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Consistent with patterns expected as a result of climate change in france it has been taking extra precautions after thousands died in a similar heat wave more than a decade ago. a tale of 2 heat waves this was paris on friday temperatures in the mid thirty's plenty hot but people were beating the heat and enjoying it it was a different story in southern france where temperatures have hit the mid forty's in many towns silence deserted tourist attractions closed schools people staying off the streets and lying low to neighboring small towns competed for the dubious honor of setting france's tem...

Have to wear suits them or you know. we do have a bit of air conditioning if it every now and then i do forget temperatures pushing through the forty degree mark in parts of the continent fama as a struggling through the vast majority here george irrigate they depend on rain for the hot summers come as a blessing for a bit as they're expecting an excellent vintage and have started harvesting way ahead of time. hot dry weather just right for grapes that's why this summer has been perfect to too much rain last year. due to the temperatures the grape harvest has already begun here in the famous r...

Market. let's switch gears, bring in bill karins with an update on the weather. bill, i have to be honest, felt like we skipped spring, went from winter to summer. >> a lot of the east coast. wait until this afternoon. some areas hitting the 90 degree mark around washington, d.c. first, all of the concern for the middle of the country. yesterday, kansas and nebraska, 18 reported tornadoes, some big ones like this. thankfully mostly over open farmland and plains. didn't have a lot of structural damage, didn't have injuries and no fatalities. got lucky yesterday. today is more interesting. sto...

Mississippi into alabama, central tennessee, parts of kentucky and into parts of ohio as well. with the big visits, with the president visiting central saudi arabia and riyadh, talking very hot forecast for his visit there. 41 degrees in terms of celsius, in terms of fahrenheit, approaching the 100 degree mark. we have dry conditions, partly cloudy skies, and no major concerns for that particular part of the world. looks as if things are going to stay dry for the presidential visit to saudi arabia today and i believe it lasts at least for how long, 24 hour visit? >> two days and then to israel...

Snow hard. >> thanks bill, we will check back in a mitt. >> we want to go to philadelphia where indra peterson is joining us with an update. >> reporter: still unbelievable. we have been talking about the temperatures where yesterday, they had record breaking heat. a half hour ago, a heavy rain came down across the area. temperatures, we dropped 20-30 degrees from yesterday. we are expecting to see the temperatures come down. right now, around the 40 degree mark. i can feel the change. i'm getting a few ice pellets hitting the face. that's how we know this change is coming. let's talk about wh...