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Grass pollen affecting people on top of it. >> so the most common curse of allergy sufferers is the pollen. the counts for which are through the roof across the country, we put together a list of some of the worst places now we want to show you. louisville, kentucky, knoxville, tennessee, charlotte, north carolina, jackson, mississippi, and chattanooga, tennessee. and especially in the northeast this week, we're seeing some really bad situation with the pollen count, although we had the rain which for a lot of people you would think that washes it away, but you're saying it encourages more of ...

I'm going for a million dollars, fredricka. >> okay. i know you're an allergy sufferer, so you've gotten used to doing that over and over again. really everybody is suffering from this. particularly this year it seems like a lot of folks who never had to deal with allergies before suddenly are. what's going on? >> well, you're exactly right. the climatologists have an explanation. we had an extraordinary long, cold, wet winter, trees normally blossom in sequence. but because of that long, cold winter and that sudden burst of warm weather, all the trees are blooming at the same time, so essenti...

Moisture and some wind across parts of the northern plains. we saw winds gusting at 60 miles per hour in parts of utah and we could see wind ripping across the front range and a chance of seeing severe weather right there. pollen still floating around the area and it's gorgeous outside. maybe you just need to wear a mask. >> a breathing device. thanks, rob. that pollen is everywhere, that is for sure and much of this country is suffering right now, but as you reach for that tissue, wash your car, maybe you're thinking is there something more serious going on here? like do i have an allergy? ou...

Weather the past couple of days have really cranked up the pollen levels. does this look familiar to you. check out the video across parts of the southeast. it's snowing pollen for crying out loud. pollen counts well into the hundreds, if not in some cases thousands and the forecast on this map, extreme pollen counts expected for much of the nation over the next few days. we're starting to see them drop out west because of the rainfall here and higher elevation snow. san francisco all the way down to san diego, a pretty strong storm and showers across parts of florida. that's kind of coupled w...

That got the trees doing their whole thing. west coast getting a break with the rainfall. that's the place to go. good living out there, kyra, as you know. their pollen counts are relatively low compared to everybody else. give it a week or so. maybe we'll get rain here, but it looks dry for the next several days across the eastern third of the country. >> need a good rain to get it out of here. thanks, rob. for more information go to cnn.com/health. not in my backyard, a town with toxic chemicals. the fed stepped in and we have new re litigations. [ woman ] nine iron, it's almost tee-time. ...