we start with the dangerous heatwaves setting in across the globe, with potentially dangerous consequences. here in the us, the national weather service has warned: do not underestimate the impact of heat. nearly a third of americans or 113 million people are currently under extreme advisories. authorities have warned that scorching temperatures especially in western states like texas could be deadly to anyone without effective cooling and hydration. california is among many states sweltering. fire fighters in the south of the state are battling multiple wildfires, with an evacuation order in place for the rabbit fire . scorching temperatures are expected to linger for the next few days. phoenix, arizona, is likely to hit 43 degrees celsius, or 110 degrees fahrenheit, on saturday for the 16th straight day nearing a record. and las vegas, nevada, may match its all time high of 47 degrees celsius or 117 fahrenheit in the next few days. meanwhile in europe, red alerts have be
here in the us, the national weather service has warned: do not underestimate the impact of heat. nearly a third of americans or 113 million people are currently under extreme advisories. authorities have warned that scorching temperatures especially in western states like texas could be deadly to anyone without effective cooling and hydration. california is among many states sweltering. fire fighters in the south of the state are battling multiple wildfires, with an evacuation order in place for the rabbit fire. scorching temperatures are expected to linger for the next few days. phoenix, arizona, is likely to hit 43 degrees celsius, or 110 degrees fahrenheit, on saturday for the 16th straight day nearing a record. and las vegas, nevada, may match its all time high of 47 degrees celsius or 117 fahrenheit in the next few days. meanwhile in europe, red alerts have been issued for 16 cities across italy for the coming days.
more intense and frequent heat waves, wildfires, floods like we re seeing play out this summer. you just heard the president talking about the need to address climate change. lindsey reiser is live from vermont s flooded capital city, nbc s kathy park is on the ground in sweltering, miami, so lindsey, what s the recovery effort going to look like and how are they preparing there for the potential of more and more rain? reporter: chris, it is going to take weeks if not months. take a look behind me at some of the cleanup. this is a bookstore, and they knew that the rains would come. they removed books from the lower shelves. they could not anticipate the deluge that came. we re talking three and a half feet of water, so everything below that line gone. they re going to take a hit as a business. i heard similar stories from other business owners. the salon and perfume ri across the street aren t sure they re going to be able to open up
a number of other homes have been red tagged and people told to evacuate as well. you can see how the land has shifted and slid there, taking the homes with it. again, we don t know what caused this, did not appear to be seismic activity in the area, likely something else behind it. good perspective how the land has slid and sunk taking the homes with it. sandra. sandra: wow, really some images there. crushing heat on millions across the southwest today with temperatures expanding into the triple digits. fox weather s max gordon is live in phoenix. how is it feeling out there for you? sweltering, i m sure. the valley of the sun is living up to its name. feels like i m standing in an oven, on the way to 110° here in phoenix and officials in phoenix say it s too hot to hike. behind me is a popular hiking
stand in a line, and the two on the outside, fall back and crack their skull. some tiktokers suffered second-degree burns when they put salt and ice on their skin. and tiktok banned the benadryl challenge, when one teenager died. when it comes to these dangerous stunts, tiktok pointed us to its community guidelines that state in part, we do not allow showing or promoting dangerous activities and challenges and advising, if you see a dangerous activity or challenge, pause before you do an act. we have a lot to cover in our second hour of chris jansing reports. let s get right to it. at this hour, the southwest sweltering under an extreme heat