Captioning funded by this is the cbs morning news for wednesday, july 29th, 2015. Good morning and thanks for joining us. Im Alison Harmelin in for annemarie green. Its another day of dangerous uncomfortable heat in the eastern united states. Its the kind of stifling heat that takes your breath away. Today should be the peak of the latest heat wave. Heat advisories are posted from oklahoma to alabama. It will feel like tripledigit temperatures across the south and into the northeast. In new york city the forecast is for a sixday run of temperatures of 90 degrees or higher. The high today is expected to be 95. The extreme heat is expected to affect power grids and Officials Say blackouts are inevitable. We serve 3. 2 million metered customers that represents 9 million new yorkers throughout new york city and westchester every day. We will get pockets unfortunately of people who might lose power during the heat, and our crews are out there working in the heat to try to get the power back
This Oakland Hills will seek to bridge as a to a school for the peninsula it is still one to be hot harder than it was yesterday is what it is like right now 58 in this city we have 64 in san jose and a mix of the ultimate synthesis temper the to they would develop 9 00 tree chicanas of predicting at that point widespread 70s by the banks will have to see by noontime for sure 80s and 90s it will be a predominant makes about 100 and digging in for about 3 00 the afternoon. Michelle apon convert 100 into your survey reading the record of 95¢ a roll the 100 as well by 10 degrees and not bought 96 beat the record of 81 hey what was the biggest increase and High Temperature of 91 years in a record of 78 common will talk about what wreckers to expect for today. Darya quite on the side of the highway of highway 24 and lafayette jacket was live to the scene in fact saw the Fire Fighters roll up and now were watching the mob of after a quick look at the fire. Jackie sissel they have a control
This is the cbs morning news for wednesday, july 29th 20156789 good morning. Im Alison Harmelin in for annemarie green. Its the kind of stifling heat that takes your breath away. Heat advisories are posted from oklahoma to alabama. It will feel like triple digit temperatures across the south and into the northeast. In new york city the temperature is six days of 90 degrees or higher. Today is expected to be 95. Officials say blackouts are inevitable. We serve 3. 2 million metered customers that represents 9 million new yorkers throughout new york city and westchester every day. We will get pockets unfortunate unfortunately of people who might lose power and our crews are working in the heat to try to get the power back on as soon as they can. Many cities have hit the 90degree temperatures so far this year but not this many. It was so hot in north dakota that an interstate buckled. Eric fisher of our boston station says leaf should be on the way. Now that heats on the movie into the nor
Really high. You can see multiple hillsides on fire and grass fires close to us. One started wyle we were standing there. The last check its consumed 8500 acres, destroyed two homes an other buildings. No one has been hurt there. Are more than 600 firefighters doing battle and its likely to top one thousand before its over. Its in wilderness areas, very few roads. Were having to take bulldozers. Its all hand work. A lot of hiking in. We have a lot of air craft on this fire. Whats going to happen is if it comes down here is well let it get down to here and well put it out. Thats how we protect the house. Once the house starts to burn, if it blows by us thats when we put it out. Reporter that was lt. Ken smith. Theyre protecting a home and crews are from all over doing tough work to protect the homes there. Is no containment as of yet there. Is a big plume sparking up over there. This thing is very, very involved. John, i know youre near lower lake which is a community down there at the
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