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Heat today. stay in the ac, which im sure youll be doing all morning long with us. >> thanks so much. >> for the latest weather advisories and the forecast where you are, be sure to weather.com. and new information this hour on that massive collapse of a parking garage in new jersey. officials say the incident did not appear to have taken any lives. rescue crews are still searching for debris but say they now do not believe that anyone was inside the structure when it crumbled. witnesses say the...

Daughters body back home in maryland. funeral services are planned for this weekend. back to you. >> thank you, jeff. were getting breaking news out of athens, greece where the austerity bill has won passage for pa lament. it turned deadly there yesterday when a fire started inside a bank and people were trapped inside, but now, i am sure we will see more aggressive protests and anger and rioting in greece now that this austerity bill has won enough votes for passage. the cuts will take place ...

Exactly. when you say you saw people hanging out the windows, describe that in a little bit more detail for us if you would. >> there were gentlemen hanging out the windows, letting us know people were trapped inside, they were screaming obviously for help, to get them out of the building. smoke was coming out behind them, you know, dark smoke, and on the ground, we were yelling at them to try to cover their mouths, they told us they couldnt get to the hallways. and fortunately, the glass compan...

Did anything happen haafter tha? >> reporter: the raised fists, craig, mean they are communicating with the children, with the individuals trapped inside, nothing came out of that except just more people as youre seeing coming in and out, more people with supplies, first responders, and also people taking some of the debris out to clear some of the area, because as you were just talking about on the show, it is a very difficult situation so they need some of this debris cleared out as well. they...

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To escape of gatlanburg, tennessee. smoke choked roads, fleeing intense flames, looking and spreading like molten lava. residents thankful to make it out of their homes alive. >> they let me go back to get my animals out, to get them safely. were all safe now and my son. so were fine. >> reporter: terrified guests trapped inside, the fire too close and too dangerous for them to leave. these pictures taken by an employee of the hotel showing the fire burning right outside. local officials say 30 ...

Doing what they do. nbc meteorologist bill karins joins me now. bill, in a lot of ways, this would seem like the perfect storm. these heavy winds, a drought down south like we havent seen in these parts in some time as well. >> exactly. we deal with the west for so many years and this moved into the south. we had a lot of fires over the last month. this is the fire map as of yesterday here in the mountains of north carolina and a couple in tennessee. what happened is the chimney fire, winds up t...

Like and the rain we got a half inch, barely denlt lly dented t. >> how can it be? >> it was so dry that just a half inch, you know, these fires get so hot that they evaporate a lot of water. a temperature gauge read 118 degrees in downtown gatlinburg with the peak of the fire. you can imagine a half inch of rain, dump on the fireplace at your house. it doesnt do much. theyll get another dose, hopefully that will be heavier. >> bill karins keeping a close eye on whats happening down in tennessee...

Navigate to a truck. trapped inside, an 80-year-old man and his dog. they pulled both out of the truck and helped them get to safety. really unbelievable when you see how close that truck was to being all the way under the water. more rain ahead tonight. city leaders held a press conference and asking residents stay heavy. >> mainly were anticipating hazardous driving conditions for the evening and making sure to ask everybody to be careful. if you dont have to be out, dont go out. but if you ar...