"I've known both of them for a long time. They're terrific people, they're winners, they're champs, and we need to win it." " David Key, who used a small boat to get to his house in flooded Prairieville, Louisiana. It went from 'have you heard there's a fire?' " Darren Dalton, 51, who along with his family had to get out of his house in Wrightwood, California, as wildfires devoured ranchlands east of Los Angeles.

Source: New Zealand Herald August 17, 2016 11:37 UTC