SCU LIGHTNING COMPLEX FIRE The SCU Lightning Complex started on Aug. 16 with multiple fires within the complex. These fires have since merged into two major fires and are broken into three zones: Canyon, Calaveras and Deer. COUNTIES: Multiple locations throughout Santa Clara County, Alameda County, Contra Costa County, San Joaquin County and Stanislaus County…
VACAVILLE (CBS13) — The latest information on the LNU Lightning Complex Fire: 7 p.m. Containment on the 302,388-acre LNU Lightning Complex Fire has grown to 15%, Cal Fire said. Cal Fire has not reported any new structural damage or injuries. Officials say the fires are still active and moving in multiple directions, impacting multiple communities.…
(CNN)Fires sparked by lightning and a blistering heat wave raged across California, stretching resources and sending people out of their homes in the middle of the night. Besides having the most cor…
August 19, 2020 at 5:27 pm VACAVILLE (CBS13) — Evacuations have been ordered in Solano County, northwest Vacaville and the outskirts of Fairfield on Wednesday after the so-called LNU Lightning Complex Fire exploded in size. Starting around 4:30 p.m., traffic on the eastbound lanes of Interstate 80 stopped due to the fire. Many exits are…
Talk about a close call.A highway trooper in Oklahoma had a near miss last week while helping a driver when a bolt of lightning struck nearby.The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said on Facebook the incident happened on Thursday along the Turner Turnpike/Interstate 44 between Bristow and Stroud, located southwest of Tulsa.LIGHTNING DEATHS DROP 'DRAMATICALLY' OVER 2 DECADES…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…