ERIC: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ARTHEL: FIREFIGHTERS AND
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA SUCCESSFULLY
AIRLIFTED MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE
TRAPPED AFTER A WILDFIRE
SURROUNDED THE LAKE AND
CAMPSITE.
THIS IS AHEAD OF LABOR DAY,
CALIFORNIA FACES AN INTENSE HEAT
WAVE THAT IS ALREADY BREAKING
RECORDS.
CHRISTINA COLEMAN IS LIVE IN LOS
ANGELES WITH MORE.
>> THE BRUTAL HEAT WREAKING
HAVOC ON CALIFORNIA IN THE SANTA
MONICA MOUNTAINS AND MALIBU ARE
NOW CLOSED THROUGH LABOR DAY
WEEKEND AFTER AN APPARENT HEAT
RELATED DEATH YESTERDAY.
MEANTIME FIREFIGHTERS ARE
MEANTIME FIREFIGHTERS ARE
WORKING 22 MAJOR WILDFIRES
BURNING IN THE STATE RIGHT NOW,
WHERE THAN 200 PEOPLE WERE
AIRLIFTED TO SAFETY AFTER BEING
TRAPPED BY WILDFIRE THAT SWEPT
THROUGH A CAMPING AREA AT A
RESERVOIR IN THE SIERRA NATIONAL
FOREST.
20 PEOPLE WERE HOSPITALIZED, TEN
WERE MODERATELY INJURED AND TWO
WERE SEVERELY INJURED.
THE FIRE JUMPED A RIVER AND BIRD
KNEW THE ONLY ROAD INTO THE
MAMMOTH POOL CAMPGROUND AND
FORCED EVACUATIONS AND
THREATENED 2000 STRUCTURES.
ALSO THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE
HEADING TO CALIFORNIA BEACHES
DURING THE SCORCHING HOT WEEKEND
OF THE LARGE CROWDS WEARING
HEALTH OFFICIALS ABOUT THE
POTENTIAL SPREAD OF CORONAVIRUS.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
SAYING IT’S GOING TO BE HOTTER
TODAY IN MANY PARTS OF
CALIFORNIA THAN IT WAS YESTERDAY
WHEN DOZENS OF AREAS REACHED
MORE THAN 100 DEGREES.
TODAY IN SAN DIEGO THE PREDICTED
HIGH IS 106 DEGREES.
MEANTIME CALIFORNIA INDEPENDENT
SYSTEM OPERATOR ISSUED A FLEX
ALERT FOR THE STATE POWER GRID
TO CONSERVE ENERGY DURING THE
HEAT WAVE.
PEOPLE ARE ASKED NOT TO USE
APPLIANCES AND KEEP
AIR-CONDITIONERS AT 70 DEGREES
OR ABOVE FROM 3:00 P.M.
- 9:00 P.M. THROUGH TOMORROW TO
TRY AND CONSERVE ENERGY.
ALSO AS OF NOW EXPECTED HEAT
WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH
OF THE STATE THROUGHOUT THE REST
OF THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND AND MORE
HOT WHEN THE WEATHER IS EXPECTED
FOR THE SANTA BARBARA MOUNTAINS
IN THE VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS
WE CAN MAKE IT FOR EVEN MORE
DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS.
ARTHEL: YOU DON’T WANT TO EXPECT
TO HEAR 106 DEGREES IN SAN DIEGO
