THIS
THIS MORNING DOZENS OF WILDFIRES BURNING ACROSS THE
STATE, FORCING EVACUATIONS AND
CAUSING SOME VERY BAD AIR
QUALITY.
QUALITY.
QUALITY. WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE FOR YOU
ON ALL THIS.
KEVIN JOHNSON DANCE BY IN
SACRAMENTO EX PLANNING HOW
WILDFIRES COULD SET US UP FOR A
BAD FLU SEASON.
ROB IS TELLING US WHEN WE WILL
SEE RELIEF FROM POOR AIR
QUALITY.
QUALITY.
QUALITY. BUT FIRST, CARLOS HERRERA BUTTE
COUNTY WHERE A WILDFIRE IS
FORCING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE FROM THEIR HOMES RIGHT
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. >>
>>
>> >>
>> >> Reporter: ONE OF THE AREA
THAT WAS HIT THE HARDEST
YESTERDAY AND OVERNIGHT.
TAKE A LOOK.
THIS IS ONE OF THE SEVERAL
HOMES THAT BURNED IN THE PERRY
CREEK COMMUNITY ALONG HIGHWAY
162.
162.
162. PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING HERE IS
BURNED TO THE GROUND.
ALSO, ALONG THIS HIGHWAY AND
YOU THIS HOME ARE SEVERAL BIRD
CARS.
CARS.
CARS. THIS IS A BURNED PICKUP TRUCK
THAT WAS PARKED RIGHT IN FRONT
OF THIS HOME.
TO THE RIGHT, ANOTHER CAR THAT
WAS ALSO BURNED BECAUSE OF THE
FLAMES BURNING ALONG HIGHWAY
162 AND OVER THIS HILL.
CALFIRE SAYS THEY DID MAKE SOME
PROGRESS, BUT OF COURSE, BUT
DOESN'T MEAN IT IS EVEN CLOSE
TO BEING OUT.
IT IS NOW BURNED MORE THAN
95,000 ACRES IN JUST THE PAST
24 HOURS. FIRE OFFICIALS SAY
THEY ARE FEELING BUTTE COUNTY
IS FACING ANOTHER FIRE
DISASTER.
DISASTER.
DISASTER. OVERNIGHT CREWS WERE AVOIDING
FLAMES FROM JUMPING OVER THE
HILLS AND INTO THE NEARBY
NEIGHBORHOODS.
NEIGHBORHOODS. THREE PEOPLE HAVE DIED. CALFIRE
TELLS ME TWO VICTIMS WERE FOUND
IN THE SAME LOCATION AND THE
THIRD WAS FOUND IN ANOTHER.
OFFICIALS ALSO SAY SEVERAL
PEOPLE WERE HURT AFTER BEING
TRAPPED BY FLAMES OVERNIGHT.
CREWS RESCUED MORE THAN 100
PEOPLE, GETTING THEM TO SAFETY.
THE BUTTE COUNTY SHERIFF'S
OFFICE SAYS THEY GOT 85 CALLS
OF WELFARE CHECKS.
73 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN FOUND SAFE
AND INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL
WORKING TO FIND THE OTHER 12.
>> IT BRINGS BACK MEMORIES OF
WHEN I STOOD BEFORE YOU BACK IN
2018 TO TALK ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE
WHO LOST THEIR LIVES DURING THE
CAMPFIRE.
CAMPFIRE.
CAMPFIRE. >> Reporter: CALFIRE SAYS ABOUT
200 STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN
DESTROYED.
DESTROYED. THIS IS ONE OF THEM.
MORE THAN 23,000 STRUCTURES ARE
STILL THREATENED THIS MORNING.
YOU CAN SEE THIS MORNING WE ARE
STARTING TO SEE MORE AND MORE
OF THE DAMAGE LEFT BEHIND BY
THE FIRE.
THE FIRE.
THE FIRE. OFFICIALS WANT TO STRESS THIS
OFTEN THIS MORNING, IF YOU LIVE
IN ONE OF THE AREAS UNDER AN
EVACUATION ORDER, YOU NEED TO
FOLLOW THOSE ORDERS AND
PREFERABLY LEAVE TOWN AND GO
STAY WITH SOME FAMILY MEMBERS.
>>> THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT.
VERY ILLUSTRATIVE ABOUT WHAT IS
GOING ON FOR THAT LAKE OROVILLE
AREA AND ALSO HOW SEVERE THE
FIRE IS.
FIRE IS.
FIRE IS. IT IS STILL ONGOING.
I LIKE THE TREND WEATHERWISE
BECAUSE THEY WILL HELP THE
FIREFIGHT, BUT AT THE MOMENT
WHERE CARLOS IS WE'RE SEEING
THE WORST AIR QUALITY IN THE
AREA.
AREA.
AREA. THAT NASTY PURPLE AIR,
HAZARDOUS AIR QUALITY IS WHAT
WE ARE LOOKING AT.
HERE IS THE MAP OF THE CURRENT
AIR QUALITY CONDITIONS.
YOU CAN SEE FOR THE MOST PART
WE ARE OKAY FOR THE VALLEY
FLOOR.
FLOOR.
FLOOR. THERE IS A LAYER ABOVE OUR
HEADS A FEW THOUSAND FEET UP
WHERE IT DOES THICKEN UP, AND
THAT WILL DIM THE SUN AND THE
TEMPERATURES WILL BE SOMEWHERE
IN THE 80s MOST LIKELY BECAUSE
OF THAT.
OF THAT.
OF THAT. OF THAT SMOKY LAYER WAS NOT
THERE, WE WOULD BE IN THE 90s.
IT IS ACTUALLY COOLING US DOWN
IN A STRANGE WAY.
THE WINDS HAVE SHIFTED HIGHER
HUMIDITY THAT WILL HELP THE
FIREFIGHT AND ALSO SPREAD OUT
THE SMOKE PARTICLES.
I LIKE WHAT I SEE AIR QUALITY
WISE.
WISE.
WISE. IT
WISE. IT WILL BE GRADUALLY BETTER DAY
BY DAY, BUT IT WILL TAKE SOME
TIME.
TIME.
TIME. STILL AN ISSUE FOR THE REST OF
THE WEEK, BUT GRADUALLY GETTING
BETTER.
BETTER.
BETTER. PATRICIA, A GREAT SHOT OF THE
AIR IN LINCOLN.
THE SMOKY HAZE WILL BE WITH US
FOR A WHILE.
YOU DOWNLOAD THE APP AND UPLOAD
YOUR PHOTO TO THE WEATHER
SECTION.
SECTION.
SECTION. 60s THIS MORNING.
JUST A FEW DAYS AGO WIDESPREAD
70s AND 80s.
WE HAVE COOLED OFF QUITE A BIT.
THAT WILL CERTAINLY HELP.
WE WILL BE LOOKING AFTER THE
CALM WINDS IN THE MORNING.
WE ALL CARE ABOUT WHAT WILL
HAPPEN LATER ON TODAY.
LET'S TAKE YOU THROUGH HOUR BY
HOUR IN THE GILMORE BACKYARD.
TEMPERATURES IN THE 70s BY
NOON.
NOON.
NOON. THE
NOON. THE WIND GETS BREEZY, BUT IT IS
FROM THE RIGHT DIRECTION OFF
THE OCEAN, WHICH IS HIGHER
HUMIDITY AND WILL HELP THE
FIREFIGHT AS WELL.
YOU DO NOT WANT
AND
AND HIGH
AND HIGH WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY.
THAT IS WHAT WE HAD WITH THE
RED FLAG WARNINGS AND WHY THE
FLYERS EXPLODED.
FLYERS EXPLODED. WE HAD THE EXACT OPPOSITE IN
ALL THREE CATEGORIES.
COOLING WITH HIGHER HUMIDITY
AND LESS WIND.
YESTERDAY IN THE 80s BECAUSE OF
THE SMOKY LAYER OF HAZE
FILTERING OUT THE SUNSHINE AND
ACTING LIKE A LAMPSHADE.
WE'RE STILL LEFT WITH POOR AIR
QUALITY IN MANY POCKETS.
WE WILL HAVE TO SEE MORE WIND,
LET'S FIRE AND SMOKE BEFORE WE
GRADUALLY MOVE OUT OF THIS.
THE WINDS WILL BE GENERALLY
LIGHT TODAY, AND THAT WILL
CERTAINLY HELP PUT OUT SOME OF
THOSE FIRES.
THOSE FIRES. WE WILL REMAIN GENERALLY ABOVE
AVERAGE FOR THE REST OF THIS
WEEK AS LONG AS THE SKIES
CLEAR.
CLEAR.
CLEAR. REMEMBER, THE 90s YOU'RE
SEEING, THAT IS ONLY IF WE SEE
MOST OF THAT HAZE CLEAR OUT. IF
IT REMAINS WITH US THROUGH MUCH
OF THE DAY, WE ARE LOOKING AT
HIGHS SOMEWHERE IN THE MID TO
UPPER 80s.
UPPER 80s. IT ACTUALLY DOES DIM THE
SUNSHINE AND COOLEST DOWN IN AN
UNBELIEVABLE AND VERY VISUAL
WAY.
WAY.
WAY. BACK
WAY. BACK TO YOU.
>> IT IS EERIE TO LOOK AT THE
SKY SOMETIMES.
SKY SOMETIMES. >>> CALIFORNIA ISN'T THE ONLY
STATE DEALING WITH WILDFIRES.
FIRES ALSO RAVAGING THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST.
NORTHWEST. IN OREGON AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE
ARE DEAD AS DOZENS OF FIRES
BURN ACROSS THE STATE.
WHOLE TOWNS HAVE BEEN
DESTROYED.
DESTROYED. THE GOVERNOR IS CALLING THIS A
ONCE IN A GENERATION EVENT.
>> THIS COULD BE THE GREATEST
LOSS OF HUMAN LIVES AND
PROPERTY DUE TO WILDFIRE IN
STATE HISTORY.
STATE HISTORY. >> WASHINGTON STATE IS ALSO
DEALING WITH DESTRUCTIVE
WILDFIRES WITH MORE THAN 500
SQUARE MILES BURNED ON MONDAY
ALONE.
ALONE.
ALONE. THE WILDFIRES HERE IN
CALIFORNIA ARE SENDING SMOKE
ALL ACROSS THE STATE.
A NEW STUDY SUGGESTS THE BAD
AIR QUALITY COULD SET US UP FOR
A BAD FLU SEASON.
KEVIN JOHN JOINS US NOW LIVE IN
SACRAMENTO TO EXPLAIN.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE ARE ALL
WATCHING.
WATCHING.
WATCHING. >> Reporter: THAT'S A BRIGHT.
WE JUST HEARD ROB TALKING ABOUT
A. WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
THIS, THE POOR AIR QUALITY.
IF YOU HAVE BEEN OUTSIDE THE
LAST FEW DAYS, THEN YOU KNOW
ALL THE WILDFIRES BURNING UP
AND DOWN THE STATE HAVE CAUSED
REALLY BAD AIR QUALITY IN THE
AREA.
AREA.
AREA. I
AREA. I AM RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF THE
TOWER BRIDGE.
TOWER BRIDGE. YOU CAN SEE HOW DIM IT LOOKS IN
THE DISTANCE.
THE DISTANCE. A NEW STUDY IS TELLING US ABOUT
THE DELAYED EFFECTS OF INHALING
THIS WILDFIRE SMOKE ON THE
FOLLOWING FLU SEASON.
THE UNIVERSITY MONTANA FOUND A
LINK BETWEEN INTENSE WILDFIRE
SEASONS AND A HIGHER NUMBER OF
FLU CASES.
FLU CASES. THEY HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING THIS
FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS, AND
HERE'S WHAT THEY FOUND.
>> ONE WOULD EXPECT TO SEE 3 TO
5 TIMES WORSE FLU SEASONS IN
MONTANA ASSOCIATED WITH A BAD
FIRE SEASON.
FIRE SEASON. >> Reporter: RESEARCHERS SAY
THEY WOULD EXPECT TO SEE A
SIMILAR FLU SEASON TREND IN
OTHER STATES THAT EXPERIENCE
WILDFIRES LIKE HERE IN
CALIFORNIA.
CALIFORNIA. BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY
ARE STILL LOOKING INTO.
JUST IN CASE YOU'RE WONDERING
HOW BAD THIS AIR QUALITY IS,
EXPERTS AT UC DAVIS SAY IT IS
EQUIVALENT TO SMOKING A
CIGARETTE. IT IS HARMFUL FOR
YOUR LUNGS.
YOUR LUNGS. THERE'VE ALSO BEEN QUESTIONS
ABOUT WHAT THE CORRECT MASK IS
TO WEAR IN THE SITUATION.
WELL, THE N95 WITHOUT THE
VALVE, THE ONE I AM WEARING
RIGHT NOW, THIS IS GOOD FOR TWO
REASONS.
REASONS.
REASONS. IT PROTECTS THEM FROM THE
SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS AND
PROTECTS YOU FROM INHALING THE
DANGEROUS