and set everything at peace with the families and everything. >> reporter: on taylor mountain, in thaxtonshamarry stone, news4. >> a dangerous situation in the western part of the country. a dozen wildfires raging in california threatening hundreds of homes there. one of the fires in a place 60 miles east of sacramento has already burned nearly 29 square miles, more than 2500 firefighters are working to put that fire out. at this point, they say it's only 5% contained. meantime, the town of weed in california is cleaning up after a fire destroyed more than 150 structures there. it forced the town's largest employer to close indefinitely. in arizona, not fire but water that is the problem. an historic rainfall earlier this month and people are braising for yet more. the remains of hurricane odile that hit mexico over the weekend now expected to bring several inches of rain through the southwest. flash flood watches are in place across much of arizona and some parts could see half a year's worth of rainfall over the next 24 hours. >> amazing. yet we're being told we might want to start wate

are now working side by side with virginia state police and the bedford county sheriff's office in thaxton, virginia, outside of roanoke. the land they're searching was once owned by the family of lloyd lee welch jr. back in february, montgomery county police named him as a person of interest in the case. sheila, who was 12 and kathryn who was 10 disappeared in 1975. they were never heard from or seen again. and their case had gone cold until this past february when welch was named for possibly being connected to the case. and in a statement, the bedford county police department says its officers had been meeting with montgomery county detectives since last week. so while we are unsure which leads or tips police are working from right now, they have been at this for several days and seem to be prepared to continue working there in thaxton, virginia. at the live desk, i'm pat lawson muse. >>> chilling words from the man who took down the navy yard gunman. >> there was a moment going into a room i knew it was either me or him. just kind of take a breath and go in. >> from the dramatic first-

montgomery county police are working with virginia state police to search a property in thaxton, virginia, near roanoke. the family of michael welch once owned land there. he was named a person of interest back in february. in the 1970s welch operated a carnival ride including a stop where the girls disappeared. >>> the president of the university of virginia is asking for your help. hannah graham graduated from west potomac high school. teresa sullivan posted this message on twitter asking you to call charlottesville police with any information. craig melvin is live in charlottesville with more. craig, good morning? >> reporter: eun, good morning to you. i spoke with the captain last night in charlottesville. he tells me they plan to release surveillance video today. and this is some surveillance video outside the irish pub where hannah graham was last seen. it doesn't show her going inside the pub. but i'm told it shows her outside the pub. at one point she talks to someone, moves in and out of the frame a few times. and that's it. these are thought to be the images of hannah graham. th

. >> reporter: coming up at 5:00, i'm in thaxton, virginia where police are working with local authoritiesdisappearance of the lyon sisters. they are searching this property. i will bring you an up dadate. >>> local baseball fans are wondering how to get tickets to the playoffs at national park. this is chris >>> thousands of firefighters working hard to get a massive fire under control in california just as another town begins to sweep up the ashes. hundreds of people are in danger of losing their home in pollock pines and closer to oregon, families are starting to build. jennifer is in weed, california. how are folks coping with all of this? >> reporter: it's a really difficult day. you can see flattened devastation behind us and then some houses standing and some survivors guilt as people return to their neighborhoods and people they've known for years and years have nothing while theirs is still standing. there is still potential for more fire here as these winds shift. the struggle to save what's left of a small town. not overlooked by its residents. >> there are no words. there are n