TONIGHT: Maurice DuBois is on the ground in California, where wildfires continue to wreak havoc. See the devastation and the heroic efforts to contain the flames. Watch the CBS Evening News at 6:30 p.m. ET. | CBS Evening News

3.5K views · 61 reactions | More than 50,000 new COVID-19 cases were reported nationwide on Friday. That's the highest level since mid-August. In New York, the former epicenter of the national outbreak, officials are reporting the highest daily number of new cases since May. https://cbsn.ws/33uiGje | CBS Evening News | Facebook

8.1K views · 89 reactions | NEW: 6% of all COVID-19 cases globally are in New York City. New York State has become the domestic epicenter of the outbreak. One of the nation’s largest convention centers is being transformed into a 1,000-bed field hospital. https://cbsn.ws/2wnjxF1 | CBS Evening News | Facebook

BREAKING: The relentless winter blast slamming Texas and much of the South is blamed for at least 24 deaths this week. Millions of Americans face yet another night in the dark, with no heat and more freezing rain the forecast tonight. Janet Shamlian has the latest from Texas https://cbsn.ws/37pETAF | CBS Evening News

CBS News' Nikki Battiste rides through the Abaco Islands with members of the Bahamian military as they show the vast devastation in Marsh Harbour, a town virtually wiped out by Hurricane Dorian. As one gestures toward debris, he says, "This was a food place and a bar." | CBS Evening News