here. now the cleanup begins. this family tells me they are still in shock, and norah, they don t even know when to start. norah: just devastating. carter evans, thank you. so far where the system is headed next and the new tropical depression that is headed toward the gulf, let s bring a meteorologist chris warren from our partners at the weather channel. good evening, chris. good evening, norah. the moisture left over from hilary still brings the potential for flash flooding, the threat extends from arizona and the mexico border all the way up to canada, including parts of the pacific northwest and the tropics are now extremely active, including this tropical depression 9, which is expected by tomorrow morning to become a tropical storm with winds at 45 miles an hour, heavy rain could leave to some localized flooding. meanwhile, big heat dome, strong upper-level low helping to keep things sizzling across most of the united states, with many locations in the 90s and
this is all courtesy of this area of high pressure, this big heat dome that s going to continue to make its way on towards the east. this will continue to expand. before it s said and done on your monday we are looking at 178 million people above 90 degrees and heading into wednesday, 224 million people will be above 90 degrees. with all that heat, the thunderstorms will be firing, too, working towards this evening and several areas. back to you, adriana. lynette charles of the weather channel. the heat in phoenix is unrelenting. today was the 23rd straight day that temperatures were 110 degrees or higher. the city s located in what s called the valley of the sun. emma lockhart of our affiliate kpho takes us up close on a ride along with first responders. reporter: as temperatures heat up throughout the day, phoenix fire crews get more calls for people who can t escape the elements.
texas where the heat has been on, and it will not go away. another hot day on saturday. another hot day on sunday. i m going to show you dallas seven-day and you re not going to like it. big heat dome over the deep south. heat and humidity. not only is it going to be over 100 degrees, the heat index could approach 120 in some of these cities. so here are the high temperatures over the next couple. west texas really the hottest. this is air temperature in the shade. then if you look a little bit farther to the east where the humidity is very, very muggy along the gulf coast, humidity, heat added together for houston. it s going to feel like 114 on monday. dallas, look at this. you should be 93, and you re over 100 all the way through the middle part of next week. no cold front. no relief in sight. out here in the atlantic ocean, watching bret and cindy. bret has really lost all of its intensity there and will eventually die a poor death there in the caribbean.
well, the jet stream is responsible. it s making a big heat dome, a ridge has developed. that fills in with all that warm air from the south and that air is just going to stay hot for a number of days to come. it expands for your day tomorrow. you re looking at 103, in yakima, you re looking at 90, yakima, you re looking at 90, and and it continues to expand. for your day on thursday, 103 in boise, idaho. 96 in portions of north dakota. and from that point forward, the jet stream is going to start to change. remember i showed you that big ridge? it will all flatten out by the time you get to the weekend and it flattens out well to the north so most of the country taps into that heat. on saturday, could be some record highs in minneapolis, maybe 92 degrees or so. and by the time you get to next weekend, 90s for the northeast. last weekend you had temperatures in the 40s.e they will be about 50 degrees warmer next weekend. from one extreme to the other, norah. o donnell: all right. lon
shepard: the handover set to be fully complete by september the 15th when the state department and the district of colombia take over the campus. that big heat dome still blasting central and southern plains today and advisories and excessive heat warnings in 11 states. forecasters warn there is more harsh weather on the way. and something new in the tropics rick reichmuth. what the in the world is going on. three named storms this season haven t really gotten any attention because they haven t affected anybody. not the case to the north of yucatan peninsula this afternoon becoming our fourth named storm of the year. this one is don. the track of this one pretty consistent that we are going to be feeling the effect of this across the u.s. border. by tomorrow afternoon here across the gulf by friday afternoon. says thursday it, should say friday talking about a storm very close here somewhere between galveston down towards brownsville, shep. shepard: they have got a bad drowlt dow