Urging Beachgoers News Today

Emilie ikeda is tracking it all for us tonight. >> reporter: tonight, that deadly heat hovering over parts of the south for weeks -- >> today is going to be our 21st day of back-to-back triple-digits. >> reporter: -- now expanding its grip northward. >> its really, really hot. >> reporter: cities approaching record high temperatures thousands of miles apart. 110 degrees in tucson. 94 in tampa, and 94 in syracuse. >> have i asthma. so the air quality is really hard on my lungs. and with the heat ...

Hes beyond frustrated writing, i have watched while deputies, firefighters and lifeguards have risked their lives to save strangers. i have seen strangers die trying to save their children and loved ones including two fathers on fathers day. officials are urging beachgoers to heed the warnings, especially a double red flag, which means no one is allowed in the water. $500 tickets are issued to anyone breaking the rules. steve fender is a lifeguard at coco beach. >> we had a hurricane go through ...

Monday, we got sunday, still dont have a result. you know how long it took them last time. >> reporter: hancock director hootie adams is pushing incident command for faster results while urging beachgoers to be vigilant. >> right now i tell them to go to the beach. be wary, if they go in the water, of surroundings. >> reporter: thats what life guards are doing. less than half an hour after oil washed up on their beach, swimmers were allowed back into the water. >> now they said we could go back ...