severe weather, including a possible tornado, blew through saturday night. in jackson, mississippi, all eyes are on the pearl river, forecast to crest 36 feet early monday morning. several communities are at risk of flooding. if you are capable of getting out now, get out now. reporter: some residents aren t taking any chances. moving now just because whether we flood or not, we don t know. but we definitely won t have power in a few hours. reporter: and repairs are under way on busy interstate 10 near the california/arizona border after monsoon storms washed out a portion of the roadway. despite extreme drought and a summer of intense heat, the number of acres burned in california this year compared to last is only about 10% as much. jericka. danya bacchus for us in los angeles tonight, thank you. it s been a quiet storm season in the atlantic, but that could change this week. for the details, let s head over to hurricane specialist greg pose tell of our partners at the
in los angeles, but across the west and southwest there s a rush to clean up in the wake of powerful storms that left a muddy mess. flash flooding in moab, utah turned main street into a river overnight. the sudden deluge left some businesses in three feet of water, cut off roads and prompted officials to urge everyone to stay inside. the powerful monsoon storms also caught hikers off guard at utah s zion national park, where crews are still searching for a missing person. in new mexico s carlsbad caverns national park heavy rain made roads impassable, leaving more than 100 tourists stranded for hours. after an unprecedented amount of rainfall in one of america s driest regions caused millions in damage, death valley national park is back open. the downpours aren t enough to ease the drought that nearly half the u.s. is under, including the colorado river. the water shortage is so severe that u.s. officials have ordered
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kicks up in the southwest usually lasting from mid june until the end of september. its marked by powerful storms that roll in on moist winds from northern mexico. we ve seen lots of lightning and massive dust storms that rolled across the desert. some areas where there s been wild fires has seen destructive debris flows because there s no more vegetation to hold the soil in place. arizona like much of the west is in the midst of a drought. the rain has helped with those dry conditions. now, this rain is expected to continue on through the evening hours until tomorrow evening. there s some concern that folks could be driving around tonight and they could be driving into areas that are flooded. that is always a big issue because during these big rain and flooding events, the majority of folks die in their vehicles. officials here are warning folks not to ever drive through any standing water out there on the roads as these monsoon storms continue to roll in.
in the interior west, it will be monsoon storms that will start to ramp up over the next several days. take a look at these temperatures all the way from sacramento, down towards baker field. temperatures in the 40s. excessively hot, almost 8 million will be suffering from what has been the weeks of dreadfully hot weather and no signs of precipitation in the forecast here but definitely wet weather with a monsoon across the southwest. back to you. thank you very much. that wraps this hour of cnn newsroom, will be back in a moment with more news, please stay with us. do you find yourself buried in