storms. creating yea i don t say at disney world in florida. knocking out power to the monorails. no one was hurt. dangerous night in tucson, arizona. multiple monsoon storms. winds over 66 miles an hour. trees down, power lines down all over town. the wind was blowing so hard that it literally ripped the roof off and threw the insulation and everything down on the inside. everywhere you turn, the severe weather far from over. jennifer gray is with us this morning. jennifer, i cannot believe the string of weather issues. what is the story for today. it has been a wild weekend for weather. it will continue today. already a wet commute in cincinnati. along i-64 this morning, that s where the severe threat is for today. it s going to extend as far
the next few days. where it s been so hot across parts of the west, we re going to cool down a little bit. not really cool down, but the temps are going to moderate a little bit. we re getting some pretty good monsoon storms out there. some of those thunderstorms could the lightning could start a few fires. we re getting enough rain that it s moistening the ground a little bit. that s some good news. guys, back to you inside. thanks so much, rick. let s get to your headlines talk about what s happening at this hour. nearly 12 years after the 9/11 attack, some closure for the family of jeffrey walz, a medical examiner identifying the new york firefighter s remains just friday. walz was inside tower one of the world trade center when it collapsed. his name is etched at a new york city s 9/11 memorial. his family says they feel the positive identification is a sign that jeffrey is looking down on them. more than 1,000 victims of the 9/11 attacks still remain unidentified. and st
from apache junction, arizona. monsoon storms yesterday went through and in some cases dumped 2 inches to 3 inches of rain very quickly. to some might not seem like a lot. it hits dry ground and funnels in threat canyons and washes get flooding there number of water rescues that had to be done. people should thought drive across the water that is very very deep. little more rain today. go back to the first alert forecast and take a look at your northeast forecast today. thunderstorms total areas by the afternoon and evening. interior sections a little bit earlier in the day but everybody getting in on the action at some point. down to the southeast that front dives alleluia the way into the south. drop temps in oklahoma city to 84 degrees. you are behind the front see the shows down across areas of the northeast. into the modern plains it is going to be a beautiful fall fall like day 63. 71 in fargo.
give the gulf coast a break, after isaac last week. our extreme weather team says this is pretty rare to be able to spawn off like this. let amy ho s hope it doesn t re-form. keeping an eye on it. your friday forecast, everybody. scattered showers and thunderstorms, get the umbrellas from the gulf coast, carolinas. hail, 70 mile an hour wind and chance of tornados around detroit, st. louis, memphis, little rock, more monsoon storms in the southwest. another triple digits tripl triple-digit day in dallas and phoenix. 80s, 90s in the rockies. upper 80s from atlanta to new york. one more presidential item. this one from russia. check out vladamir putin dressed in white to simulate an adult siberian crane. to do what? adult siberian crane. a bird. indeed. he really got into the part. getting on board a motorized hang glider and leading several young birds on migration. the birds are endangered
in florida. the first hurricane of the 92 season. at the time was the costliest u.s. hurricane ever. next week, the 29th, marks the seventh anniversary of hurricane katrina which decimated new orleans and mississippi. so this time of the year is rough in that part of the country. basically a lot of uncertainty. hope it does weaken when it goes over haiti and dominican republic. that s the best case scenario. here is the rest of your friday forecast. isolated showers along the east coast. thunderstorms around minneapolis, omaha and kansas city. stormy from oklahoma city to dallas, shreveport, monsoons in the desert southwest. how is your tie there? good. my collar. shy of 100 in phoenix. 90 down in dallas. mostly 80s from the rockies into the nation s midsection and east coast. those monsoon storms in the southwest already have parts of arizona under water. emergency crews had to rescue two people stranded in a medical transport van. the driver was taking a disabled