janis mackey frayer, nbc news, khao lak, thailand. so devastating to look at those pictures. i remember it like it was yesterday. we have learned so much since that time. we now have tsunami sirens along our bay area coastline, and it went off just a couple weeks ago after a big earthquake. nothing happened, fortunately, but we do have a high surf advisory in effect right now. we do, and the dangerous swell is going to increase those wave heights again 20, 30ft. and we've seen how quickly that can change things, you know, in a matter of seconds. so we've also got winter weather advisories for the sierra. and i'm timing out the rain. it's coming down light right now, but it will intensify into the overnight hours jt in time for that morning commute. so if that's going to be a part of your travel tomorrow, tune in. i've got an hourly breakdown now. we do have a live look right now at sfo international. you'll notice we're a bit warmer today as well. we're 60 degrees right now compared to yesterday. we're running about six degrees warmer in san francisco and oakland right now. a

back, and we could see that really clearly, because where we were staying was right on the water in khao lak said, "there looks like there's going to be a bit of... there's going to be a bit of a flood, so you should put the cushions inside." i did that, i put all the cushions in my room, and then my... i think my mum had said, "just stay in your rooms and close your doors and everything will be fine." i had no sensation| of the earthquake. we went to a small cabana, erm, therapy room by the beach, - and that's when i was welcomed by the massage therapist. - probably ten minutes - into the massage, i was told to run and she said, . "run to your husband. run to your husband." geologically, what happened was the two plates flipped one under the other and then back up again. and that's what forced the volume of water that created the tsunami. so it sucked the sea out and then pushed it back up again. 50 about 20 minutes after the earthquake, the first waves hit the shores of aceh. then going west, those waves hit india, sri lanka, thailand and eventually ended up on the shores of east africa —

we went to khao lak, which was really badly hit, like took supplies up there and water. out for the rest of my holidays helping out with the clear up operation. the authorities in south—eastern australia have told people in dozens of rural communities to leave their homes "immediately" to escape a bushfire. about 600 firefighters — according to the victoria state emergency services — are trying to control the blaze in the grampians national park. the fire has been burning for a week, and has consumed about 500 square kilometres of forested land. let's speak to victoria state response controller garry cook. thank you for taking the time to talk to us. tell us about this latest warning for people in rural communities to evacuate. in rural communities to evacuate-— in rural communities to evacuate. . , evacuate. that is right, some ofthe evacuate. that is right, some of the communities _ evacuate. that is right, some of the communities around i evacuate. that is right, some l of the communities around the fire and further out in where the path of the fire may spread to, par

we went to khao lak, which was really badly hit, like took supplies up there and water.he rest of my holidays helping out with the clear up operation. let's just take you briefly to thailand and as the sun goes down people there in thailand's worst hit village gathering and remember what happened exactly 20 years ago when so many thousands of people were killed in that devastating boxing day tsunami. tearful relatives of the dead have been laying flowers and reefs at a curved wall, in the shape of a tsunami wave with plaques of bearing victim's names and many, many dead were also foreign tourists that is right, some of the communities around the fire and further out in where the path of the fire may spread to, particularly in the evening, we are expecting a strong westerly wind to push on to the eastern edge of that communities to the east of where the fire is burning have been warned about that and are taking action appropriate to them. how challenging is this to get under control given the temperatures you are experiencing? very hot day but it is cooling off now, the h

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