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One of the coldest winters on record. and that depressed the blooms from the trees. which happened much later in the usual. and once it started to bloom it exploded. and everything bloomed all at once. and that is why we have a high pollen counts where you see this red, which is covering a good majority of the country, medium high in orange and medium here across parts of montana. towards wyoming, but, big time problems here, the tree pollens are the problem, with in the next week, they'll be all bloomed out and we'll turn to the grass pollens. a bit of a rough time. the other thing we have go...

Much of the nation. what's not so great is pollen. rain moved through the southeast. pollen is oppressive. the showers long gone. high pressure's building in and we expect the allergies to be tough for a lot of people. sniffling and sneezing and maybe the ragweed, tough for you. minor activity in the plains. we have scattered showers in the northeast. with that, your pollen counts will not be quite as bad. let's show you something else that might be bad for you. hoping far sunny day in the great lakes, this area of low pressure keeps it cloudy for you. rain showers possible from detroit to chi...

>> do you find it's just melding together, given environmental changes, things like that? >> the machine learns to recognize these things, unfortunately, in pollen counts, whether it's tree pollen approximate the spring, grass or weed in the summer or ragwe'dedn the fall, or you happen to be an equal opportunity allergies surfer, whether it's pollen or dust, you might not be able to discriminate whether it's due to pollen or animal dander. >> dr. ann maitland, we're going to be speaking with you more this morning because there's people saying, give me more. frustration for u.s. families tryi...

Pollen counts earlier than usual, and that is torture to more than 40 million americans who suffer from seasonal allergies. >> when your eyes are watering out of control and your nose is dripping, it's hard to function. >> well, here to talk about what people can do is dr. ann mate land who specializes in allergies. ann, good morning to you. >> good morning to you. >> glad to have you here. so many people are saying, tell us what we can do to help. >> really simple. three things. you want to avoid it, so when it comes to pollen, the highest counts are in the morning. keep your windows shut. ve...

At least 147 people have been killed and rescue workers are struggling to find survivors beneath mounds of mud and debris. the newest slide wiped out at least 40 homes. back here, rob marciano is watching some severe weather that's moving into the east. >> yeah. we could use some of the rain across the south. pollen counts are very high. we don't want to see anything like we're seeing in brazil. a tremendous amount of rain there. and the rainfall we're seeing today across this front and spots will be heavy at times, but it probably won't last very long, maybe in the order of two to four hour...