fast. i was on my front porch and cleaning up some water that was coming in. and i looked across the street and there was a big glowing orb. i thought it was aliens at first. then it exploded and sparks went everywhere, and about 10, 15 minutes later i could see a tree had fallen. officials in comanche county, oklahoma, advising residents to document the livestock that they lost to the wildfires burning. and in the upper midwest, this unprecedented threat of damaging wind remains. 58 million people are under wind alerts overnight. you know, in iowa there were reports the 911 call centers reporting all these fire reports. but the fire is not in iowa, the fire is in kansas. the winds have brought the fires there. so it s just been epic. all right, we have with us now cnn meteorologist pedram javaheri bringing us the latest. pedram, how much worse is this expected to get? you know, the wind element is not going anywhere for at least
particular focus on something when a hurricane is coming? baton rouge is far from the coast, and it s rare we get hurricane-force winds here, so this is a little bit on the high end, i would say, for a hurricane for baton rouge. so the wind element, it seems to be the biggest thing so far, and as a hurricane, that s everywhere, it s all over the place. as far as flooding, the amy river basin which is to the east mr. mitchell, i m sorry to have to interrupt you. i apologize for interrupting you, and we are having a problem with our connection with alley velshi all night long, and we re getting to him now. can you hear us, ali velshi? we have all a lot of