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Statewide, the coldest air in the month of january in the past five years will struggle to reach above the 0 degree mark across the entire state amongst a larger storm system that brings blizzard conditions as we speak and will add to one of the snowiest stretches that iowa has ever experienced over the past five days. there's the blizzard warnings that stretch across iowa and into the midwest. part of a larger storm system and, erica, rwe are extremely busy here in the weather center, every single u.s. state has some sort of weather alert happening right now including alaska and hawaii. >> de...

Local temps continue rising on this Friday. Expect highs around the 70 degree mark, a touch cooler over the Northern Counties and our Northeast coastal areas.

This heat. we're looking at excessive heat warnings, austin down to corpus christi, new orleans, tallahassee, tampa, so many spots under an excessive heat warning, and that's because we're going to see temperatures into the 90s, once again into the 100s. you factor in the humidity. some spots feel like 117. that is just unbearable and down right dangerous. we're looking at records breaking once again today. dallas 105. you have been socked in with that heat. houston 103. 97 in tallahassee. the record there is 99. we're going to get pretty close. tomorrow we notice these temperatures don't budg...

It. during hurricane irene, they saw water above the windows here. this is a repeated situation for them. >> incredible, you hear people describe it as like a tidal wave. let's head to michelle and get a look at where this is all headed. when will it relent? >> great to see you. it's going to be a while. we're going to see day after day of this unrelenting heat, record breaking heat and the chance for severe weather, and unfortunately we're going to see the risk for more flooding in portions of eastern new york, also vermont today. that's going to last throughout the weekend. let's start with ...

115 in palm springs. that's 8 degrees above what is typical for this time of the year. 109 in las vegas, that's today. look at tomorrow, not much of a difference. that heat dome is tacked in place. it is not budging and it won't budge. we're looking at las vegas tomorrow, 111, 6 degrees above what is typical for this time of the year. 118 in phoenix and albuquerque at 104. that's 12 degrees above normal for this time of the year. heading to the southeast, we may not get to the 100 degree mark. notice this heat index. that's what it feels like on your body. new orleans today, 93, a heat index o...