cnn's emily schmidt joins us live from virginia. the entire d.c. area, maryland, virginia, the district extremely hard hit by these storms. how are people coping right now? >> you know, people are still talking about where were you when your power went back on and the sad reality is for thousands of people in this area they still detainee have an answer to that. even here in springfield, virginia where the power came back on july 3rd here is one reason why. look at this extending across someone's front yard to the front door. today a heat record is on the line and with so many days in this heat there is just no way to avoid it. take, for example, the world war ii memorial in washington. a lot of families had planned that trip for months, so regardless of the temperature tourists grabbed their water bottles. they put on light clothing. they tried to think of cooler times. >> it's been over a week. actually, i have never been so excited for 80-degree weather. this has been tough and we try to find the air conditioning as, you know, when we can, and s

emily schmidt joins us from springfield, virginia, with much more on that. emily, tell us what the situation is there. >> reporter: hi, randi. the power back on in this neighborhood, but you can see the storm very still much top of mind here with the mess that remains. and in the washington area, there are thousands of people who are waking up after just enduring their eighth straight night with no power. to make it worse, they're waking up knowing that they're going to endure a day that could have record-breaking heat. and even as people and businesses begin to get their power back, they're also realizing that there's a lot they've lost along the way. it only takes an instant for the lights to go out in a storm, but things can get darker for days. a chevy chase supermarket just outside washington, disaster hit three days after losing power. a refrigerated trailer compressor blew up, and with it, the family-owned supermarket's backup plan. >> lost everything in the trailer, then we lost everything in the frozen food case here. so basically, we've lost everyth

cnn's emily schmidt is in maryland with more on how the first link in that food chain is taking a hitner of maryland, it is the right place, the wrong time to live off the land. >> the sun is so hot. yeah, it's been sunny side too much this year. >> reporter: too much sun, too little rain for too long. tommy bowles' crops are the worst he's had in more than 40 years of farming. you've seen anything worse than that? >> i've never seen -- i heard about them talk about it, i think it was 1948 or something like that. >> reporter: his corn is dry, shrivelled, and hurting. >> it should be about a foot long, something like that. usually it's 42, 44 grains long and this one's eight grains long. >> reporter: the damage stretches across the country. the u.s. department of agriculture estimates two-thirds of all crops are now affected by at least moderate drop. when did it start looking bad? >> we started here, i would say about the third week of june. >> reporter: bowles has federal crop insurance, but at best, he'll break even. so he won't hire the six extra workers he usually gets at harvest,

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emily schmidt has details. >> reporter: in a rural corner of maryland, it is the right place, the wrongme, to live off the land. >> yeah, it's been sunny side too much this year. >> reporter: too much sun, too little rain for too long. tommy's crops are the worse he'sed a in more than 40 years of farming. >> i've never seen anything -- i heard them talk about i think it's 1948 or something like that. >> reporter: his corn is dry, shri shriveled and hurting. >> usual it's 42, 44 grains long. this one's 8 grains long. >> reporter: the damage stretches across the country. the u.s. department of agriculture estimates two-thirds of all crops are now affected by at least moderate drought. when did it start looking bad? >> started here about the third week of june. >> reporter: he has federal crop insurance, but at least he'll break even. so he won't hire the six extra workers he usually gets and they won't be the only ones paying the price. >> corn prices are fed all the way up to the supermarket. >> reporter: usda economy i.s say the drought shouldn't cause historic levels of food inflation,

>> emily schmidt, thank you very much. it is broiling but there is relief in sight for some parts of the united states. a cold front is on the move. where is the cooler air headed? >> you're right. not cold air. we have relief and it is in the form of a cold front. we're about 25 states, one in three of us have been dealing with some type of heat advisory, heat watch or heat warning. right now in washington, d.c., chevy chase, it is 102. it feels like 107. today's in essence the apex of the heat. it is as hot as it will go today. st. louis, 106. throughout kentucky and tennessee, lower 100s as well. you can see as the cold front moves south tomorrow, washington still in the 100s but you can see from 100 in chicago yesterday. we're down to 82. and we continue to see this cool air drop south. 91. who would think 91 seems like a cool day? 86 in washington by monday. then we lose it further still on tuesday. that's the cool front. the cool air is coming but it is coming at a price. why? here are the ingredients you need for th

emily schmidt, maryland. >>> we can also expect to pay more for eggs, cheese, and milk. 1300 counties across 31 states as disaster areas this year. >> topper, tell us more about when we'll get some rain. >> that would be something nice to know if you're a fan. i have a patch of it in front of my house. >> all we are going to get is isolated storms. a severe drought, south and east of us. moderate drought through town and up towards gaithersburg and south. but as i advance the map, you'll see what will be a severe drought just now entering calvert county, maybe st. mary's county, and certainly dell morva has been the hardest hit. you have seen a lot of brown field. well, relief only spotty relief, that's it. here's live doppler 9,000. we'll zoom into a couple of storms. these storms we have been watching a while in southern maryland. they weakened a little bit. still some pretty good rain. but that's about it. they are drifting off to the east, very, very slowly. you might get beneficial rains. now off to the west and north of town. these are stronger, especially in fauquier county. ju

cnn's emily schmidt joins us now from virginia. , what a week of weather, past couple weeks of weather. the entire d.c. area was hit extremely hard by these storms. i see a giant tree down behind you. how are people dealing with this? >> hi, don. it's been a long week for this entire region. one reason that is still top of mind is what you're talking about. you see the mess that remains. this tree, the root system about twice as tall as i am extend all the way across the front yard into someone's front door. then there is the fact that thousands of people have now spent more than a week without power even when it returns people and businesses are just beginning to get an idea of how much they lost. it only takes an instant for the lights to go out in a storm but things can get darker for days. a chevy chase supermarket just outside washington, disaster hit three days after losing power. a refrigerated trailer compressor blew up and with it the family owned supermarket's back-up plan. >> lost everything in the trailer. only lost ever

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emily schmidt, thank you very much for that reporting. >>> and with more warnings of triple-digit temperatures today, let's check in with meteorologist alexandria steele to see where the biggest dangers are. good morning. >> good morning to you. unfortunately, for places like washington and virginia, they're going to see another round of storms, so they are far from out of the woods. hi, everyone. good morning to you as you kind of get up and find your day, another steamy one, but here's the areas impacted today. a little bit different than what we've seen. this is a two-week heat wave we're talking about. and to give you a little perspective on the heat, this is the same heat that started out in the west two weeks ago, exacerbated the fires -- remember the waldo canyon fire -- then moved to the midwest, remember that derecho last friday night, of course, what happened there. and now it's in the northeast. so, this has gotten a lot of legs. here's where we're going toe see really the most heaviest and intense heat indices, 115, perhaps. today's highs, we'll see 104 in washington. hey, we had a

cnn's emily schmidt joins us live from virginia. a state that has been hit hard by the power outages. how are peepiople coping there? >> reporter: it has been a long week. these toppled trees went down over a week ago and that was only the beginning of the problem. then came the heat. this is tenth straight day that the they were has reached at least 95 degrees. today, the temperature here is going well into the triple digits. the storm impact keeps piling up. we were driving through another part of the community in springfield, virginia. we saw some man who was out working on his deck in the middle of the day. we said why are you doing it today? his answer, he's renovating his house and last weekend's storm kept him from working then. now he has to catch up to try to get ready for his contractors. the contractors happen to be in the front yard. they were hauling 150 pounds of concrete one wheelbarrow at a time. that's hard work any day, let alone on this day which could very well break heat records. >> as soon as i got cold, i woul

as emily schmidt tells us severe weather may force us all to start paying a lot more for our favoriterural corner of maryland it is the right place, the wrong time to live off the land. >> sunny side road. yeah, it has been sunnyside too much this year. >> reporter: too much sun, too little rain for too long. the crops are the worst he has had in more than 40 years of farming. >> have you seen anything worse than this. >> i have never seen anything like this. i heard my father talk about it in 1948 or something like that. >> the corn is dry, slifl shrivelsed and hurting. >> this one is eight grains long. >> the damage stretches across the country. the u.s. department of agriculture estimates two-thirds of all crops are now affected by at least moderate drought. >> when did it start looking bad? >> we started about like i say by the third week of june. >> he has federal crop insurance but at best he will break even. he won't hire the six extra workers he usually gets at harvest. they won't not only ones paying the price. >> corn prices are fed all the way up to the supermarket. >> u.s.

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