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ByVladimirIsachenkov and Bassem Mroue The Associated Press MOSCOW Rebels in Syria shot down a Russian com- bat helicopter Monday amid fierce fighting around Aleppo, killing all five peo- ple on board in the deadli- est single incident for the Russian military since it became embroiled in Syr- ia's civil war 10 months ago. The helicopter downing came as the Syrian army, under Russian air cover, fought to repel a rebel at- tempt to break the govern- ment's siege of Aleppo, kill- ing more than 800 mili- tants, according to the Russian military. The Mi-8 helicopter was shot down in Idlib prov- ince while returning to He- meimeem air base on Syr- ia's coast after delivering humanitarian goods to Aleppo, the Russian De- fense Ministry said. It said all three crewmembers and two military officers on board died. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. Videos uploaded online by Syrian opposition ac- tivists showed the burning wreckage of a Russian heli- copter in footage seemingly taken in the first moments after it crashed. In one video, men, some of them armed, were shown standing near the wreckage taking cellphone photos, some cheering and shout- ing "Allahu Akbar," or God is great in Arabic. The body of one Russian soldier was seen being dragged by the legs while a man jumped on the half-naked body of an- other soldier. The helicopter ap- peared to have broken up as it crashed: Its tail could be seen lying separately from the aircraft's body in flames. A rocket pod was visible amid the wreckage, standard equipment for the Mi-8, a workhorse of the Russian air force which can be used for carrying troops and cargo and attacking ground targets. International human rights groups have repeat- edly accused Russia of hit- ting civilians and using cluster munitions since it began its aerial campaign in Syria. The Russian mil- itary has denied hitting ci- vilians, and also rejected claims that its aircraft tar- geted moderate elements of the Syrian opposition along with its declared targets, the Islamic State group and al-Qaida's branch in Syria, the Nusra Front. Idlib province has a strong presence of fight- ers from both the Nusra Front and other groups fighting Syrian President Bashar Assad's forces. The Nusra Front announced last week that it was changing its name and relinquishing ties with al-Qaida in an at- tempt to undermine a po- tential U.S. and Russian air campaign against its fight- ers. The group is part of a co- alition of insurgent groups called Jaish al-Fateh, or Army of Conquest, which has captured most of Idlib. Russia's air campaign in Syria, launched in Septem- ber, has shored up Assad's regime, which was on the verge of collapse after a se- ries of military defeats last year, and helped it gain key ground around Aleppo and elsewhere. On Monday, Lt. Gen. Ser- gei Rudskoi of the Russian military's General Staff an- nounced that the Syrian army, relying on Russian air cover, had fended off a massive militant attack in- tended to break the gov- ernment's blockade of the rebel-held part of Aleppo. The offensive, launched late Sunday, involved some 5,000 militants, Rudskoi said, adding that the rebels lost more than 800 fighters, as well as 14 tanks, 10 other armored vehicles and over 60 gun trucks. His claims could not be independently confirmed. The Britain-based Syr- ian Observatory for Hu- man Rights said dozens of militants and government troops were killed in the fighting, but didn't provide exact numbers. Syrian opposition activ- ists said intense fighting was still ongoing in Aleppo on Monday. Rudskoi said 324 civil- ians had fled the militant- controlled part of Aleppo through corridors opened by the Syrian government on Thursday. He said 82 militants had also laid down their weapons. The U.N. estimates some 300,000 people are still trapped in the rebel-held section of Aleppo, with dwindling food and medi- cal supplies. Its Syria envoy, Staffan de Mistura, warned last week that basic supplies in eastern Aleppo could run out in three weeks. The fierce fighting around Aleppo coincided with the passing of an Aug. 1 deadline for a U.N.-sup- ported process to start a political transition in Syria. De Mistura is strug- gling to restart peace talks among the warring parties in Syria, even as the Syria war has increasingly been handled by diplomacy be- tween the U.S. and Russia. De Mistura said last week that he aims to call a new round of talks be- tween government and op- position envoys in Geneva "toward the end of August," but added he wants to see the outcome of steps agreed upon in Moscow last week between the United States and Russia before setting a precise date. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said the U.S. is focusing on efforts to "get a cessation of hostilities in place that is meaningful." CIVIL WAR Russian helicopter shot down in Syria, killing 5 onboard Washington 89/73 New York 78/69 Miami 90/79 Atlanta 91/73 Detroit 86/66 Houston 96/77 Chicago 84/71 Minneapolis 85/69 Kansas City 95/73 El Paso 92/71 Denver 90/62 Billings 96/66 Los Angeles 82/67 San Francisco 71/54 Seattle 70/57 AIRQUALITYFORECAST Whatitmeans:0-50:Good; 51-100:Moderate; 101-150:Unhealthyforsensitivepeople; 151+:Unhealthyforall. Source: Airnow.gov City Today'sairquality City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W CALIFORNIA CITIES National and world forecast s-sunny,pc-partly cloudy,c-cloudy,sh-showers,t-thunderstorms,r-rain,sf-snow flurries,sn-snow,i-ice City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Summary National Extremes World Extremes North and South America Asia, Australia Africa CarsonCity Hawthorne Reno Herlong Lovelock Sacramento Yuba City Napa Ukiah Chico Corning Lakeview Alturas Susanville Redding Red Bluff Laytonville Fort Bragg Point Arena Eureka Redway Mount Shasta Yreka Crescent City Ashland Shown is today's weather. Temperatures are today's highs and tonight's lows. Shown are today's noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. ALMANAC Precipitation Temperatures ALLERGY REPORT Pollenlevels Source: National Allergy Bureau TODAY'S UV INDEX (The higher the number, the faster skin damage will occur.) Extreme Very high High Moderate Low SUN SETTINGS, MOON PHASES Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Hoursofsunlight River Levels SacramentoRiver Flood 7a.m. 24-hr Stage yest. chg. Lake Levels Elevation Yesterday Storage (acre-feet) Percent Capacity Q: A: WEDNESDAY 102° 65° THURSDAY 96° 61° Plenty of sun Ho t with plenty of sun FRIDAY 93° 62° Plenty of sunshine SATURDAY 94° 63° Plenty of sunshine TODAY 99° 67° Mostly sunny and seasonably warm. Clear tonight. High ....................................................................... 97° Low ........................................................................ 62° Normal high ......................................................... 98° Normal low ........................................................... 65° Record high ........................................... 111° in 1993 Record low .............................................. 56° in 1937 Humidity noon today ........................................ 24% 24 hours through 2 p.m. yesterday ................. 0.00" Month to date ................................................... 0.00" Normal month to date .................................... Trace Season to date ................................................ 23.37" Normal season to date .................................. 24.02" Red Bluff through 2 p.m. yesterday Chico .................................................................. Good Napa ................................................................... Good Red Bluff .............................................. Not available Redding ............................................... Not available Yuba City ................................................... Moderate Allergy, dust and dander today: Beneficial Grass ....................... Low Mold .........................Low Trees .................. Absent Weeds ..................... Low 8 Highest at 1 p.m. Today 6:08 a.m. 8:22 p.m. 6:01 a.m. 8:13 p.m. Wednesday 6:09 a.m. 8:21 p.m. 7:03 a.m. 8:52 p.m. 14 hr., 14 min. Aug2 New Aug10 First Full Aug18 Last Aug24 aboveBendBridge......................27 ...........4.30 .......none atHamiltonCity.........................148 ......129.70 .......none atOrdFerry................................114 ........97.10 .......none atRedBluffDiversionDam.......253 ......239.30 .......none atTehamaBridge ......................213 ......201.90 .......none atVinaWoodsonBridge............183 ......167.80 .......none BlackButte ....................451.32..............57,143 .....39.8% LakeOroville..................812.31.........2,333,732 .....62.4% LakeShasta .................1030.43.........3,544,374 .....77.9% LakeTrinity..................2271.23.........1,150,686 .....43.5% Whiskeytown...............1209.11............238,247 .....98.8% Weather Trivia ™ What is the record high temperature for the United States in August? 127(F) at Death Valley, Calif.; August 12, 1933. Today Wednesday Anaheim 85/67/pc 84/66/pc Bakersfield 103/75/s 103/72/s Chula Vista 80/67/pc 79/66/pc Crescent City 62/50/pc 62/50/pc Death Valley 114/93/s 110/95/t Eureka 64/47/pc 64/50/pc Fremont 80/56/pc 79/57/pc Fresno 102/71/s 102/68/s Glendale 85/65/s 85/64/pc Huntington Beach 77/68/pc 76/67/pc Irvine 81/67/pc 80/67/pc Lake Tahoe 82/41/s 82/45/s Long Beach 82/68/pc 82/68/pc Los Angeles 82/67/pc 81/66/pc Mammoth Mountain 87/47/s 86/46/s Modesto 98/65/s 99/62/s Monterey 64/51/pc 63/51/pc Moreno Valley 92/65/s 92/63/s Napa 87/52/pc 86/53/pc Needles 106/87/t 105/87/t Oakland 72/56/pc 71/56/pc Oxnard 74/63/pc 73/63/pc Redding 101/67/s 104/65/s Riverside 93/67/s 93/63/s Sacramento 95/59/s 95/57/s San Bernardino 94/66/s 94/64/s San Diego 77/68/pc 76/67/pc San Francisco 71/54/pc 69/55/pc San Jose 81/58/pc 81/56/pc San Luis Obispo 79/56/pc 77/53/pc Santa Ana 80/68/pc 80/68/pc Santa Barbara 73/59/pc 73/58/pc Santa Clarita 91/62/s 91/61/s Stockton 96/60/s 98/58/s Ventura 74/62/pc 74/62/pc Yosemite Valley 95/60/s 95/59/s Today Wednesday Albuquerque 89/66/t 86/66/t Atlanta 91/73/t 93/73/pc Baltimore 86/68/pc 84/66/pc Boston 74/64/c 77/65/s Buffalo 85/65/pc 87/71/pc Chicago 84/71/t 86/70/t Cincinnati 88/69/pc 89/71/t Dallas 100/79/s 101/81/s Denver 90/62/pc 95/62/s Detroit 86/66/pc 87/70/t El Paso 92/71/t 92/73/c Fargo 87/62/pc 87/66/pc Honolulu 88/74/s 88/76/s Houston 96/77/pc 97/77/s Indianapolis 87/71/c 89/73/pc Kansas City 95/73/s 94/75/pc Las Vegas 104/85/t 101/82/t Louisville 88/73/pc 91/75/t Miami 90/79/t 90/79/pc Minneapolis 85/69/t 88/73/pc New Orleans 92/79/t 92/80/t New York City 78/69/pc 80/67/pc Oklahoma City 98/72/s 99/74/s Most areas from the eastern Ohio Valley to the lower Great Lakes and interior Northeast will be free of rain today. A few more showers and storms are forecast to ignite from New England to the coastal mid-Atlantic, the interior South and the Tennessee Valley. Some of these storms can produce flash flooding. Most areas from the upper Gulf Coast to the southern Plains will be dry. A few storms will dot the Florida Peninsula. The greatest chance of severe weather on a regional basis will be over the upper Mississippi Valley. Dry air will spread over the Dakotas. High .......................... 105° in Imperial, CA Low ................................ 32° in Stanley, ID High ........................... 124° in Basrah, Iraq Low ... -23° in Summit Station, Greenland Bogota 64/50/c 62/49/c Buenos Aires 55/43/pc 57/46/pc Caracas 89/77/pc 88/77/pc Ensenada 82/66/pc 82/65/pc Mexico City 74/55/t 75/54/t Montreal 82/62/s 84/65/pc Rio de Janeiro 79/69/sh 74/68/c Tijuana 79/67/pc 81/65/pc Toronto 82/63/pc 86/66/pc Vancouver 66/57/sh 70/56/pc Orlando 92/76/t 92/75/t Philadelphia 81/67/sh 83/67/pc Phoenix 99/82/t 98/83/t Pittsburgh 86/67/pc 88/69/pc Portland, ME 76/56/c 80/60/s Portland, OR 75/57/sh 81/60/pc St. Louis 94/77/pc 97/77/t Salt Lake City 101/76/pc 95/68/t Seattle 70/57/c 76/57/pc Tucson 87/73/t 92/75/t Washington, DC 89/73/pc 86/71/pc Cairo 98/76/s 97/76/s Casablanca 87/70/s 88/71/s Johannesburg 65/39/s 66/33/s Kinshasa 85/66/pc 86/67/c Lagos 82/74/c 79/74/c Nairobi 80/50/pc 80/54/pc Tripoli 95/73/s 90/70/s Baghdad 120/86/s 119/86/s Beijing 93/74/s 92/75/s Hong Kong 89/83/r 91/82/t Jerusalem 90/71/s 88/68/s Kabul 94/60/s 89/64/pc Manila 89/77/t 90/78/t Melbourne 55/47/pc 54/40/pc New Delhi 88/80/t 93/82/pc Seoul 87/76/c 91/76/t Singapore 88/77/pc 87/79/pc Sydney 62/55/r 63/53/r Tehran 97/72/s 94/71/s Tokyo 85/77/t 84/77/t Amsterdam 68/65/r 72/61/r Athens 95/78/s 94/78/s Belgrade 80/61/t 84/64/s Berlin 65/55/t 70/64/r Budapest 80/60/pc 80/62/pc Dublin 71/58/sh 66/55/c London 72/62/t 76/59/pc Madrid 98/67/s 99/68/s Moscow 84/63/sh 69/60/sh Paris 75/64/r 81/62/pc Rome 86/69/s 88/69/s Stockholm 69/52/t 71/56/pc Vienna 80/64/pc 81/64/s Zurich 73/57/pc 81/58/s 93/55 99/59 97/61 96/59 101/56 95/59 100/59 87/52 99/54 99/64 100/67 86/43 91/43 93/50 101/67 99/67 94/61 72/54 73/53 64/47 88/49 91/50 90/52 62/50 86/52 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2016 819 Jefferson St. Red Bluff Individual&GroupMedicalInsurance Variouscompaniestochoosefrom ~ Medical Insurance (basic&highdeductibles) ~ Dental & Vision Insurance ~ Life Insurance ~ Medicare Supplements ~ Prescription Drug Plans ~ Supplemental Insurance with AFLAC products ~ Asset Preserver SINCE 1959 Jennifer&Michelle have over 35 years combined experience in Insurance Services Call for appointment (530) 527-6761 Lic# 0199754 522AntelopeBlvd.,RedBluff (530) 529-1654 www.lesschwab.com GreatBuy P155/80TR-13 Starting at FREE PRE-TRIP SAFETY CHECK All-Season Tire Economically Priced Tread design may vary. 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