but there could be mor today. along that same front that is trying to sag, or as it sags into the hot and humid air mass that has been in place over the mid south and southeast for the last couple of days, making it just oppressive. meanwhile monsoon storms continue across the west and yes, believe it or not, that smoke is still a problem for places like minnesota and iowa. but severe storms stretch from nebraska down to iowa and toward missouri. the potential for maybe a few isolated tornados and maybe even some strong winds with those storms as they move on through. the forecast shows a lot of those storms rolling down from the central plains all the way down into the mid-atlantic and at least portions of the ohio river valley tomorrow. and that is where they will be. there will also be some heavy rains associated with these storms anywhere from 2 to 4 inches falling in the areas that you see shaded in yellow. but how about the northeast,
acres. burning so hot and so fast, officials confirming it created its own tornado over the weekend.oderate to exceptional drought conditions and monsoon storms are turning deadly in the west. oh, my gosh. reporter: in millard county, utah, nearly two dozen vehicles crashing on i-15 sunday after winds spawned a sandstorm that drivers. at least eight people, including children, did not survivties se for a missing 16-year-old girl swept away in a flooded wash saturday. more than three inches of rain falling in a short amount of time in the area. i want to stress again to the public how dangerous these water crossings can be even when it looks shallow. a simple decision to cross the road with running water can quickly turn tragic. reporter: david, tonight, the dixie fire is being fueled by we re expecting temperatures to jump here this week and there s dry lightning in the forecast. the smoke from this fire has smothered this region and it has
a new one exploding near california s dixie fire, threatening hundreds of homes. millions under flash flood alerts. powerful wind and rain slamming las vegas. and in colorado, monsoon rains turning deadly. kayna whitworth on the scene tonight. keep driving, baby. you re doing very, very good. reporter: fawn smullin says it was like driving through armageddon, shooting this video as her partner, russell king, raced through the flames of the massive bootleg fire in oregon. we re fleeing! reporter: returning days later. here s where our house was. there s the water container. reporter: this crew fighting the tamarack fire escaping a fast-moving flare-up. and that fire still out of control tonight. the flames raging during the worse drought ever recorded. they need rain, but the monsoon storms packing 60-mile-an-hour winds doing more harm than good. the rain coming too fast to be absorbed by the soil.
worst western drought in history. monsoon storms packing 60 mile-an-hour winds, doing more harm than good, dumping more than two inches of rain an hour in spots. rain in colorado. three people still this all started from a stream that the locals tell me is just some three feet wide and it turned into a ten foot wall of water full of rocks and trees that destroyed absolutely everything. families worried their community may never recover. what do you call normal after this? we were spared by the fires twice, and then to have this. reporter: david, the wind and rain kicking up here again. many of the burn scarred areas throughout the state remain under the highest threat level possible for flash flooding. kayna, thank you. let s goat ginger zee. she s in lake tahoe nevada tonight tracking all of this. hi, ginger. reporter: david, we could barely see the mountains around lake tahoe.
fuel, heat, and then you get a little wind coming in, allowing to breathe. so, yeah, we are definitely seeing a ripe atmosphere, ripe environment, for wildfires. and today we have a red flag warning up for the areas shaded in pink. that goes from northern california all the way through the spine of oregon on into washington and portions of idaho as well. i don t see any rain for these areas over the next five days. and the climate prediction center isn t forecasting any rain for many of these areas on into next week. below average rainfall chances for them. down south, a little bit of a different story actually in the four corners. this is an area that is really dry. so we need the rain, but a lot of rain in very short order which is what we re dealing with now with the monsoon storms here in arizona, that has led to a flash flood watch for arizona today. we could see in some areas up to 4 or 5 inches of rain. and again, with the ground so