good evening. thank you for beginning thth wek with us. as more than 200 million americans in 36 states are watching asphalt blister and the water in the ground disappear, evaporating in the heat. this is how it works. where the air feels like 120 degrees. even hotter than the thermometers. the heat is spreading from the rockies to the east coast with more to come. abc s yungi de nies is at lake arlington, texas, tonight, where that lake is disappearing by the day. yungi. reporter: good evening, diane. this dry lake bed is what s left of lake arlington after so many days of record breaking heat. normally, the would be up here, well above my head, but it is now losing two inches every day. the images are astounding. where water should be, now only cracking mud and dry dust. and the exact same thing is happening all over the state. this is lake travis in central texas before the drought and here it is now. the bathtub ring an eerie reminder of what was. on the shores of lake
good evening. thank you for beginning thth wek with us. as more than 200 million americans in 36 states are watching asphalt blister and the water in the ground disappear, evaporating in the heat. this is how it works. where the air feels like 120 degrees. even hotter than the thermometers. the heat is spreading from the rockies to the east coast with more to come. abc s yungi de nies is at lake arlington, texas, tonight, where that lake is disappearing by the day. yungi. reporter: good evening, diane. this dry lake bed is what s left of lake arlington after so many days of record breaking heat. normally, the would be up here, well above my head, but it is now losing two inches every day. the images are astounding. where water should be, now only cracking mud and dry dust. and the exact same thing is happening all over the state. this is lake travis in central texas before the drought and here it is now. the bathtub ring an eerie reminder of what was. on the shores of lake