We're going to begin with the extreme heat taking hold
in the Midwest and Northeast.
Ginger is tracking the new records and warnings.
Good morning, Ginger, good morning.
So Caribou, Maine, one of the northernmost cities in the
lower 48, could see their hottest heat index on record.
Could feel like 104°.
And this is June, so we haven't done it in
July or August.
And that's what makes these records so intense.
Syracuse broke a record.
They could see the longest stretch of 94 plus in
June.
And all of these are still falling.
We're in the heart of it where it's attacking the
Northeast right now.
This morning, more than 70 million Americans in 15 states
now under heat alerts.
We knew it was going to be hot.
Not this hot though.
It's a different type of feel, like this is very
humid hot.
The map looking more like late July or August.
It's a little bit toasty.
Today.
The average number of heat waves that major cities like
New York City get each year has doubled since the
1980s.
Places normally very pleasant this time of year are going
to have an excess of 106°.
In Massachusetts, as temps soared into the 90s and heat
related calls started coming in, 911 services unfortunately were knocked
out statewide for hours.
In western states, at least 20 large wildfires are burning
a state of emergency declared in New Mexico, at least
one person was killed as evacuations for both the South
Fork and Salt fires remain.
It's pretty tough.
That's just been our our happy place today it is
Detroit, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and then we're going to stay in
it through tomorrow before storms start to break things.
The heat advisories go all the way from Maine, still
back into Indiana and Michigan.
But that excessive heat watch is up for Philadelphia going
through the weekend and you'll see why that heat Dome,
it's not just not going anywhere.
It backs itself right up over the South.
So now Atlanta, Nashville, Raleigh, you'll be talking about records
going into next weekend or this weekend.
Nashville here at 100 as you go through Saturday and
Sunday.
Pittsburgh still 97 for Saturday.
And I wanted to end with this because summer temperatures
since 1970 have gone up considerably.
We're talking about overnight lows, which go up even warmer.
A lot of this warming happens while we're sleeping.
And then the highs as well, plus three degrees in
the West and two there through the Mid-Atlantic up the
Northeast.
And we know you'll continue to watch and keep sipping
that water wherever you are and pay attention to the
warnings.
Ginger, thank you.