in new york city, boston, boston s mayor wu declaring a heat emergency there. and of course the concern is about the heat index, that is the combination of how it feels with the heat and the humidity. that could reach near 100 degrees. and so of course this is very dangerous. remember here in new york it is already a concrete jungle, it traps the heat. officials saying stay inside if you can and drink plenty of water. athena, thank you for being out there. how much worse will it get? chad myers is tracking this forecast for all of us. chad, what is the timing with this heat? when is a break coming? it depends on where you are. dallas the hottest kay the rest of the week is today. phoenix, you will be hot for a long time. vegas the same story. but today we start to ramp up into new york where temperatures are still going to go up for the next couple of days. we had a lot of weather yesterday. wichita falls texas, without the heat index was 115. 115 degrees.
this extended stretch will continue into next week and, yes, it is amplified by climate change. david. we know you and ginger will stay on this through this stretch. we continue to watch the heat emergency overseas. that searing heat and persistent wildfire danger across southern europe tonight. spain battling fires and five regions as the national weather service there is now forecasting even higher temperatures on the way for spain. in greece tonight, residents stepping into battle the flames in athens. nearly 100,000 people forced to flee their homes for sometime now while in london tonight the mayor there now says those fires are contained that we reported on last night here. but more firefighters battling them than any time since world war ii. back in this country president biden addressing climate change and the president s efforts to pass legislation have been shot down at least temporarily by democratic senator joe manchin. the president in massachusetts today where he call
it has been 46 days without rain, and all of that is just fueling the fire danger. firefighters continue to brave temperatures hovering around 110. battling 18 active wildfires burning across texas. threatening 1200 homes. drought conditions driven by weeks of triple digit heat are turning the lone star state into a tinderbox. i just think about all the loss it is like my birth right has just been burnt up. it s so hot texas trains are slowing down. the dallas dart system capping speeds at 30 miles an hour. by reducing the speed we are r passengers and for the light-rail vehicle. all city libraries are now acting as cooling centers. the heat is horrible, man. you try to find shade where you can. ac wherever you can. now the weather pattern s slow-roasting the midwest is moving east, a power outage in medford, massachusetts, cut off ac to thousands. and nearby boston is under a heat emergency.
if he suffered heat exhaustion battling at five. heart they expect the threat of fires from extremely high. about 99% of the state is experiencing some level of drought. as cnn s melissa bell reports, the extreme heat is a problem here as well as in europe a fire rages through a field in spain as homes burn. in a fire rages through a field in spain as homes burn. in greater london, a house is swallowed by wildfire. these, just some of the many sweeping across europe where temperatures have soared in a heat emergency that stretches across the globe. china s heat wave began last week, with 51 cities including beijing, now into the second highest heat alert level. european cities sweltered under new highs in what is the continents second heat wave of the summer, now entering its second week. ireland seeing its hottest day in a century. in the united kingdom, temperatures reached 104
joining us. we will be here every weekday at 3:00 answering your questions. tonight, the excessive moves into the east. warning for six or seven days straight of this, heat warnings and advisories for 29 states. more than 140 million americans. the heat fueling wildfires in this country and the northeast now preparing for the longest heat wave in nearly a decade. the heat index, the feel like reading reaching 100 degrees in several major cities. washington, d.c., new york, boston, philadelphia declaring a heat emergency. and tonight just in, strong turbulence on an american airlines flight sending multiple passengers to the hospital. the plane diverting. whit johnson from new york and rob marciano timing it out. tonight, president biden on climatch