 5:00 p.m. monday for those chances of lightning. meteorologist lisa argen tracking it all for us. >> hi, liz. east bay here, you can see it's pretty gray with temperatures from the upper 50s san francisco, 62 oakland, 65 in san jose and a look at the golden gate bridge. visibility to a quarter of a mile. half moon bay and that smoke layer at about 1,000 feet. 53 in santa rosa. 64 in concord. with better air quality right now the higher levels of smoke will continue to push a little bit to the north. you can see coming up from the south here and that lighter shade of green should move over

parts of the north bay in the afternoon creating pretty bad visibility and as we get into monday looks like it could get worse and as for right the fire conditions show the tonight in 60s and 70s light winds. relative humidity 40% to 65%. vacaville in the 60s there with light winds. red flag warning into effect now, as we bring in the high and mid level clouds today, still warm inland. mid-90s. getting closer to that chance of thunderstorms tonight with that cloud cover here and temperatures staying pretty mild. liz? >> thank you. this morning the deadly lnu lightning complex stretches firefighters thin giving the public one command -- get out if you're under orders. some lifted yesterday, others were newly sent out including in sonoma county.

abc 7 news reporror barnard has more from heelsburg. >> leave the area. >> reporter: residents of forestville like carla got the word saturday afternoon, time to go. the fire was on the move. >> i don't this is bad. so i better get the horse trailer hooked up. >> if i lose my house i will have my beautiful photograph. >> reporter: susan and richard wagner packing up the belongings from their home to fit in the cars. >> whatever happens here in the future, wherever we end up, we can look around our residence and it will look almost like home. >> reporter: but others are them out of re yi'staying to th >> reporter: a shift in winds to the northeast near the fire prompted the new orders of the windsor city limits

the fire's path of destruction was found on wallace creek road outside heelsburg where several homes were reduced to rubble. not far away, fire crews took down this charred redwood tree in danger of falling. the forecast for fighting the fire isn't good. more lightning storms are possible. >> we are not sure what it will look like. if we get lightning push through the area with fires we will have fires to start. >> reporter: and more lightning isn't good news for ann who's choosing to stay at her home. >> don't need it but you can't control mother nature. >> reporter: there is good news. cal fire says firefighters are getting more resources to fight this fire in the air and on theo officials are asking folks in the area to conserve water this weekend to make sure there's enough water available for fire fighting efforts. in heelsburg, cornell barnard, abc 7 news.

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for us in that direction. we continue to have the issue of people in the evacuated zones that are hindering our fire fighting efforts. as the sheriff's office said before, that these people please evacuate, they not hinder our arkss but continue to do so. it's unfortunate, sickening that one of our fire ground commanders in that area while out taking care of business and directing fire fighting crews somebody entered his vehicle, department vehicle and stole personal vehicles including wallet and drained his bank account. this is why we have asked for people to evacuate. the sheriff's departm done a fantastic job trying to wrangle this but this is what we have as aessadd sickening and we are doingn try t help the cmuty and founely ese you're there, please when asked to leave and

let our folks get in there, do what they're doing to have the progress of yesterday to control the fire, help the communities and try to put this thing out. we are doing everything we can to plan for that. we'll do everything we possibly can to mitigate any future fires. as well as be prepared for the winds that will come with this storm. we are prepared to meet that challenge and take that on and protect the community. another check of the weather, too. following potential lightning. >> good morning to you. that will come in play perhaps latter on tonight. right now a stable atmosphere with the fog at the coastline. half moon bay. the air quality improved overnight. as we talk about what is coming, potentially, we have many

systems into play, high pressure to the east of us keeping us warm. low pressure bringing that fog and the triggering mechanism when this moisture moves up from the south but not enough to bring down rain. it is the lightning we're interested in and fearing for the potential for new fire starts or spreading the fires that we already have with the gusty winds that accompany the potential thunderstorm activity. there's the moisture. notice the high and mid level skies in the sky today and happens perhaps tonight into monday and with that we are going to be tracking the potential for those gusty winds. here's a look at a forecast model of moisture from the south tonight through tomorrow and just a model and potentially we could see maybe the best chance of some of thunderstorm potential with lign up in the north bayohe early mo a look at the bay and beautiful. san rafael with the better air quality. 65 in san jose. half moon bay 54.

see the fog here from mount tam where it's 75 degrees, 90 yesterday and certainly warm above the deck of low clouds and that smoke layer coming into play at 1,500 to 2,000 feet throughout the day getting into a little bit of a general south wind out there. 52 in navajo and you can see how hazy it is here. with some of the high clouds here and light reflected there. high clouds and haze with a chance of dry thunderstorms tonight into monday and the temperatures in the wide range throughout the upcoming work week. the poor air quality in the south bay and elsewhere ba yellow of mods ra m not too bad in terms of the air quality. temperatures ranging from the 60s with some fog and haze at the coast to about 100 by the delta so certainly still warm

and the relative humidity drops throughout the afternoon but the good thing is the winds being light today and going toround ts to the smoke and haze. 89 in santa rosa. 80 on the peninsula. and the accuweather 7-day forecast, the spare the air alert extended through the middle of next week and the light winds so the accuweather 7-day forecast showing as the temperatures stay warm each and every day on high alert. around the bay 70s to near 80s. 60s at the coast and best potential for that dry lightning and gusty winds tonight into tomorrow. liz? >> all right. thank you. we are starting to learn more about the terrifying night last week when so many forced to evacuate at a moment's notice and the lnu complex tore through

neighbors. melissa lost five of her six horses as the fire took over her friend's property living. her one horse that survived ava is treated for severe burns at uc davis. here's a conversation i had with marissa about her heartbreaking situation. >> thank you so much for joining us to share your story. i want to say i'm for you loss. how are you doing and how is ava? >> i guess i'm doing okay. ava's doing phenomenal. i just actually got a call from uc dav ten m theon to get out of the stall now and get a little bit more motion and will help her edema. >> that is good news. walk us through the night that you were evacuated. you said it came so fast, there wasn't even time for a warning.

>> yeah. so they had called for the warning, like a warning evacuation for the canyon before us so we got there and we got most of the horses off the property and then we were going to bring -- my herd of six was up at the top but as soon as we got the other horses loaded up the cops came through and were saying it's coming up over the crest of the hill right now and we had to get out so me and my boyfriend -- we hooked my trailer up and we ran up to the top and i was trying to get the -- everyone but they're all freaked out because the fire's coming and -- we saw the glow start to come up over the ridge and it was so dark and smoky and i was calling them to come to me

and rio my main horse, he haltered him and i was able to get ava and firefly haltered and trying to load them into my old horse trailer but like as i got them haltered and walking up the gate the fire tornado was coming down over the mountain and i -- they wouldn't load because they're freaking out. >> and they ran into a house that then caught fire? >> they ran to the second house on the property and that's the house that burned down and ava -- the brother-in-law rob was able to get back to the house because he didn't leave the canyon completely. he bunkered down in an empty field until he could get back to the house. the house that burned down is where they found a few of my horses, the only one that actually made it was ava and

she -- he -- because of rob being there still he was able to send us a picture and we were able to when it was safe enough to get back we were able to get her out with a vet and she had to walk down just a huge hill, just burned to a crisp and she was breathing really hard and we had to make the call to put her down on the spot. but she is a fighter and she proved that she wanted to keep living so we -- animal control got her loaded up and brought her to uc davis and i met them outside with her at uc davis and i didn't think it was going to be okay. she was breathing so hard and fast but they got her stabilized really quickly and they've been up dating me on everything and i have been able to go in and still see her. >> she is in the best of hands. we are lucky to have uc davis right here. tell us about your horses.

i can't even imagine. i assume it's like losing a huge part of your family. >> yeah. i feel like a lot of my life and identity is just been gone. like everything i do i do for the horses and like i work a lot of overtime and been building up the herd i have for specific reasons and rio my main horse, my grandma bought him for me. i had firefly. a rare danish breed and i had brought her this year and she was about 3 months pregnant. the group of breeders have been amazing reaching out to me. >> how can people help? >> well, it's -- we have got some fund-raisers going for

myself and also kelsey james to try to recoup some of what we have lost and try to rebuild and help with the care of our animals going forward. and then also, of course, donating to uc davis because they have just been absolutely phenomenal. >> thank you so much for sharing your story. i can't even imagine and i'm thinking of you and ava and we're rooting for ava. i'm glad to hear she's doing well. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> so hard to hear stories like this year after year, as well. >> all right.

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officials on the czu lightning complex, 71,000 acres burned, up from 67,000 overnight. containment to 8% this morning. the lnu lightning complex is state's top priority, at least 325,000 acres have burned, 15% contained. the scu complex is second largest in state history now and that's burned nearly 340,000 acres, 10% contained. >> a final check of the weather? >> we are looking at better air quality this morning and changing to hazy skies. we have got our red flag warning through 5:00 tomorrow. most likely tonight gusty winds and dry lightning tonight. high and high mid level clouds, mid-90s inland today and forecast trend pretty much the same as we go into monday, tuesday and wednesday. air quality still poor and looking at the temperatures still staying very warm with

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the gulf coast bracing for back-to-back hurricanes this week. laura already lashing puerto rico and other caribbean islands with strong winds and heavy rain as marco strengthens in the gulf. >> we are in unprecedented times. >> the state of emergency declared and the scramble to prepare. rob's on the ground tracking the one-two punch. fire fury. two of the largest fires in california's history burning >> hs of and1 million acres.the. flames. >> all right, guys, i'm going to get you out of here. >> okay. >> the troubling forecast for today that could make the situation even worse. tale of the tape.