from boston to d.c. stormy buffalo, pittsburgh, charleston, west virginia. showers in the southeast. rainy at times in the southwest and in the sierra range. 80s in the northwest and northeast. scorcher, dallas to the rockies. 70s from fargo to indianapolis. well, claressa shield won a gold medal at the london olympics and came home to a hero s welcome. hundreds of shouting family and friends at flint, michigan, airport to greet her. the first time she had been home in fired up. shield is just a 17-year-old. a high school senior. but she always knew how much her success would mean to flint, the whole place went nuts when she won the gold medal. my dad is from flint, michigan. the faris family, primarily there. used to be a faris furniture and jewelry in flint, michigan. the town has been devastated. a little bit of good news for
i need oh. it s gotta be healthier than the 25 diet cokes and diet pepsis that you re always drinking. i has to be. i can do that. i can handle that. you just inhaled. here s a look at your weather. wet around seattle, portland. sunny in the cascades, and showers in south texas. record warmth from l.a. to the twin cities. temperatures in florida rebounding after a cold morning. 68 in miami. 42 in baltimore. 37 in beantown. 40s from fargo to indianapolis. upper 50s in omaha, kansas city. phoenix comfortable at 73, albuquerque, 20 degrees colder at 53. well, they re declaring a dietary victory down under. zookeepers there say they have successfully limited the weight gain of 22-foot-long atomic betty, the country s biggest known python. look at that thing. she gained just four pounds since last year s weigh-in. now she is tipping the scales at just over 300 pounds. looks like a lady. oh, yeah, she s a cutie,
you want to be able to find them if someone has stolen them or you misplaced them. if you have put your trust in them. parts of indiana expecting more snow today unfortunately after a winter storm create aid slushy mess. drivers in south bend and other cities had to copy with slick to cope with slick roads there. and in indianapolis, they got their first measurable snowfall of the season. just under two inches. down in tennessee, a powerful wind storm there. gusts topping 80 miles an hour. the community lost more trees to the strong wind. powerful enough to rip shingles and bricks from homes. that s incredible. rough stuff down there. here is your wednesday weather. drier and calmer in the east today. wintry mix in western maine. a few inches of lake-effect snow. buffalo to cleveland. snow showers in the dakotas, duluth and duluth, minnesota. heavy snow in the northern rockies. rainy in the pacific northwest. little annie lennox. 52 in boise, 68 in phoenix. 30s from fargo
she wanted from lindsay lohan. get this, when she finally does get to work there she will be assigned janitorial duties, cleaning the restrooms, bathrooms, mopping the floor and washing dirty sheets. think she has ever done that. i think that sounds just about right for lindsay. enjoy that scrubbing. here is your friday forecast. rain out west from portland, to seattle. spokane, lingering showers, pittsburgh, buffalo, syracuse. cooler but not as wind yi along the east coast. dry across the south. carolinas, to california. 92, phoenix. mostly 50s from fargo to indianapolis. kansas city gets up to 66. dallas, 78, new orleans, 75. 64 in boston. 59 here in new york. okay, well, nba is on lockout. but you want to talk sports drama. we got it last night in game two of the world series. the cardinals took a 1-0 lead, in the bottom of the seventh and they held it until the ninth. but that s when the rangers finally caught fire. back to back sacrifice flies gave texas a 2-1 lead. that
and the northeast. many spots seeing the sustained hurricane wind gusts. trees down, power outages, widespread along with heavy rainfall. significant flooding threat, all the way through new england into the weekend. rob and tanya, back to you. get out your row boats. thanks, jim. now, a quick look at the rest of today s forecast. irene s outer bands are bringing thunderstorms and waves as high as 15 feet, from florida up to the carolinas. showers around d.c., baltimore and philly. and some light rain in the northern rockies and desert southwest. phoenix is 111. albuquerque, 91. boise, 97. 80s from fargo to indianapolis. and another triple-digit day in dallas. 85 here in new york. 95 in atlanta. and 91 in miami. as we mentioned, irene is now making a beeline for the eastern seaboard, putting tens of millions of people in harm s way. the storm is on track to strike some of the biggest cities in the country, including washington, philly, new york, and boston. new york city s mayo