And in kansas city, missouri, a steamy 97. $7.15. reporter: in houston today where temperatures felt like 110 degrees, vendors the this farmers market say the heat s taking a toll on their profit how is the heat impacting business here at the farmers market i think the heat is keeping the customers away trying to keep crops growing is becoming very challenging. reporter: as the south bakes torrential rain flooding boston s fenway park last night, suspending their game against the mets take a look at this. stunned fans watched as water rushed down the ballpark s staircase. and one week after floods rushed into a philadelphia suburb, police in pennsylvania said yesterday they believe they recovered a body of a toddler who was swept away her baby brother still missing. as this summer of severe weather continues to claim lives. priscilla joins us
Women s dominating cup win. the first of what we hope will be many goals. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with jose diaz ba lart good evening. country and the world are on track for the hottest july on record today that dangerous heat spread deeper into california and the pacific northwest and then, as you can see, it s now heading for the midwest and the plains those brutal temperatures are causing real problems from illness and death to crop failure and high sky electric bills. while overseas, this was the scene on one mediterranean island today. tourists forced to evacuate as wildfires explode in size in the extreme heat on the other extreme, violent summer storms ripped across the northeast. this was a scene at boston s fenway park fans having to wade through high waters inside the stadium we re covering it all tonight, and we begin with priscilla
Thompson in houston, where it felt like 110 degrees today. reporter: tonight the record heatwave growing more dangerous by the day 13 states from coast-to-coast under brutal heat advisori itrowing deadlier, too. steve curry died this week after trekking through death valley in 121 degrees his wife rema still in shock. he thought he was prepared for it. reporter: in miami officials on edge as tens of thousands flock to this weekend s rolling loud music festival amid a 42-day streak of a 100-plus-degree heat index. we just got in the gate y all it was so hot. reporter: and in phoenix where it got above 110 for the third week in a row, water stations set up to combat dehydration. the misery now heading to the midwest and the plains dallas could hit 104 also in the bull s-eye, minneapolis expected to reach 99.
$33 million in its opening day, it s expected to make $77 million by the end of the weekend. viewers are saying that it s a nice place to go, when the air is as smoky as it has been. spare the air day, it s not 105 degrees. 90s tomorrow, another good day if you re in land. enjoy a movie, get out of the heat. after that, we start to cool down back into the in land, and better air quality as we head into the week. a lot of the people are appreciative that. all right. thank you so much for watching. nightly news is next, we are back at 6:00, we hope you can join us. [ event concluded ]ted% tonight, the deadly unrelenting heat wave that is now set to impact even more states. more heat records