storms racing across by the time we get into wednesday night into the wee hours of thursday morning. your forecast rainfall looking at about an inch or two of rain. we could see heavier downpours with hire amoungher amounts acr of the areas. but the big story is the heat across the pacific northwest. u.s. officials plan to ease water restrictions on the colorado river next year due to above average winter snow pack. they say it helped reverse plummeting water levels at the nation s two largest reservoirs, lake mead and lake powell. right now lake mead is about 20 feet higher than it was one year ago. severe weather is blamed for causing a 32 vehicle crash on a highway in north carolina. i-40 west is reopen now after the pileup forced authorities to close down a 2 mile stretch of the interstate on tuesday. it is not clear whether anyone was seriously hurt. the severe weather also caused