Good evening, and its great to have you with us here on a monday night. Much of this country sweltering this evening and for many it is about to get worse. Here in the northeast, the blackout inside this Major Hospital blamed on the heat the power line in flames elsewhere. The extremes on the other side of the country on the west i10 in california a major bridge giving away after torrential downpours weakened it. A 30foot section completely gone. This car dangling the driver safe in it all. The forecast 70 million from Oklahoma City to new york city in the 90s, factor in the humidity and the heat index, well over 100. And this is hardly over tonight. Abcs gio benitez leading us off. Reporter tonight, extreme heat bringing warnings all along the east coast. An excessive heat warning. It is ramping up. Reporter in new york city transformer cables in flames as temps approach 100 degrees. These halls dark. The heat is too much for firefighters battling a smoky blaze. Six hospitalized from
Off a shark during a competition in south africa. After getting smacked around a bit and after hitting back to the shark also fanning was picked up by rescuers. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, july 20th. From abc news this is world news now with t. J. Holmes and reena ninan. Good morning, everyone. We begin this half hour with the extreme weather in much of the country. Heavy rain in Southern California caused flooding and mud slides. Washed away an interstate highway bridge near the arizona border and caused repair rainout baseball games. It was the first rainout for the los angeles for the angels in 20 years. The anaheim angels out there, but this wasnt the only area hit hard this weekend. We get more from busy ans rob marciano. A wild weekend of deadly weather across the country. In the southwest, leftovers from hurricane dolores causing this. Oh my god this is wicked. Flash flooding in arizona. Debrisfilled water rushing through this town outside phoenix. Like two
Good monday morning to you all. We begin with heavy downpours from once hurricane delor res. Giving the west coast muchneeded rain. Heavy flooding caused this bridge to collapse on interstate 10 in california. Trapping a truck and its driver. The driver was freed after nearly two hours. That interstate a key route for many travelers. The bridge collapse happened halfway between palm springs and the arizona border. Fastmoving water movewashed away the bridge. Traffic was backed up for miles. And in anaheim, a rare sight at the ballpark. For the first time if 20 years, rain forced an angels game to be postponed. Thats over 1,600 home games with no rainouts. In san diego, the padres game affected by rain. The team posting this picture saying we dont always have rain delays but when we do things get weird. Paul williams of accuweather is tracking it all for us. Thank you t. J. And reena. Delores is acting like the relative who refuses to go home after the holiday soefr. Abnormal rain throu
Polls . And shark showdown. A champion surfer coming face to face with a shark on live tv. Knocked off his board. E he kept coming at my board, i was like kicking and screaming and, wow. What he said this morning about how he survived the terrifying encounter. We do say good morning, america, on this monday morning. Whoo some scary moments for that surfer we just saw. Well hear what he says. It was on Live Television. His mother was watching. Oh. She said she just wanted to reach through the tv and pull him out of the water. All on impulse. So scary to watch. Not a scratch on him. He fought it off. More on that comes up. We begin with the flooding this morning. Some of the worst downpours Southern California has ever seen in the summer. That parking lot now a river. Those cars are getting submerged. Ginger starts us off. Its amazing to see. The dry season. You have this a storm, the remnants of what was hurricane dolores, now pumping moisture up to california. L. A. And san diego, the
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