all about the economy, though. it has the to be. everyone s number-one issue, of course. moving on now. a strong line of storms swept across east tennessee last night. snapping trees and knocking out power for thousands of folks near knoxville. this huge tree dragged down phone lines as it crashed into the roof of a house. not far away from that rescue crews are racing through great smoky mountain national park to reach visitors who might be stranded or even hurt. the midwest is facing yet another day of deadly blistering heat. with the temperature expected over 100 again today, summer school classes in chicago have been canceled. heat contributed to the death of two men in the city. though they had other health problems. the high temperatures will move east over the weekend with the readings expected to be 100 or above. as for the rest of the nation s weather some severe storms are a threat in parts of michigan, wisconsin as well as in the dakotas. showers will stretch fro
they apparently lost control of their vehicle on slick roads. in massachusetts, winds gusting up to 60 miles per hour, sending waves crashing ashore and snapping trees. i woke up this morning to a pounding on the door. it was the scituate fire department. the tree pulled the wires off several of the houses down here. reporter: trees crashing down onto houses from massachusetts to delaware. along the jersey shore, vehicles stranded by floodwaters. rough seas wiping out 70% of ortley beach s sand dunes. david, here in the northeast, officials are warning roads may be slick and dangerous tonight and into tomorrow morning, david? linzie janis in a windy new york. thank you. let s get right to meteorologist rob marciano. he is live in boston with more on the track of this. hey, rob. reporter: hi, david. well, our northeastern continues to throw down the rain sideways, just inland shsd it s sleet, snow and freezing rain. look at the radar. this is crawling. it will be windy, not only
new goods from companies have been slowing down, the markets and the economists are all watching for the june jobs report reu is due ou which is due out this friday. new warnings this hour of more severe weather as nearly 3 million americans on the east coast suffer in extreme heat, with no power. a series of brutal and deadly storms hitting the region snapping trees, knocking down power lines and even destroying cars and home. at least 16 people are dead, two of them children. now a desperate recovery effort is underway, but folks say the high temperatures are making it unbearable. elizabeth tran is live in one of the areas hardest hit and that is charleston, west virginia. reporter: more than 450,000 residents in west virginia still without power the third day in a row, scorching temperatures. people are asking why can t we just get power back on, why can t it be the slip of a switch? i m standing in the middle of a ravine to show you the challenges the power crews are