chicago hit with severe flash flooding stunning drivers stunned by the sudden rushing water. nascar fans faced downpours for the city s first street race delayed by 90 minutes due to the weather and it was shortened by 25 laps. still exciting though, a lot of fun to watch and today on the west coast residents are warned to brace for extreme heat with temperatures in some areas expected to soar, get this, over 115 agrees so we check in with meteorologist adam klotz for our fox weather forecast. adam. very active weather across the country continuing to see at least some of that here early this morning and it will linger the next couple of days. all those thunderstorms have been largely on the eastern half of the country. this is a 12 hour radar loop and you see the explosion of thunderstorms every single afternoon and evening. expect to see something similar again today. early this morning you see those storms die down they pick up in the afternoon and evening hours but
residents are warned to brace for extreme heat. temperatures expects to soar to 115 degrees. let s check in with adam klotz for the fox weather forecast. what do you have for us? adam: wild weather across the country. eastern half of the country, something similar today. you see every afternoon storms explode, expect to see something this afternoon. the rain continuing to linger across new england, at times fairly heavy. that takes heat of the day. rain from mississippi and georgia to the carolinas. potential for severe weather today, including areas like charlotte, norfolk, dc and philadelphia, up to new york. that is two on a scale of five, large hail and wind possible and isolate tornado is not out of the question. out west, it is the heat. you are seeing 115 in phoenix. 113 in vegas, 106 in bakersfield. showers here for eastern half of the country. everything in green, risk for rain for today s forecast. for the 4th of july forecast, maybe a chance of severe weather.
ticket behind at a liquor store and the owner then tried to claim the winnings for herself. lottery officials were suspicious when the store owner attempted to present the ticket ripped and burned. she is currently facing several charges including larceny. meanwhile you can throw your own hat in the ring for tonight s lottery drawing ahead of independence day. the powerball jackpot now soaring to $522 million after no one had the lucky ticket for saturday s drawing. the winner could take home almost 270 million bucks if they choose the cash option. it is the second time this year the powerball jackpot hit the half a billion dollar mark. that s a lot of money guys. rachel: sure is. steve: that story about the store clerk with the winning ticket. rachel: i know. larceny. yikes. joey: could fund a war with that money. steve: for a minute. all right. thank you very much. rachel: thanks carley. it s the day before independence day and we re thinking about what makes us proud ame
steve: we ll update you with a couple quick headlines. massachusetts man claims his 3 million prize after his lucky ticket was reportedly stolen from him. he claims he left the winning ticket behind at a liquor store and the clerk tried to claim the winnings for herself. lottery officials were s suspicious. throw your own hat in the ring for tonight s lottery drawing. the power ball soaring to 522 million after nobody had the lucky ticket on saturday night. the winner could take home $270 million if they choose the lump sum cash option, second time this year hit half billion
this $522 million in dividends from the company last year. there are accusations accusations that it s supplying steel to the russian military. the company in north america denies those accusations. currently given what we heard about the gdp yesterday, given what we know about the cpi, job losses in the united states, a major factor in the biden administration s calculus. so even though abromovich is the guy that most people associate when you think of russian oligarchs, he s not been sanctioned yet for those reasons. potentially as liaison between russia and ukraine, haven t seen it yet, and because of this odd situation in colorado that he owns a big stake in a steel mill that is rumored to potentially be supplying russia with steel. so there s a lot of entanglements here. reporter: yeah. yep. chris, thank you so much. coming up next, on the front lines of this war, volunteer medic putting her life on the line virtually every day to try to help her country. she joins me li