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were targeted at the right groups. whether things could be done better next time. >> reporter: and that part that buck buckled, working there to fix it overnight. the state highway department estimates that temperatures on that pavement were more than 130 degrees. and that's just what caused it to crack. reporting live in north baltimore, mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> mike, we saw the same thing in chicago, when the heat wave went through there. maryland could see more severe weather tonight. first warning weather coverage continues with meteorologist bernadette woods, track...

more normal temperatures are forecast for today from the midwest to the east coast. the cooler air and the storms it triggered began to arrive yesterday. drew levinson has our report. a storm sent trees and power lines smashing into homes and cars in free hold, new jersey. >> the wind went through. it was incredible. looked like a tornado going through. will fernandez and his son ben spent sunday cleaning up their yard where a tree barely missed their house. there's no electricity and with temperatures still hovering around 90 in this neighborhood, fernandez says it's tough stayi...

to a narrow band along the mid-atlantic coast. but at least 35 people have died from the heat and in some places the worst is not over yet. here's whit johnson. >> reporter: in washington d.c. today patience is wearing thin. >> a lot of people are sick of it. and want it over. >> reporter: blistering temperatures hitsing the 100s for the fourth day in a row. >> i feel like it's kind of pounding. >> reporter: since july 1st this historic heat wave has shattered more than 2100 record highs across the country, according to the federal government. in pots om ago maryland these teenage ba...

The driver of the truck just keeps on going. the officer was injured, but is expected to be okay. it is not just tourists soaking up the warm waters in florida. check this out. a huge number of sharks are swimming off the coast. in some cases, just a few feet from short. it is an incredible sight taking some swimmers by surprise. >> there's 1,000 sharks in a school offshore here. >> they were coming right up. you could get knee deep in water and they were coming in that close. >> ralph collier is the founder of the shark research committee. you look at this video and you have to say, wow, you ...

Sometimes as far as chesapeake bay. >> okay. but they're not dangerous? i mean, when you look at some of the under water footage of these sharks, they look just like the kinds that like to bite. >> well, actually, they do bite. these sharks are involved in about a third of the attacks that are reported annually from florida. and all sharks have the potential for being dangerous. and should be respected and in this particular case, when these sharks are moving through these kraers, they frequently are very close to shore. this is due primarily to them chasing food, bait fish, mullet as an examp...