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in other news the death toll from a devastating wildfire in California has

risen now to at least seventy six nearly 1300 people are also still unaccounted

for with officials fearing the death toll could keep rising over the past

week and a half the so-called camp fire has destroyed almost 10,000 homes and

has torched an area spanning about a hundred fifty thousand acres

firefighters are desperately trying to fight the blaze which they say may take

until the end of this month to fully contain rain is forecast later this week

in the affected area which would help tamp down the fire but it could also

hinder search and rescue efforts as it drenches the terrain

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Searchers in California wildfire step up efforts; 77 dead - Duration: 2:22.

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El aire se vuelve irrespirable en los campos de California | Noticiero | Telemundo - Duration: 2:42.

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Searchers in N. California wildfire step up efforts; 77 dead - Duration: 2:54.

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California fire kills at least 76, California fire, nearly 1,300 missing - Duration: 0:46.

the death toll from a devastating wildfire in California has now risen to

at least 76 nearly 1300 people are also still unaccounted for with officials

fearing the death toll could rise even further over the past week and a half

the so-called camp fire has destroyed almost 10,000 homes and has torched an

area spanning about 150 thousand acres firefighters are desperately trying to

fight the blaze which they say may take until the end of the month to fully

contain rain is forecast later this week in the affected area which would help

tamp down the fire but it could also hinder search and rescue search and

rescue efforts as it drenches the terrain

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Trump Tours Devastation From California Wildfires, Promises To Help Rebuild Communities - Duration: 1:40.

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Trump mocked for telling California to rake its forests like Finland to reduce fire risk - Duration: 1:46.

President Trump's visit Saturday to the fire-ravaged California town of Paradise seemed

to be going fine, until he began explaining his understanding of forest policy. Apparently,

California needs to buy more rakes. "You gotta take care of the floors. You

know the floors of the forest, very important," Trump told reporters, as Gov. Jerry Brown

and Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom stood nearby. "You look at other countries where they do it differently

and it's a whole different story.  I was with the president of Finland and he called

it a forest nation, and they spend a lot of time on raking and cleaning and doing things

and they don't have any problem. And when they do, it's a very small problem."

Trump appeared to be talking about the need to thin forests that are overgrown from decades

of fire suppression, something that Brown accelerated this fall when he signed a law

approving $1 billion in state money over the next five years for forest thinning projects

and controlled burns. Trump did not mention the role of drought or climate change in drying

out the state's forests, or power lines. Or the fact that many of the fires, particularly

in Southern California, aren't burning in forests at all, but in chaparral, or that

fact that this one began in an area of federal land, the Plumas National Forest. His communications

staff immediately cut off further questions. Social media users pounced, noting that while

California has a mostly dry Mediterranean climate, Finland is a Nordic country at the

same latitude as Siberia, Greenland and Alaska, where temperatures reach -45 F in the winter,

and the local animals include reindeer. Under the hashtag #rakeamericagreatagain they

raked away at the topic.

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加州號露營車大車聚Taiwan VW California Autumn Rally - Duration: 9:36.

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Church Helps Provide Comfort and Aid to California Fire Victims - Duration: 3:06.

This is a lot of people. "I didn't think this many people were going to come. It's pretty awesome." People from all walks of life, united for

one purpose. "I know just this little bit will help and it's not just a little bit,

it's a lot." These five thousand boxes of food are for their neighbors from up

north, Paradise, California. "It's just still surreal." Once a picturesque

mountain town now reduced to this after the deadliest fire in California's

history. "It's like apocalyptic up here." "I think we

thought we were gonna die. I remember thinking, I'm not sure if I'm ready to die

like this." When the flames overtook her hometown, Brynn Chatfield and her husband

fled down the mountain. As they drove, Brynn could only pray. "That was a very

important conversation with my Heavenly Father but it's made me realize how many

people use prayer in their lives and how important prayer is and actually

how simple prayer can be." In the aftermath, many have offered prayers and

jumped into action. "It warms my heart. This is, this is what the Savior wants people to

do is help others. This is what it's all about." Members of the Gridley California Stake

joined the community to put these food boxes together. The supplies donated by

the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be distributed to victims of

the fire. "Boy, it's amazing that how many people come out and are willing to give

and to serve." In Chico, California, members opened the doors of this meetinghouse

to everyone. Beth Brogden happened to stop by and saw

what was inside. "It makes me want to cry." She ended up leaving with supplies that she and her friends,

who all lost their homes, desperately need. "It's awesome. Let's cry together." "The way people have pulled together

and, and in moments of their own personal desperation reached out to one another

is absolutely overwhelming." Elder Kevin W. Pearson, a senior church leader, spent the

weekend ministering to those impacted by the fire, sharing a message of light in

the darkness. "When things seem at their worst and you don't know how you're

gonna figure it out, I've learned from my own life that He's there." "We hear

how bad the world is but we have seen so much good. We can definitely feel the

prayers and the strength from others."

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California Road Trip TRAVEL GUIDE | JOSHUA TREE - Duration: 7:39.

behind me is a brilliantly painted red and orange sunset over the world-famous

Joshua Tree National Park my name is Eric Conover and this is what to do when

traveling to California part 3 I am here in the beautiful state of California in

partnership with visit California and my way nearing the end of a two-week long

road trip with my good friend Mike shepherd my mission in this three-part

video series is simple show you the top destinations to experience on the

ultimate road trip through the great state of California starting here in

Temecula Temecula is known as the hidden gem wine

country of SoCal centrally located from all SoCal major cities with over 40

wineries in the valley one of the biggest differences from Sonoma Valley

of north and Temecula is that in Temecula you can actually stay in the

vineyards right behind me is a wine vineyard you turn this way that's my

hotel room vineyard hotel you are right in the middle of the action

whereas in Sonoma you have the vineyards and then the hotels are separate in the

main town a few miles outside of the vineyards aside from all the incredible

wine my number one thing to do in Temecula is so for a sunrise hot air

balloon ride you it's one of the most majestic means of transportation with a

peace or hot air balloon ride over the rolling hills and lush vineyards of the

Temecula Valley the beautiful estates sprawling below and the incredible

scenery with a sunrise flight which are available year-round and a balloon ride

is hands-down the best way to get a bird's-eye view of the region so we just

left Temecula early in the morning driving the RV to Palm Springs

now Palm Springs fascinates me it's a sea of green walled off by massive

mountains surrounded by air desert there is nothing for miles

Palm Springs has this sort of strange nostalgic feeling for me

the hotel we're staying at looks like something out of a Wes Anderson film

every room is a different color you got the yellows you got the greens you got

the Reds the Pink's the blues palm trees morning cup of joe at sunrise known for

its stylish mid-century architecture hotels golf courses and of course

beautiful sunny skies with actually just over 300 sunny days per year

Palm Springs truly is an oasis in the middle of the desert and at fancy hotels

and swimming pools Archer thing you can always head up here to the top of this

mountain San Jacinto Peak shoots up from the

Coachella Valley floor to just shy of 11,000 feet above sea level and the

quickest way to get near the peak is on the palm springs aerial tramway which is

also the largest rotating aerial tramway in the entire world there's still an

additional 2,000 feet to the very top of the summit which is right over that way

but the tram will take you to just about 8,000 feet at the top of the tram it's a

good 40 degrees cooler than down in the city so right now it's about 60 degrees

whereas down in the valley it's right above 100 degrees looking over to the

east you see Palm Springs all the cities down there in the valley you even see

the wind blow farm over there way off in the distance highly recommend if you are

in Palm Springs take the tram up and just enjoy nature if you want to go for

a hike head on off that way to the peak of the mountain or if you just want to

hang out and enjoy the beauty points head over this way to the platform and

just take in the beautiful views from way up here you can get a crystal-clear

view of the San Andreas Fault zone we met up with our friend Phil who is an

actual living legend and took a red Jeep tour outside the city limits into an

active earthquake fault system where the North American and Pacific plates meet

through a labyrinth of geological cuts and canyons stretching for miles and

miles as far as the eye can see pulling over the Jeep in Horseshoe

Canyon now we're right outside of Palm Spring I mean we're talking how many

miles maybe about 15 20 miles from Palm Springs we're basically in the middle of

the San Andreas Fault zone all right which runs from about the Salton Sea

heads west then it makes a big turn heads up towards San Francisco around

San Francisco on its way to Japan we have a hundred earthquakes a week in

this area we don't feel virtually any of them at all but it's really really

special place in the country what looks like a solid rock is actually just

easily broken into powder this is what's called fault gouge everything in these

canyons is basically fog out so it looks like you're driving through these hard

solid granite looking canyons but actually it's all just dust the greater

Palm Springs region was pretty much built solely upon master irrigation as a

massive underwater aquifer fuels the region bringing life to the area

supporting just about everything we stopped at the source of this water a

palm Oh ASA seemingly appearing out of nowhere seven days a week 24 hours a day

water flowing right down this water comes from rain runoff as well as from

the aquifer comes right up from the aquifer just several miles away from

downtown bond springs we're out here in the Coachella Valley what a beautiful

place this is so if you want to get out of the city and just escape into the

desert this is your man desert adventures red jeep tours from Palm

Springs we packed up the RV and drove out into the desert I mean way out into

the desert

as we arrived at the final stop of this California roadtrip in Joshua Tree

National Park just about seven o'clock in the morning here in Joshua Tree Sun

is rising right behind us just for a second just listen

it is absolutely quiet in the desert in the morning not a single sound the

National Park is a vast protected area in Southern California characterized by

rugged rock formations and stark desert landscapes named for the region's

twisted bristled Joshua Tree RV but to actually head out of the National Park

and into the town to grab some coffee some breakfast the actual town of Joshua

Tree is quaint with tons of restaurants and coffee shops the best way to see

Joshua Tree in my opinion is by RVs it is a massive area of land to cover I

like being in the desert it's quiet it's warm but it's also cool at night it's

peaceful it's a good place to sort of press that reset button and just feel

centered the best times of the day are early in the morning or late in the

evening when the Sun sinks low and the temps begin to cool off and at night

with hardly any artificial lights you can see the arm of the Milky Way galaxy

with your naked eye if you enjoyed this video and you want to see more

high-quality travel films make sure to subscribe to my youtube channel and with

that I will see you in the next video

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Interview #California : Where is Greece ? ( Pt 1) - Duration: 7:28.

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'It looks like a war zone': Search and rescue teams continue work in California fire - Duration: 3:15.

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Rep. Nunes talks response to California's deadly wildfires - Duration: 12:22.

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President Trump Tours California Wildfire Damage; Nearly 1,300 Still Missing | Sunday TODAY - Duration: 2:29.

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Demócrata Gil Cisneros gana el condado de Orange, California | Noticiero | Telemundo - Duration: 0:32.

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Gerard Butler Hosts Star-Studded Fundraiser for California Fire Relief After His Home Was Damaged - - Duration: 4:09.

 After his home was partially damaged due to the Woolsey Fire — one of three wildfires that have forced thousands of California residents to evacuate from their homes this month — Gerard Butler hosted a fundraiser to help fund the rebuilding process throughout the state

 On Friday evening, Jamie Foxx, Sean Penn, Cindy Crawford, Rande Gerber, Minnie Driver, The Edge and Robin Thicke, who also lost his home to the Woolsey Fire, attended the star-studded fundraiser for The Malibu Foundation, which was launched by a group of Malibu residents, including Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth

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 The event was hosted at the home of Butler's girlfriend, Morgan Brown.  In a clip from Butler's speech shared on the Foundation's Instagram Stories, the 49-year-old actor spoke about how hard it's been for parents in the area to try and "explain to their kids what happened to their home

"  "We're here tonight to try and remedy that situation," Butler said. "Thank you all so much for coming

"  When it came time for Penn to take the stage, the Oscar-winning actor praised all of the brave firefighters "who saved our homes" and "who risked their lives" in the process

 Fellow guest, jewelry designer Loree Rodkin, wrote on Instagram that the foundation had raised almost $2 million and that 100 percent of that tremendous sum would "go to the victims of this tragic fire

"  Actress Roma Downey, who was accompanied by her husband Mark Burnett, also documented the evening, sharing a video on Instagram of singer Van Morrison performing his classic hit, "Brown Eyed Girl

"  "We love you Van! Thank you for singing tonight to help the Malibu community at a fundraiser for the wildfires supporting @malibufoundation

 I remain your number one fan," she wrote, before adding an extra special thank you to Foxx

 "Thank you also to Jamie Foxx for singing back up," she added.  During the performance, the pair was also joined by singers Greg Holden and Grace Potter

 During the night, Thicke also took to the stage to perform a rendition of "Stand By Me

"  The United Way of Greater Los Angeles has partnered with the Malibu Foundation for emergency relief in all areas outside of Malibu impacted by Woolsey Fire including Agoura Hills, Oak Park, Calabasas, Westlake Village, Thousand Oaks, Westlake Village, West Hills and other areas

 Just hours after the fundraiser, the Malibu Foundation shared some uplifting news about the Woolsey Fire on Instagram

 As of Saturday morning, the blaze, which has burned through 8.362 acres was 92 percent contained

 Cal Fire also reported the same information.  In addition to the Woolsey Fire, the Hill Fire, located near the Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand Oaks — the site of the tragic mass shooting — has burned through thousands of acres after erupting last Thursday

The blaze is now 100 percent contained, according to Cal Fire.  Over in Northern California, the Camp Fire remains only 55 percent contained

 During a news conference on Friday, Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea confirmed that the death toll from the blaze had increased to 71, according to multiple local news outlets

 In addition, the number of missing people in California's most deadly and destructive fire is now 1,011

More than 12,000 structures have been destroyed.

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Despite what Trump says, Finland fires are totally different from California fires - Duration: 6:38.

President Trump said California can learn from Finland on how to fight fires.  But the fires that burned Paradise and parts of Southern California are significantly different from the forest fires that hit Finland last year

Advertisement  In an interview this week, Jonathan Pangburn, a fire behavior analyst for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, said the Camp fire started in a rugged hillside area of the Plumas National Forest but quickly became an urban fire, burning blocks of homes in the town of Paradise at a time

 "It started out as a vegetation fire. When it reached the incorporated area, which is definitely a lot more urban and developed of an area," he said, "it turned into a building-to-building fire

no longer carrying through most of the vegetation, especially in the upper canopies in the trees

It was not a crown fire through the Paradise area."  As more structures caught fire, the situation just got worse

Homes lost in Paradise (Los Angeles Times)  "They put off so much heat, and so much debris in terms of burning embers that flow to other buildings, that it's really a structure-to-structure ignition at that point

And that's what we saw, unfortunately, in the Paradise area," Pangburn said.  Indeed, in the aftermath, homes were burned out but many trees remained

 The Paradise fire has burned more than 10,000 structures and killed at least 71 people, with more than 1,000 still unaccounted for

It was fueled by intense winds gusting above 70 mph. The region has not had significant rainfall since May

 Trump has erroneously suggested that poor forest management is to blame for the destruction wrought by the Camp fire as well as the Woolsey fire, which burned through suburban Southern California from Oak Park to Malibu

More than 800 structures were lost and three people died.  The Woolsey fire was not near any forest

 On Saturday, Trump continued to talk about forest management, particularly forest floors

 "We've got to take care of the floors, you know, the floors of the forest. It's very important," the president said

 He said Finland focuses "on raking and cleaning and doing things, and they don't have any problem, and when it is … I know everyone is looking at that

"  A heat wave this summer caused huge forest fires across Europe, including Finland

 Fires scorched forested areas in Lapland, a remote northern province near Finland's border with Russia, forcing evacuations of summer cottages

 One big difference: Rainfall since May at Jarbo Gap in Butte County, near where the Camp fire started, was at 0

7 inches. The May-November rainfall in Rovaniemi, Lapland's capital: 15.76 inches

Advertisement  Finland and California also differ greatly in their winds, said meteorologist Geoff Fox in Irvine

California's Santa Ana winds are dry, desiccating vegetation as they whip through canyons and passes

They don't exist in Finland's relatively flat country, Fox said.  Experts agree that overgrown forests in California pose a heightened wildfire threat in some parts of the Sierra Nevada

 But although Paradise is near forestland, the wind-whipped Camp fire tore across areas that burned in 2008 lightning fires and were also later logged

It is not fueled by heavy timber.  6:10 p.m.: This article was updated with more information on differences in climate between California and Finland

 5:35 p.m.: This article was updated with more background information on the Camp fire

 This article was originally published at 5 p.m.

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Nearly 1,000 missing, 77 killed in California's deadliest wildfire - Duration: 1:31.

US President Donald Trump visited the town of Paradise in Northern California

on Saturday it's an area that was destroyed by the deadliest wildfire in

the state's history chase Young has the full story

president Trump visited the fire ravaged town of Paradise on Saturday where

authorities say the remains of 77 people have been recovered so far and 909 three

people are still missing campfire which started on November 8th was 65 percent

contain as a Monday it has destroyed more than 13,000 600 homes and other

structures praising the work of firefighters and local officials present

from reiterated the need for forest management to prevent and contain

wildfires we do have to do management maintenance and we'll be working also

with environmental groups they've really I think everybody's seen the light and I

don't think we'll have this again to this extent we're gonna have to work

quickly president Park also visited site of old

sea fire which began on the same day as camp fire near Los Angeles in Southern

California the fire has led to three deaths so far in destroy at least 1452

structures it was 91% contained as of Monday rain is forecast for both

northern and southern California this week potentially helping extinguish the

flames and reduce the unhealthy levels of smoke but also raising the risk of

floods and mudslides Chang Arirang news

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How Fierce Fall & Winter Winds Help Fuel California Fires | Heavy.com - Duration: 7:52.

How Fierce Fall & Winter Winds Help Fuel California Fires | Heavy.com

It doesn't take long in California to develop a feel for "fire weather.

" When it's hot and dry and the winds blow a certain way, there can be no doubt that, as in the past, landscapes will continue to be forged in fire.

And so, we residents of the state find ourselves again facing late fall wildfires that have scorched drought-parched vegetation while the rainy season evades its highly anticipated start.

As the death toll and structure loss from fires burning in the northern and southern parts of the state continue to surpass records set not even a year ago, it is crucial to understand the role winds play in California fires.

Predictable but future unclear.

Across California, late fall winds – called by various names including Santa Anas, Diablos and sundowners – blow hot, dry air from the interior of the state out toward the coasts.

The winds often intensify as they are channeled through mountain passes and then blasted across dry vegetation and steep surfaces to create the perfect conditions for fire.

Given an ignition, those same winds then help to spread fire very quickly.

Surface pressure patterns during early hours of the Camp Fire reveal the conditions that drove fire through Paradise, California.

The closely spaced isobars represent the steepest pressure gradients – and strongest winds – which become warmer and drier as they decrease in elevation, moving from mountains toward the ocean.

In this case, the same pressure pattern was also causing wind-driven fires in Southern California.

NOAA, CC BY-NC  .

While these winds are in many ways predictable, they are also altering fire hazard in ways that researchers don't fully understand.

As the climate changes, bringing warmer temperatures and increasingly erratic precipitation patterns, more of these extreme wind events may occur during times that are highly conducive to fire.

It is also conceivable that climate change will cause shifts in the pressure patterns that spawn extreme wind events to begin with.

Therefore, it is possible that in the future we may see extreme winds in new regions or during unexpected times of year.

A deeper understanding of the controls on these events is emerging, but relatively little is known about what the future will hold.

Wind and fire risk.

Fire hazard is determined by a variety of factors that include vegetation, topography and weather.

Add people and homes, and you get fire risk.

While wind is one of the biggest factors in fire spread, it also generates flying embers far ahead of the fire itself.

It is this storm of burning embers that often shower neighborhoods and ignite homes after finding vulnerable parts of landscaping and structures.

Under the worst circumstances, wind driven home-to-home fire spread then occurs, causing risky, fast-moving "urban conflagrations" that can be almost impossible to stop and extremely dangerous to evacuate.

Dry, northeasterly winds come in the fall and the winter, often through mountain ranges, which fuels wildfires in Southern California – a different pattern than summertime fires.

NASA, CC BY.

Managing the type and amount of vegetation, or "fuel," in an area provides a set of tools for altering fire behavior in wildland fires.

But during wind-driven urban conflagrations, homes are usually a major – if not the main – source of fuel.

Although defensible space immediately around homes is certainly important, vegetation management cannot be the sole solution.

Fire-prone communities must also intensify urban and evacuation planning efforts that make the built environment and those living there less vulnerable to fires and the extreme winds that drive them.

Looking ahead.

The most recent fires in California are sounding alarm bells that simply cannot be ignored, lest we fall into the trap of normalizing the incredible loss of lives and devastated communities year after year.

Indeed, fire has become a critical public health and safety issue in this state.

As residents and researchers who have worked extensively on fire in California, we believe the state and its newly elected leadership face a formidable challenge and an opportunity to reinvest in a robust, interdisciplinary approach to wildfire risk reduction that combines the best of both research and practice.

It must integrate both new (and potentially controversial) urban planning reforms as well as novel thinking about evacuation alternatives.

As it stands, California is failing to keep up with what we know about fire hazard and risk, and losing time as we struggle against rapidly changing climate conditions.

Simply put: There is no time to waste.

By Faith Kearns, Academic Coordinator, California Institute for Water Resources, University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources and Max Moritz, Cooperative Extension Wildfire Specialist at the University of California Forest Research and Outreach; Adjunct Professor Bren School of Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara.

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