and a nascar event that was planned in the city. millions more are at risk of severe weather today, including damaging hail and tornadoes, and up see it in those yellow spots at the center of the map. there s also dangerous heat heading to the west and southwest, especially that gulf area. meteorologist alison chinchar has been following all of this. more man a hundred million people are under the threat for severe weather for today. the threats remain the same, damaging wind, potential for hale and we cannot rule out the possibility for tornadoes. we re talking louisville, washington dc and even down towards atlanta. there s also the potential for some flooding because a lot of these areas had rain yesterday and now we re getting it all over again, especially portions of the midwest and mid atlantic. but even areas of the southeast are likely to pick up additional