north of st. petersburg was found dead. investigators concluded that an alligator had lurched out, grabbed him, and killed him. this is why wildlife officials in all of these states that have alligators, that s why they always advise people and people walking their pets around a lake, a pond, a canal, any sorts of open water, to try to stay keep a five foot distance from the shoreline because those big alligators and those extremely power tails will shootout of the water shoot out of the water, if they are hungry, and they want you. eric? eric: just chilling, all right, phil, thank you. arthel? arthel: we are keeping a close eye on the caribbean. chances are growing that we could see a tropical storm forming later this week. plus, summer is in full swing, and temperatures are heating up. all that and more in our fox weather forecast up next.
breakfast, but when we need each other we come and that s what s happening and we have seen that today. we have seen that. you see them come together now. right and we will continue to see it. madam mayor, thank you so much. thank you thank you for coming to our town. the mayor told me what she wants from the rest of the country now are prayers. now to illinois where a tornado smashed through edwardsville there, north of st. louis the twister ripped apart an amazon warehouse filled with workers killing six people morgan chesky is there right now. morgan that update from officials came in just the last few minutes on top of the death toll, they would release workers from the amazon warehouse nearly as big as a football field when the tornado struck and at this hour, search and rescue operations are still ongoing. a tornado s wrath painfully clear, striking edwardsville just north of st. louis where today, daylight showed the
city. here s the rain that will fall later today. the sthothunderstorms could givu tropical downpours. the blue is one inch, and the catskills, and berkshires, and through the southeareas of sout new england and will travel, especially through the evening as the storms come through. slight risk in areas of iowa, southern wisconsin, north of st. louis. but that does include the new york city and hartford. so if we do get the severe storms with the lightning and strong gusty winds, you know what that will do to the airports. again, the timing appears to be late afternoon from 6:00 p.m. to midnight is the window of when the storms go through. and before the storms go through, it s going to be hot and also very humid. d.c., 96, it will feel like 105. same for baltimore. all the way up to philadelphia. very hot in the middle of the country. dallas near 100 today. and that s not going to change
flooding, jones says has diminished any hope of a viable crop for any farmers and many reeling already from president trump s trade war with china. we aren t going to make any money this year. located in old monroe, north of st. louis, jones says the tariffs had already cut into his bottom line. with china slashing its purchase of american soybeans. so farmers have been promised government assistance, he doesn t know how much he might receive, and the notion of a bageout wears on his pride. farmers don t want a bailout. we don t want government money. we just want a free market. most farmers are still supporting president trump, but i think it is wearing out. the flooding is obviously more difficult. the tariffs might be more frustrating, because somebody has control over the tariffs. reporter: for now, his immediate concern is trying to save the house built by his grandparents. these pumps and a homemade flood wall have mainly kept it dry. he says the water won t fully
be sprouting corn and soybeans, have turned into lakes. it s pretty amazing to think that you might be in a tractor, and today you re in a boat. yes. and we re in four feet of water. so it would be halfway up the wheel of a tractor. yes, it is pretty surreal. and the latest round of flooding, jones says, has diminished any hope of a viable product for hundreds of farmers. many of whom had already been reeling from president trump s trade war with china. we re not going to make any money this year. located in the small town of oldman road, north of st. louis, jones says the tariffs had already cut into his bottom line. with china slashing its purchase of american soybeans. though farmers have been promised government assistance, he doesn t know how much he might receive, and the notion of a bailout wears on his pride. farmers don t want a bailout. we don t want government money. we just want a free market. most farmers are still supporting president trump, but i think it s w