CNN 10｜Night ride to Kaifeng, East Coast wildfire, Pompeii

COY WIRE, CNN 10 ANCHOR: Hello, everyone. I'm Coy Wire. This is CNN 10, your CNN 10, especially on a Your Word Wednesday. Listen to see if your vocabulary word helped us write today's show.

We're starting today with news about thousands of cyclists who shut down roads during a late-night quest for some dumplings in an ancient town in China.

WILL RIPLEY, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Pedaling under the glow of streetlights, tens of thousands of Chinese students on a 40-mile impromptu adventure from Zhengzhou to the ancient city of Kaifeng, students have been biking here for months, most joining for the thrill, some for the popular and juicy jumbo soup dumplings.

UNKNOWN (through translator): We wanted to take the challenge of riding a shared bike to Kaifeng City. We're only young once.

RIPLEY (voice-over): Some riders carry Chinese flags. Others sing the national anthem. State media even released this viral video. Students chanting about their passion. Then came the crackdown. Authorities closed key bike lanes this weekend, citing safety and traffic concerns. Bike-sharing companies issued warnings. Some colleges restricted students from leaving campus. All temporary measures, police say.

WIRE: Now to the east coast of the United States, which has been no stranger to wildfire smoke the last few years. But now, thanks to historic drought conditions and high winds, firefighters in New York and New Jersey are putting out deadly blazes there. The Jennings Creek fire on the border of New York and New Jersey has already scorched thousands of acres across the state border.

While rain over the weekend helped slow the fire's progress, dry conditions are expected to continue. CNN's Gloria Pazmino shows us how crews are working to contain the unprecedented fires.

GLORIA PAZMINO, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): From a New York City Park to forests across the Hudson River in New Jersey, unprecedented fires are burning across the northeast, fueled by strong winds and months without significant rain.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Never seen it like this before.

PAZMINO (voice-over): The Jennings Creek wildfire in New Jersey has scorched thousands of acres and is still going. Across New York and New Jersey, 600 wildfires have burned since October.

THOMAS HOWLEY, GREENWOOD LAKE, NEW JERSEY MAYOR: In my over 50 years of living here, this has been the most significant and probably most potentially dangerous situation I've seen or been involved in.

PAZMINO (voice-over): Dariel Vasquez, an 18-year-old Parks and Recreation Employee was killed Sunday while he was responding to a fire.

BRYAN GALLAGHER, NY STATE FOREST RANGER: This is a very dangerous profession. This is a very dangerous incident that we have here.

PAZMINO (voice-over): Strong winds across the region have carried the heavy smoke across New Jersey and New York, leading to air quality and red flag warnings for millions of people. The water supply is also under strain.

ERIC ADAMS, NEW YORK CITY MAYOR: October was one of the driest months we've had in recorded history.

PAZMINO (voice-over): A man was charged with arson after he fired an illegal shotgun believed to have sparked a fire in Jackson Township, New Jersey, prompting evacuations in surrounding communities.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: My daughter and I, we packed up our important papers and all of our prescriptions and got the dog ready and when they said go, we were ready to go.

WIRE: Pop quiz hot shot. What is the name of the Italian volcano that buried the ancient city of Pompeii in 79 AD?

Etna, Vesuvius, Lipari, or Stromboli?

If you said Mount Vesuvius, put your hands up. It lies on the Bay of Naples on the southern end of Italy. It is typical for the famous ancient city of Pompeii to get loads of visitors, especially with Italy seeing record numbers of tourists traveling there during the summer season.

Now, in order to preserve the archaeological site, Italian officials are limiting the number of tourists who can enter the city each day. CNN's Barbie Latza Nadeau shows us how the plan could make your visit there safer and more sustainable.

BARBIE LATZA NADEAU, CNN REPORTER: Starting November 15th, the site of Pompeii in southern Italy will start limiting visitors to just 20,000 a day in an effort to combat mass tourism and make the experience safer in the event of an earthquake, the site organizers say.



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