cars and push it off the side of the road. we are told the woman that was in this car was hit by pounding hail, pulled off to the road, then her car was covered in at least a couple inches of mud. we are told the mud line was actually much higher. it s come down quite a bit. this area was really rocked in a matter of hours. as i mentioned, six inches of rain here. but the mud and debris is really all across this community. over on interstate 5, a major thoroughfare in southern california, hundreds of cars were stuck in rising mud waters. they had to shut down that interstate. as a matter of fact, in communities like this today, they are going door-to-door to make sure anyone who is trapped can get out of their home. we are also expecting heavier rain later on this afternoon. so you see all of this mud, all of this debris here still in the middle of the road. well, they will have another round of wet weather potentially more problems. andrea, back to you. up next, the burn rate. hilla
entire professional career covering her as an olympian. that s an amazing story to cover. good morning to you. thank you for being with us. hi, everybody, nice to have you with us. we re bring you the news from a to z, it s 5:00 eastern. let s get right to it, shall we? this is unbelievable, unrelenting, unforgiving, it is a heat wave, and it is devastating from k.c. to d.c. and it s going to continue today too, tomorrow, as well. all the way through the july 4th holiday. in some places, it s going to feel like 115 degrees, particularly in parts of the midwest today. and for millions of people without power, sorry to report this, there is not a whole lot of relief coming your way. at least 19 people now have died in the last week after deadly storms swept through the nation. about 1.7 million people still haven t gotten any power. this is days after the storms went through. many expect possibly it s going to take until friday to get their power restored. take a look at th