Meteorologist Standing News Today

74 million people are under heat alerts. were talking temperatures up to 25 degrees above average in some places. and right now, texas is bracing for what was just named the first tropical storm of the season, tropical storm alberto, heading toward the gulf coast. and fast. meantime, out west, those deadly wildfires rage on with firefighters battling that relentless heat, and we have team coverage this morning with nbcs sam brock in galveston, texas, nbcs maya egoland in coney island a...

Time since 1971. lets check in with the meteorologist standing by at the weather center. >> i think it will have worse travel for friday and saturday that we are -- what we had today and tomorrow for the most part. we havent had any delays across the airports today. a little bit around new work, san francisco but overall the worst we have seen for the most part add two storms weve been watching, one is around the great lakes. it still bringing windy conditions. 53-mile-an-hour wind gusts and det...

Shelters, 500 of them throughout the island. now, this is the strongest storm to make landfall in puerto rico since 1932. there hadnt been a category 4 or 5 since then. the fear is, according to san juans mayor that the power could be out in some areas for four to six months. of course, the power grid is a huge concern here. weakened infrastructure of this island that had just been grazed by hurricane irma and only 75% of the island lost power, more than 60,000 people were without power going in...

And welcome back to our continuing coverage of hurricane irma as it heads towards the mainland usa. lets bring in our meteorologist standing by in miami beach. i guess people in miami would have been a little relieved when this moved further west, but this is such a massive storm nobody is going to miss out on it, are they? >> no, absolutely not. the stretch of tropical force winds extends 400 miles. thats from one side of the storm to the other side of the storm. it is unbelievable. much wider ...

Because the pollution can trigger that as well. >> reporter: air pollution can be made of everything from soot to heavy metals like arsenic and lead. likely now a part of brother nuts pollution break. heres a picture of him pouring the dust into a brick mold. >> translator: air pollution is a problem for everyone. and now we are being deprived of our right to breathe fresh air. >> reporter: his art project went viral. perhaps not surprising in a city where 21 million residents have to deal with ...

Alert to clear the highways and restore electricity to a great many homes. we have our meteorologist standing by. >> its been a really cold december. i think by the time this is done we might be dealing with one of the coldest decembers weve seen in decades across the u.s. it gives you an idea of the temps cold across the northern at least new england and much of new york. and pennsylvania. thats going to change, though. theres going to be warmer air coming in as we develop this coastal low that...