Pfizer is preparing to ask the fda for authorization for a booster dose of its vaccine for children 5 to 11 years old, and ahead of the holiday weekend, a reminder of how to gather safely amid the spread of new omicron subvariants. here s abc s erelle reshef. reporter: tonight, pfizer says it will ask the fda to authorize a booster for 5-11 year-olds after data showed pa strong immune response from third shot. the smaller pediatric dose given six months after the second shot increased antibodies by 36-fold. but experts say, for now, parents should be reassured that two doses still give excellent protection against severe disease. it is true that giving a third dose increases neutralizing antibodies and it will do that for three months, maybe as long as six months. but then it will fade again, and children will once again be at risk for mild disease, but that s okay. the goal of this vaccine is to keep children out of the hospital, out of the intensive care unit, and to prevent them
The year. we ve also seen a 100,000 more acres burned and this fire season is just getting started. reporter: experts say these extreme fires and floods are the new normal. it s important to note that these events are not anomalies or outliers, they re indicators of what we continue to expect. it s no longer just about stopping or slowing the change in climate. it s about adapting to climate change. reporter: and here in new york city, we ve received nearly nine inches of rain in just the first half of july. that s twice the amount we normally see for the entire month. storms are expected to move into new york city tonight. david? erelle reshef, our thanks to you. let s get right to senior meteorologist rob marciano, tracking it all for us tonight. hey, rob. reporter: hi, david. you know, in summer, these systems move slowly, but we re really stuck in this rut of western heat and eastern humidity and heavy rain. the active spots tonight, again, the northeast and the western a