degrees fahrenheit, more than 43 degrees celsius. we ve been seeing storms elsewhere in north america. canadian officials have declared a state of emergency in pars of nova scotia. storms dumped three months of rain on the province in 24 hours, causing extensive flooding. at least four people are missing. heavy rains washed out a boston red sox game in massachusetts friday night. the team had to come back saturday to finish playing. let s take a look at what this week will bring to the u.s. weather-wise. cnn meteorologist chad myers gives us the forecast. more record-breaking heat across the southwest of the united states again. it s one day after another, just getting hotter and hotter. that will begin to go away a little bit in the middle of the week when some of this heat begins to break away and move closer to the northeast, especially over the great lakes for sure by tuesday into wednesday. heat domes still in control of our weather, especially out here
united states and it is one day after another just getting hotter and hotter. i will begin to go away a little bit in the middle of the week when some of the seat begins to break away and move closer to the northeast. heat domes still in control of our weather, especially in the west. vegas will be 113, phoenix, a degree or two warmer than that and that will be the broken record for a while. this is the above-average temperatures in the plains for today. they begin to slide a little bit further to the east. even if we want things up 5 or 10 degrees, you will notice it. you will notice in chicago and new york city where temperatures go from the middle 80s to almost middle 90s. above average temperatures next week and we go from 85 to in chicago and notice what is happening by the weekend. thursday and friday, backup above 90 degrees and the humidity is back as well.
direction. and your sense as to whether or not this can be turned around. yeah. so 2024 may be a little warmer. we ve only seen part of the el nino event in 2024. we ll see more of that event. it might be a little warmer. here s the thing. we are right now on almost exactly the trajectory that climate scientists, climate modelers predicted we would be on decades ago if we didn t act. if we continue to burn fossil fuels. there are no real surprises when it come to the overall warmth of the planet. it is pretty much what we predicted it would be in this scenario. what is a bit surprising are these extreme weather events. these floods and wildfires. heat domes. and there s some evidence that there are processes that are important in the real world. it has to do with the behavior of the jet stream and how it gets stuks in place. the models don t completely capture that behavior.
wildfires in greece. we re vus outside athens where it s been hovering around 100 degrees. they are very much in the fight. they are still very much in this fight. not only from the air, but from the ground. this fire popping up just a short time ago along this road leading to villages here. we meet this woman, hurrying to make sure her grandmother was okay. you re obviously worried about them. they re my relatives, my friends here. reporter: her grandmother like so many others here lost her home, but is unhurt. atmospheric conditions trapping multiple heat domes across the center of the earth, sending temperatures soaring here in southern europe. and it s becoming a deadly trend. scientists estimate more than 61,000 deaths on the continent last summer could have been heat-related. highs now reaching 114 in spain. in italy, sicily hitting 115 degrees in recent days. the usually bustling streets of sardinia mostly empty. and, david, here in greece,
on families, infrastructure, and first responders. we re up about 20% in our heat-related emergencies for this month, and for this year. reporter: heat records falling like dominoes around the country. from el paso, texas, 33 straight days at 100 or better, to miami, where it s felt like 105 or worse for 16 straight days, and as this world map shows, heat domes, large areas of high pressure, are sending temperatures scorching over north america, the atlantic, and europe. just outside athens, greece, dramatic video shows firefighters racing to save a village from a raging wildfire. and tourists are sweltering too. our marcus moore in rome. it s being described as dangerously hot here right now. i mean, would you agree with that? yes, absolutely. can t stay out for too long. you got to come to the shade every five to ten minutes. reporter: in fact, the earth s hottest 15 days on record have all happened this month. well, tonight in phoenix, the low, the low will be in the 90s f