the bottom line here, every day there is less time. getting a deal locked in becomes more essential. if the debt ceiling is not raised, the government can default. a brutal heat wave straining power grids over the weekend. overnight up to 53,000 customers in new york city were without lights and air conditioning at one point. that number cut in half. con ed said it took 33,000 customers in brooklyn off the grid deliberately to protect vital equipment. in detroit, severe storms left 290,000 people without power and an unidentified woman hiking in brittain. good morning, guys. finally getting a break in the forecast after the upper 90s and
300,000 people without power in the state of michigan. and late sunday, tens of thousands of customers in brooklyn, new york were without electricity, likely due to overheated equipment there. new york governor andrew cuomo addressed this second power outage in a week on twitter saying this. we ve been through this situation with con ed time and again and they should have been better prepared. period. our meteorologist pedram javaheri joins us with more. this is a real problem. it is. the heat we re experiencing in some areas we have not seen the warmth stay in place in recorded history. unprecedented temperatures in some of the overnight locations. each and every single year should be no surprise, this is when you expect the hottest of the hot temperatures to take place across much of not only the united states, but even across portions of western europe as well. notice this, laguardia on sunday climbed up to 100 degrees. that ties a record standing for
weekend. con ed took 33,000 customers in brooklyn off the grid deliberately to protect vital equipment. in detroit severe storms left 290,000 customers without power. for a look at the weekend ahead, let s bring in pedram javaheri. finally getting a break in the forecast after the upper 90s and low 100s. laguardia, atlantic city, even places like bridgeport, connecticut. 99 to 100 degrees. all of these setting or tying records. it is the latter portion of july where we see the hottest temperatures of the year. in fact, first time ever we ve seen boston have two days that fail to see, boston an incredible 83 degree afternoon. what if i tell you we don t make it there this afternoon?
electricity, con-ed, on high alert after an outage knocked out power to a huge swath of manhattan s upper west side this week. and in madison, wisconsin two electric substations catching fire. not the day for it. animals feeling the effect too. from pets too overheated to take another step on new york s fifth avenue to this emu keeping cool at zoo new england. at illinois s brookfield zoo the bears and tigers staying close to their icy treats. now, the temperature is meant to get up here in new york this weekend, so temperature and humidity very, very high. the heat index for new york city this weekend could be as high as 110 degrees. that is being played out in many places across the country. the only thing we can do is try to stay cool and wait till the heat breaks. brianna? all right. miguel marquez, thank you so much. let s get the latest forecast
wilting in the hot air. the real stuff. deadly heat. 32-year-old former nfl offensive lineman mitch petrus dead from heat stroke. young, elderly, and those susceptible to heat gathering in cooling centers in new york city. with this kind of heat we want people to stay inside, to stay in air-conditioning if at all possible. if you re not in an air-conditioned space to find one. reporter: heat and humidity prompting the threat of tornadoes across parts of the midwest. heat waves like this becoming more common. spring nationwide starting earlier and earlier over the last three decades compared to the previous century, says noaa. more troubling since the 1960s the number of heat waves have tripled in the nation s largest city. the length of the heat wave season tripling as well. new york city s main supplier of