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that same system is spawning multiple reported tornadoes this weekend. this funnel cloud spotted near colorado springs. at the same time that heat wave is maintaining its grip from coast to coast. heat alerts stretch from california to florida. the heat and severe drought working against firefighters as they battle a 400-acre wildfire south of austin, texas, and stunning new images of a house crashing into a flooded river in alaska. the city of juneau issuing a state of emergency. some experts point to climate change. but we begin with those storms and abc s senior meteorologist rob marciano. time these storms out for us. reporter: this is a pretty expansive system for the middle of summer. a cluster of storms across the south and north. we had over 50 damaging storm reports with winds gusting to over 60 miles per hour. alabama, georgia. you see that watch box up there. a tornado watch out for st. louis. now a flood watch for d.c. and baltimore for the storms that will gather tonight
humidity in place, two triggers. and the front can trigger storms. heavy rainfall is part of the climate connection too. we could see flooding with these storms. and so this is what it looks like right now in the northeast. all these bright colors here indicating where we have the heavy downpours especially the red. we re also looking at a lot of lightning indicating that we have a lot of energy to the storms. where you see the orange boxes, that means that severe weather is happening. the yellow is a watch box so you need to prepare for the weather. we do have a flood alert as i mentioned, a lot of humidity in the air. when the storms come through, they drop a lot of moisture. so 11 million people impacted. where you see the green here, that is a flood watch. red means that it is happening right now. so if you are driving, you want to pull off the road.