this press conference under way right now with kentucky governor andy beshear talking about the devastating floods. 25 fatalities across five counties. that number will continue to grow. and to be refined. remember, we don t have cell service in some areas to please be patient as we get new information or if it changes. we continue to pray for the families that have suffered ununfathomable loss. some have lost almost everyone in their household. rescuers at the kentucky department of fish and wildlife has been the forefront of these recovery efforts. they ve had to ultimately gather the bodies more than just about anybody else. so, please also pray for those first responders. the mission has been specially challenging and what they re experiencing firsthand is tremendously stressful and difficult. we thank them for what they re doing. deaths include four in breather county, two in clay, 14 in knot, two in lecher, and three in perry. again, those will continue to rise. if th
it so luscious it doesn t need the white wine they add in france or switzerland. such a beautiful part of that country. what an amazing show. catch an you will new episode of stanley tucci searching for italy tonight here on cnn at 9:00 p.m. eastern time. now, today there are new fears that wildfires in the southwest could get even worse. officials are warning that warm temperatures, dry conditions and high winds could fuel those flames. cnn s allison chin car with us, buck us through what s going on. rain close, but not close enough to the areas that really need it. showers and thunderstorms expected in the upper midwest, but just to the south of that, record temperatures and that s one of the ingredients that s going to fuel a lot of the fire concerns. now, yesterday we had 15 locations that set or tied records temperatures. again, all spread across that area. amarillo, texas actually reaching 101 degrees. not only was that record for the day but it s also the earliest
says more than 50 million of you are under a threat of severe weather today and we are talking about hail, heavy rain, strong winds, isolated tornadoes pushing through the northeast and the number of tornadoes we have already seen is pretty disturbing. 35 since friday, slamming kansas, nebraska, texas. the storms are expected to get worse. cnn meteorologist allison chin car is following the latest if for us. this section of the country has seen enough already. what is on tap for today? a little bit more of severe weather. that is the unfortunate part. it s going to last a couple of days. two separate systems. one that initially started friday continued yesterday and will continue yet again today. we have a tornado watch in effect right now until 10:00 a.m. central time for portions of mississippi and you can see louisiana as well as these strong storms continue to push their way through. then the threat for today extends from louisiana up to michigan over into canada and back down