it can stretch over several states and last for days or even weeks at a time. the air is so hot it is like being inside an oven. that s exactly how folks in texas, mississippi, and louisiana are feeling right now. heat alerts are going beyond those states to include some 60 million americans. tens of thousands of folks are now without power. just being outside for a short time brutal. i m sweating standing here. we used to walk everywhere. now we uber or drive because it s so hot and humid. lots of water, coolers packed all the way up. loaded with ice. everybody is watching each other as back. another thing about this. sandra: we ll be talking live to a rancher about the danger to his animals and his livelihood. first team fox coverage. stacy stiegel is on the ground in dallas, texas. first senior meteorologists janice dean. it is a dangerous situation in week three in texas of temperatures well over 100 degrees and we re setting records. so heat alerts are spread
lava start to erupt from the ground like a fountain. then the icelandic coastguard then flew over the area in a helicopter capturing these amazing images of the lava erupting and spewing across the landscape. of the lava erupting and spewing the authorities have already evacuated the nearly 4,000 inhabitants of the fishing town of grindavik. the area is a volcanic and seismic hot spot south west of the capital. and these are the live pictures at just after 10am local time in iceland. louisa pilbeam has more. it s a breathtaking sight. the volcanic eruptions on the reykjanes peninsula transformed iceland s night sky. 0ne witness took this video, as they were driven past, as lava spews from the volcano. but with this display of nature s power comes the obvious danger to human life. scientists knew this was coming for weeks a series of earthquakes and changes to the ground were the early signs. everyone was prepared. they evacuated the town exactly when they should have done.
of atlanta cool and keep these trees from disappearing. the simple solutions that are already making a difference, one coat at a time how we can protect our bodies from the effects of extreme heat. plus, the people truly in the hot seat chief heat officers preparing cities for a hotter future. we start with those record breaking temperatures of 2023. several cities in the us were sweltering, but probably no one had it quite as bad as people living in phoenix, arizona. now, the state capital saw at least 55 days at or above 110 degrees fahrenheit. as we know, global warming is making heatwaves more frequent and more intense. and of course, extreme heat is also a matter of survival. in the us, it s a bigger killer than hurricanes, tornadoes and floods combined, potentially contributing to as many as 12,000 premature deaths per year in the us. so how can we keep our communities cool? well, it can feel like a huge challenge, but this is just one of the simple but powerful sol
he has said discussions are ongoing about a humanitarian pause in the fighting, to get aid to civilians into gaza. but fighting in gaza is intensifying and communications are down for a third time. our correspondent rushdi abualouf in gaza has told us that tonight s bombardment seems to be the most intense since the beginning of the war, targeting the northwest of the gaza strip in particular. i also want to bring you an update from the israel defence forces on twitter saying the israeli military says air raid sirens sounding across central israel due to rockets being fired from gaza. i ve said many israelis are running to bomb shelters. these are from the israel defence forces. once we verify those and can bring in more on that update, we will. in terms of the visit of antony blinken. at the end of his visit to iraq antony blinken spoke to the media about the possibility of humanitarian pause to hostilities, that he said would advance several priorities, including getting