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officials say itn o smaller fired merged, becoming a unified monster. so far it's scorched more than 20,000 acres 1200 firefighters are racing to contrain the sprawling ring of flames that has exploded into an inferno. >> we have wildfires and a tropical storm on our plate. let's check back in with meteorologist janessa webb >> hey you two, a lot going on the latest with isaias is still a tropical storm system. but looking at our current radar, look at this, it's starting to create on eyewall. the center is coming together. . after pelting florida with i'm going to be watching that closely, because this has heavy rain and powerful wind potential to now go back into a hurricane. we are going to watch the stm tropical storm swirls north surge orm approaches, a targeting millions from the carolinas to the coast of maine. >> california in flames. thousands forced to evacuate as crews struggle to contain a massive wildfire east of l.a.. dead locked with no deal lawmakers spar over a new

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