the downpour dampened hopes on the green. on the first day of practice officials were forced to close the course for hours and in gulf shores, alabama, rough seas and dangerous rip currents were to blame for four drownings and in the west a much different picture, triple-digit temperatures are posing a challenge for firefighters in kingston, new mexico, pushing many residents to evacuate their homes. we're still looking at rain in the northeast. the heavier amounts tapering north. the warm moist air coming out of the gulf, with that the slight risk for severe weather threat shifts from montana all the way down south through indiana and a threat for thunderstorms as we go through the afternoon. other big story the heat and today not just out in the plains, all of that heat shifting east even to the south today. it's going to get hot and hotter unfortunately. >> the hits just keep on coming.