from a manhole. this was the rainiest day in over 170 years getting ten times their. a summer rainfall in just one day. the cleanup effort now the top priority. with hilary continuing to move through the west, millions will still remain under flood watches from california to idaho. and cleanup efforts continue here in cathedral city where you can see they are still working on cleaning up this major thoroughfare and it is full of this thick and sticky mud which is making the whole effort a lot harder, but some good news, the interstate freeway is now open. you just have to get off and get back on. but still progress being made here out in the desert. stephanie elam, cnn, cathedral city, california. more than 100 million americans are under heat alerts from the gulf coast to the midwest. eastward into the ohio valley on tuesday. jennifer gray has the latest on the extremely dangerous weather. intense heat continues to build across the deep south up into the plains and even the
home game from the effect of the storm. so much rain in san diego, a tower of water was seen erupting from a manhole today. the city thoughts rainiest summer day and ever 170 years getting 10 times their average summer in in just one-day. the cleanup effort, the top priority after the rain with hilary continuing to move to the west and millions remain under flood watches from california to idaho. back out here in cathedral city, you have to see how thick this mud is, even after the water has been receding through the day. i can see into it here and that is what is encased in these couple of person behind me and i know that they got there now floating in the thick of the storm. that shows you how fast the water is moving out there in the distance and you make your mark whitman and that is because they are digging out homes and some of these
while officials surveyed facilities for damage. take all those conditions into account. after careful consideration we decided to shut down the schools. reporter: the los angeles angel postponing their home became because of the effect from the storm. so much rain in san diego, a tower of water was seen erupting from a manhole today. the city saw its rainiest summer day in over 170 years, getting ten times their average summer rainfall in just one day. the cleanup effort now the top priority, with hilary continuing to move through the west, millions will still remain under flood watches from california to idaho. and even though it s about 24 hours since the storm really started to hit here in the palm springs area, they re plowing the roads and look at this water. it just started rushing all over again. that shows you how much water is still out there, that they re still trying to clean up and