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To southern europe tonight, where highs have reached 118. and back here at home, 88 million people from california to florida are under heat alerts. sam brock has the story tonight from miami. >> reporter: record-level temperatures continue to bake the country, from california to the southeast. >> this is a whole level of different sun. >> reporter: phoenix fuming with 21 straight days with at least 110-degree temperatures, and miami hitting a record 40 consecutive days of triple-digit heat inde...

Common, they arent, but there has been 11 since july 1st in the eastern part of the united states. what else is not common is this heat. more record heat. tomorrow again up to 118 in phoenix. and unfortunately, as we look at the pattern, we look at the weather, norah, in the west, no significant cooling at all for the next several days. >> norah: chris warren, thank you. we are getting new details tonight about the possible charges that former president trump faces after receiving a target lette...

Signs of ending anytime soon. rafael romo has more. >> reporter: 116 degrees in las vegas, 118 in phoenix, arizona. and in one of the hottest places on the planet, death valley, california, they have hit a staggering 128 degrees. >> tomorrow well be around 129 degrees, maybe even pushing into 130. >> reporter: around 80 million americans are now facing heat alerts. and heat records are now being shattered across the western u.s. and throughout the south including texas. in el paso the thermomete...

What to do. >> the seemingly endless heat wave, getting even hotter. las vegas is pushing towards new record highs. in miami, an excessive heat warning. a real feel of 105, just as thousands back in for tonights cause -- for soccer star lionel messi. phoenix, breaking a record this weekend, hitting 118 degrees. on day 17 attempts at or over 110. >> its going to be outrageous. we do not want anyone having heatstroke. >> volunteer is providing a lifeline to those in need. >> water, cool ties. im t...

Temperatures again today. we could see dangerous heat levels into next week across the southwest. nearly a third of americans, about 113 million people, are currently under heat advisories from florida to california and up to washington state. national weather service is urging people to not underestimate the risks to life. in bucks county, pennsylvania, several people are missing and at least five have been killed after heavy rain caused a series of flash floods. nbc news correspondent melissa ...

Look at phene ix now, saturday 118 degrees. the all-time records is 122. were getting onto the longest 110 day plus streaks for phoenix. well tie it today and look at the forecast over the next week and a half. so above 110 degrees for many days. well break that record. what we need is the monsoon season to kick in. thats the seasonal shift in winds that brings the moisture from the pacific, that brings the temperatures down a little bit and brings in that much-needed moisture to this area. were...

For areas that have been inundated, it could prove problematic. back to you. >> thank you so much, emilie. right now from monday tan nah to tulsa, east to pittsburgh, across the southwest, its heat thats made life unbearable. extreme heat alerts in effect from northern nevada to new orleans. in the midwest there are new warnings about smoke from those canadian wildfires making it tougher to breathe. nbc meteorologist bill karins is with me, but first i want to bring in nbcs marissa parra live ...

>> lets talk about over the ocean and where you are, claudio, youre in rome, but i want to ask about greece as well. we heard that the acropolis had to be closed, in athens, it was too hot. theyre starting to hand out water bottles to tourists. triple digit temperatures there, also where you are. tell me what its like. >> absolutely, katy. youre starting to feel a lot like phoenix around here, after that report, and we are not used to those kind of temperatures either. its 9:20 in the evening. i...

Fires outside of los angeles destroyed homes and thousands of acres over the weekend. the news comes as a dangerous heat wave threatens large swaths of the country with potentially deadly triple digit highs. melissa para has the latest. >> reporter: in california, the heat compounded by flames, with a fourth wildfire now threatening homes near los angeles and prompting evacuation warnings. >> if it gets any worse, i was coming back this way. ive got to figure out what to do. >> reporter: the see...

But definitely not used to this kind of heat waves. right now its 6:00 in the evening. its about 102 fahrenheit and going to get worse tomorrow when the forecast is going to be for temperatures to reach as high as 118, 120 degrees somewhere in sardinha, an island on the west -- off the west coast of italy. lets see whether that will even break the record for the hottest day in -- ever recorded in europe, which was recorded a couple years ago still here in italy in sicily. it was 119.8 degrees. t...