AccuWeather shows aerial crews protecting homes from the Norte Fire
The San Clemente footage captures a red retardant drop along a ridge behind houses, with ground crews waiting below.
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Firefighters Battle California’s Norte Fire With Aerial Drops
An airplane lays a line of red retardant behind homes in San Clemente, while the aerial commentator calls out the precision: "Oh, nice drop there. Right? Right in between the houses."
That moment anchors AccuWeather's most-watched upload of the week, "Firefighters Battle California's Norte Fire With Aerial Drops," which reached roughly 131,000 views. The footage, credited on screen to KABC, then closes in on fire engines beside a house with a yard coated red. The narration explains the connection between the crews above and below: retardant slows the flames so firefighters can work with hose lines. AccuWeather reports that the fire threatened homes and forced thousands to evacuate.
Across 15 uploads, the channel also covered boulders carried down Nepal's Budhi Gandaki River, swollen waters at Iguazu Falls and the helicopter rescue of LouLou, a dog found alive after more than two days missing following an Alaska avalanche.
The strongest momentum now belongs to a different kind of weather story: "Will your winter be snowier than normal? (More cities!)" Its city-by-city snowfall predictions are drawing views faster than any other upload on the channel, while the Nepal flood clip continues to find an audience.
AccuWeather added about 10 million views over the week, with its subscriber count unchanged. Its daily viewing is currently below its usual level, a pattern also seen at nearby broadcasters 7NEWS Australia and C-SPAN; ITV News is running above its usual daily pace. For AccuWeather, the week spans immediate danger and the practical question already occupying its newest forecast: how much snow to expect at home.
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- Channel
- AccuWeather
- Subscribers
- 2,170,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 10,377,912
- Videos published this week
- 15
- Video published
- October 17, 2026
- Video views so far
- 131,068
- Views on its first day
- 123,200
The numbers
Here is how AccuWeather's uploads and audience moved over the past week.
