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Almost 7 inches of rain in four hours. and there are reports of rescues. lets get right to pedram javaheri. still dark in the st. louis area. but we know that there is a lot happening there. what can you tell us? >> very dangerous setup. when you look at flash flood emergencies, water rescues could be taking place and flooding is imin the me imminent or occurring. we have storms training over the region. it has led to this incredible amount of rainfall. in some spots now pushing up close to 7 in...

Before we see conditions come back down to usual july heat versus unusual july heat we have seen. >> thats a lot of red on that map. thanks, pedram. the eruption of japans sakurajima volcano triggering a level 5 alert. countrys highest prompting evacuations in that region. according to nasa the volcano is one of the most active in japan. blake essig is live in tokyo. any damage or casualties? what can you tell us about this eruption? >> reporter: the good news here is that there havent been an...

Lets get to meteorologist pedram javaheri. a couple of days here, i mean, serious dangerous, dangerous conditions across much of the country. >> thats right. christine, some good news finally to share with you here when it comes to the heat relief, certainly in sight across a large area of the northeast here. these records, we are talking about 102 degrees in newark, the fifth consecutive day temperatures exceed 100 degrees in newark. boston a new record, philadelphia 99 a new record, laguardia ...

Expanding eastward. tennessee valley, up and down the east coast. next week the temperature trend shows it getting worse. 87% of the u.s. next week will have temperatures above 930 degrees, 20% above 100. the extreme hot weather is being caused in large part by a high pressure system that is just camped out over this part of the country which isnt allowing clouds and precipitation to form. fittingly this is known as the death ridge. ed lavendera, cnn, there is. and so the heat records keep fal...

Sometime early next week maybe a few thunderstorms that will bring the temperatures back down to the middle 80s. but you have to keep in mind summer is only about 30 days old. so it has a long ways to go before we get out of all this. >> and august is usually the worst especially here in washington. pedram, thanks so much. so from the u.s. to the uk, which has set an all time heat record of 104 degrees farenheit as southern europe deals with its own heatwave this week. record breaking temperat...

Temperature. brian todd,en d cnn, washington. so advisories being issued from the south to the northeast with record temperatures expected to continue through the weekend. and pedram javaheri is live in atlanta. and i feel as though ive been asking you this same question every day this week. but i mean, the question that everybody wants answers to, when is this going to be over, do w have to it with a uith a wait ue fall? >> it might be the fall. you get a day or two with a break, a little bit...

Of the mississippi valley. and today some cities face forecast highs above 110 degrees. lets get to our meteorologist pedram javaheri. how long is this heatwave going to last? >> takes long duration heatwave and important to know when it comes to heat, it is the top weather killer in the united states. it is not tornadoes, not hurricanes. they get a bit of attention, but it is all about heat. and when you are talking 108, 109, 110 degrees, yes records are falling, but these are temperatures that...

H pedram javaheri has more. >> we know the drought situation has been dire, about 42% are under extreme drought situation. and certainly doesnt help when you look at the incoming heatwave in place where over 7 million californians are under a heat advisory where temperatures across the central valley will get up to 103 here. and were talking about 20 degrees above average. so again, sacramento, 101 on tuesday that would best the all-time record. same story wednesday before we see cooler temperat...

And taking off. >> lets get to pedram javaheri. any hope of the wind there dying down soon? >> just these next couple of hours, these morning hours generally are where the winds are the quietest and they pick up in the afternoon. and this is a wind driven event, and biggest concern is once you get to the afternoons, well have winds of 25, 30 miles per hour. and of course fire seasons are getting long person the burn intensity of the fires also getting stronger. so you are getting the wide rangin...

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