canyon and hermits peak fire. and they don t have that far to go before they break that largest fire of all time for state of new mexico. look at the space images coming out of new mexico. you can see the fires burning and the smoke billowing, impacting the quality of the air. the dry conditions continue over the next following week, and the temperatures, as michael talked about a moment ago, starting to build into southern california. we ll see that heat shift a little further east. and we have the potential to shatter over 125 record high temperatures from today through next sunday. in texas, you re going to heat up as well with daytime highs in the triple digits. so california to texas to the plains, this is an area that s extremely dry, and they re finding temperatures extremely warm and well above average. michael? it sure is. good to see you my friend. derek van dam, thank you very much. scientists say climate change is behind south africa s worsening flood season. a new repo
it collapsed after a local glacier. late april two pakistani cities recorded temperatures of 47 degrees celsius. pakistan s minister for climate change called the climate crisis a national security issue. and scientists say climate change is behind south africa s worsening flood season. a new report says the heavy rains that fell last month were twice as likely as they would have been if greenhouse gas emissions had never heated the planet. cnn s david mckenzie has more from johannesberg. reporter: the intense flooding in south africa in april caused widespread destruction, just look at these images. tens of thousands of people pushed from their homes. more than 400 people killed in that flooding. still people missing. and a huge amount of money lost in infrastructure especially. now, group of scientists from
Start coming up with some work excuses now! Upstate NY has had its share of crappy weather for several months now, but most of this week looks amazing.