let s go now to the cnn weather center with meteorologist tom sater. this winter storm isn t over yet. who is most at risk right now? take a look at the colors. we are seeing the watches and warnings start to dwindle away somewhat. buffalo right here is still under an advisory. now, you get up toward watertown, this is lake ontario, a deeper lake so it has warmer waters and that cold air is coming right up through the lake so watertown and surrounding counties still under a warning, they could see another foot, maybe a couple inches for the buffalo area. buffalo typically gets their lake effect snows early in the season. until these lakes, phil, freeze over, the lake-effect snow machine still in full force. again, as the winter progresses we will start to see this dwindle somewhat, only a little bit left in buffalo but this was a storm nor a generation, touted as that. how often do you have an area of low pressure drop in from canada, drop to equivalent category 2 hurricane which bro
right now president biden is being briefed on hurricane fiona and the ongoing relief efforts in puerto rico. people there are battling floods, sweeping power outages, loss of access to clean water. meteorologist tom sater is in the cnn weather center. tom, tell us about the storm now. let s not forget they had a heat advisory in puerto rico and over a million without power. it s still dangerous down there. this storm system is a cannon ball, a category 4, trending a little bit west at the top of your screen. their biggest issue, they could see very high seas. we re talking 50, 60-foot wave heights as it moves through its core. the bigger issue of course with these wave heights for us are dangerous rip currents the next several days. we could see 10-foot high waves crashing in. so the advisories, very dangerous to be out in the waters for the next several days. but the bigger story is going to be canada.
retains that heat. we don t have the vegetation. many construction companies now are building, putting a climate vegetation, a climate friendly grass, greenery, something to help absorb carbon dioxide and keep it cooler. sometimes they re painting the roofs white. but buildings and the concrete retain it. it s worse as night. many times cities are two to seven degrees warmer. the problem is there s homeless, some are staying in their cars. sure, there s cooling centers but that s not enough. many don t have air conditioning as well. there s also pollution in the ozone so respiratory issues are exacerbated because of this high heat. it s very dangerous in the urban areas all across the world. thank you so much, tom sater. just minutes from now president biden will discuss his administration s response to the climate crisis. he s trying to regroup and he s scaling back after fellow democrat senator joe manchin walked away from a deal to
and blistering temperatures across much of europe have broken records and claimed more than 1,000 lives already. next hour, president biden discusses his next move to fight the climate crisis with or without key support from congress, including members of his own party. meteorologist tom sater is here to walk us through this. tom, how bad are things here in the u.s. and overseas? it s historic, to be quite honest with you, ana. over the next week, 87% of the u.s. will have temperatures over 90 degrees. 20% will be over in the triple digits. look where we are, boise, 101, chicago, st. louis. here are the advisories, but now they re extending eastward to the ohio valley, the tennessee valley and to the larger cities up in areas of the northeast. emergency right now set for boston as well. sure these temperatures in the desert are hot. phoenix, your average is 107 so continuing to have days at 114, 115 is just staggering.
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