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Jeff? >> glor: michelle, thank you, no day off today from the heat wave gripping much of the nation. temperatures hit either the 90s or 100s in 38 states, and thats an especially big problem for those affected by last weeks freak storm. more than 800,000 homes and businesses are still without power. whit johnson is in silver spring maryland. whit, good evening. >> reporter: jeff, good evening. utility companies are calling this a catastrophic weather event. five days later, as you can see, clean...

Today, all had at least backup power, but four were still without air conditioning. even before the storm, the biggest power company in washington, pepco, was under intense scrutiny for a pattern of outages. now, widespread anger. >> i think people are fed up with power outages. and we need a game changer. >> reporter: but pepco insists the disaster was an act of god. >> we do take responsibility. we know there are things that had to be changed, and were making that effort. >> reporter: the heat...

Homes in seven states are still without power tonight, the region still reeling from last weekends violent storms. many could remain in the dark for the rest of the week. >> that is incredible. i want to bring in ginger zee now. you were telling me, you combine the heat with the humidity and the temperatures, what will we get for the 4th? >> heat is the most deadly for that very reason. for the 4 th of july, the hottest spot, anywhere from memphis, up to around chicago. thats where you find that...

>> reporter: a lot of neighborhoods havent seen power trucks. roughly 1.25 million people in seven states still have no electricity. 40,000 in washington, d.c.. suffering through yet another day of suffocating heat and high humidity. >> if i open up my door, its like the devil, he says come on in, because im going back down where i come from, where its cooler. you know. >> reporter: when the power came back on in this maryland neighborhood, the downed lines suddenly came alive, torching the cars...

Good evening. im natalie morales in for brian. we begin tonight with mother natures wrath from east to west. across half of the country temperatures continue in the triple digits and its not just the heat in the mid-atlantic region but the aftermath of fridays storms adding to the problems there. the death toll has now risen to 22. at the height of the storm over 5 million people were without power. now its down to 1.9 million and they could continue without it all week. our team has it covered....

Into cherry pickers. dressed in protective rubber gear and working to untangle what looked like a spiders web of downed electrical lines and snapped poles. friday night much of the power grid seemed engulfed in violent explosions. today the threat was still very real. >> a number of sections hit hot spots where there were actually flames shooting up from those power lines. >> reporter: with no power, hundreds of traffic lights remained dark and intersections dangerous. amid predictions it could ...

These all the way along. this is the problem throughout the midwest and the mid-atlantic, trying to get the electricity back on. tonight, nearly 48 hours since the storm, crews have only been able to restore power to a third of those who lost electricity. 2 million customers in 7 states still left with no air-conditioning in 100-degree heat. and it could be next weekend before everyone is back on the grid. an army of 1,000 linemen are headed to virginia tonight. josh little has seen hurricane an...

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Florida, with golf ball size hail and heavy rains knocked down trees and power lines. >> sounded like a lightning crash. wasnt a lightning crash. it was the whole tree that came out. fell down on half my house. >> reporter: the storm is also causing damage in the midwest. and redwood county, minnesota, a tornado ripped apart a small farm. >> it was very frightening because i actually didnt have sight of my kids. >> reporter: along with snow, wind is a major concern. its already starting to pick ...

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